According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in May 2015 in Germany decreased 0.4 % in real terms and was in nominal terms equal to that (0.0 %) in the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 23 in May 2015 and 25 in May 2014. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the May turnover was in real terms 0.5 % and in nominal terms 0.4 % larger than in April 2015. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first five months of 2015 in real terms 2.4 % and in nominal terms 2.2 % ... (full story)