2021-04-01 13:36:08 GMT2021-04-01 21:36:08(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BERLIN, April 1 (Xinhua) Retail companies in Germany saw turnover rise 1.3 percent in February 2021 compared with the previous month, according to provisional data published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Thursday.
However, compared with February last year, the month before the first COVID-19 case was detected in Germany, turnover in retail in February 2021 was still down 7.7 percent.
According to Destatis, the country s various retail sectors performed very differently , largely depending on whether and how they were affected by the pandemic response measures.
Compared to last year, retail trade in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods as well as retail turnover of department stores and warehouses plummeted in real terms by 73.7 percent and 42.1 percent respectively.
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