The amount spent on retailing (all retailing sales values) increased in August 2012 by 3.0 per cent compared with August 2011 and by 0.2 per cent when compared with July 2012. The amount bought (all retailing sales volumes) increased by 2.7 per cent compared with August 2011 but decreased by 0.2 per cent compared with July 2012. Of the increase in the amount bought, the non-food sector contributed 2.2 percentage points (pp), the food sector 0.4 pp retailers that sell mainly online or through mail order (non-store retailing) provided 0.2 pp of the growth, while the fuel sector provided a negative contribution of 0.1 ... (full story)