Copenhagen, Oct. 27, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Denmark’s retail sales declined for the first time in three months in September, amid a fall in sales of fresh food and other groceries, figures from Statistics Denmark showed on Thursday.
Retail sales fell 0.4% month-on-month in September, after rising 0.3% in August. The latest decline was the first since June, when sales shrank 1.6%.
Sales of food and other groceries decreased 3.0% monthly in September.
Meanwhile, sales of clothing gained 3.7% and those of other consumables rose 1.1%.
On a yearly basis, retail sales decreased 5.4% in September, following a 5.2% fall in the previous month.
During the July to September period, retail sales declined 6.6% annually, following a 1.4% fall in the April to June period.
GNA