Italy’s Aug retail trade index falls 0.5% MoM, grows 0.8% YoY in value

Italy’s seasonally-adjusted index for retail trade fell by 0.5 per cent month on month (MoM) in value terms in August this year.
Retail trade volume contracted by 0.4 per cent MoM in the month, official statistics show.
On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the value of retail trade grew by 0.8 per cent, with a modest increase of 0.2 per cent in volume.