Economic Indicators
South African retail sales rise 0.9% year on year in September
2023.11.15 06:45
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee sorts out clothing at a store of the French fashion brand Lacoste, in Sandton, near Johannesburg, South Africa, July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African retail sales rose 0.9% year on year in September after declining by a revised 0.3% in August, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, sales increased 0.1%.
Sales in the three months to the end of September were down 0.1% compared with the same period last year, the statistics agency said.
