Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:07:05 GMT
German retail sales slip below expectations
Retail sales in Germany surprisingly fell in October posting worse-than-expected results. Measured in yearly terms, retails sales increased 2.1% from 3.5% in the previous month, while on a monthly basis retail sales dipped 0.4% in October, down from zero growth booked in September. Analysts had forecasted sales to fall by 0.2%. In the first ten months of the year, retail