According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in July 2015 in Germany increased 3.3% in real terms and 3.1% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 27 in July 2015 and 27 in July 2014, too. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the July turnover was in real terms 1.4% and in nominal terms 1.3% larger than in June 2015. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first seven months of 2015 in real terms 2.6% and in nominal terms 2.5% ... (full story)