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Italy retail trade declines in April

Retail trade in Italy fell short of expectations as both value and volume decreased in April from the previous month.

The value of retail trade in Italy fell 0.7% in April from March on a seasonally adjusted basis, falling short of expectations of a 0.2% increase. The volume of retail trade decreased 0.9%.

In the three months to April, value decreased by 0.5% and volume was down 0.2%, compared to the three months to January, according to provisional data from the National Institute of Statistics.

Value of retail trade declined by 4.6% in April from a year earlier and volume was down 5.4% year over year. Large-scale and small-scale distribution fell 6.1% and 3.9%, respectively, but online sales rose 16.2% year over year.