By Maria Martinez
Retail sales in Germany increased in August thanks to the easing of coronavirus-related lockdown restrictions.
Retail sales increased by a price-adjusted 1.1% on month in August, data from the country's statistics agency Destatis showed Friday. This follows a revised 4.5% fall in July.
On year, German retail sales rose 0.4% in August in real terms, the data showed.
Compared with February 2020, the month before restrictions were first imposed in Germany, retail sales were up by 6.0% in August, Destatis said.
Sales of food, drinks and tobacco fell 3.4% in calendar and seasonally-adjusted terms in August compared with July, while sales of nonfood products increased 4.9% on month.
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10-01-21 0320ET