According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in June 2015 in Germany increased 5.1% in real terms and 5.3% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 26 in June 2015 and 24 in June 2014. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the June turnover was in real terms 2.3% and in nominal terms also 2.3% smaller than in May 2015. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first six months of 2015 in real terms 2.5% and in nominal terms 2.4% larger ... (full story)