Economic Indicators
South African retail sales fall 0.6% year on year in September
2022.11.16 06:54
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A shopper walks to a Woolworths store in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African retail sales fell 0.6% year on year in September after rising by a revised 2.1% in August, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, sales were up 0.1%.
Sales in the three months to the end of September were up 3.3% compared with the same period last year, the statistics agency said.
