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Retail sales in November back above zero after seven months, with a rise of 0 , 1% on October, tells the Istat. The positive sign interrupts a trail of consecutive declines. A boost is the food (+ 0.2%), with the rest of the compartments substantially stable. On an annual basis the raw index remains negative (-2.3%).
The preliminary results of 2014 indicates that between January and November retail sales were down 1.4% compared to the same period of 2013. In three years, the balance of retail sales is in red. With reference to the form of distribution, in comparison with the month of November 2013, sales marked a decline for both large retailers (-1%) and, more significantly, for those operating in small areas (-3.4 %).

In large retail sales of food products decreased, in trend terms, by 1.2%, while those of non-food products decreased by 0.7%. In businesses operating in small areas sales mark a decline of 4.9% for food and 3.2% for non-food.
With reference to the type of operation of large retailers in November 2014 detects a decrease of 1.5% for sales of non-specialized stores and an increase of 1.4% for those in specialized stores. Within the first, decreased by 1.5%, sales of food and exercises in prevalence of 0.7% of those exercises predominantly non-food. In particular, with regard to the non-specialized stores predominantly food, increase sales of the discount (+ 0.9%), while decrease and those of hypermarkets that those of supermarkets (-2.6% and -1.5% respectively ).

As for the value of sales of non-food products, in November sales decrease, in terms of trend, in all product groups. Deflections smaller concern groups footwear, leather goods and luggage (-0.6%), and photo-optical films, magnetic media, musical instruments (-1.0%); negative variations of magnitude greater concern, however, groups jewelers, watchmakers (-4.2%) and stationery, books, newspapers and magazines (-3.5%).



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