Italian retail sales declined in March, reflecting weakness in both food and non-food sales, the statistical office Istat said Friday.
Overall retail sales were down 0.2 percent in March from a month ago, when it rose 0.9 percent. Sales for food products and non-food items fell 0.2 percent each.
The unadjusted retail sales index increased 1.7 percent with respect to March 2011. The growth rate accelerated from 0.5 percent in February.
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