Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:22:03 GMT
Japanese retail sales rise more than expected
Retail sales in the third-largest economy of the world, Japan, advanced 2.3% in October of the current year on the annual basis after a 3% increase in September. At the same time, analysts forecasted the indicator to go up only 2.1%. It is worth pointing out that large-scale retailers posted a 0.4% decrease in sales. The overall amount of sales