South African retail sales fall 0.6% year on year in October

Reuters

A shopper looks for items at Makro Store Riversands of South African retailer Massmart in Midrand, South Africa, August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 14 (Reuters) – South African retail sales fell 0.6% year on year in October after falling by a revised 0.4% in September, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.

On a month-on-month basis, sales were up 0.4%.

Sales in the three months to the end of October were up 0.3% compared with the same period last year, the statistics agency said.

Reporting by Bhargav Acharya Editing by Alexander Winning

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