Irish retail sales fell in year to February 2008 - First fall since January 2004
Apr 25th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Irish retail sales (i.e. excluding price effects)
decreased by 0.1% in February 2008 compared to February 2007, according to the
CSO today. It is the first year-on-year fall in Retail Sales since January
2004. There was a monthly decrease of 1.9%. If Motor Trades are excluded there
was an annual increase of 2.3% and the monthly change was –0.3%.