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Italy's seasonally-adjusted Dec retail trade index value up 0.6% MoM

06 Feb '25

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Italy's seasonally-adjusted Dec retail trade index value up 0.6% MoM

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Italy's seasonally-adjusted retail trade index rose by 0.6 per cent month on month (MoM) in value in December 2024.
Volume too rose by 0.8 per cent MoM.
On a YoY basis, the retail trade value rose by 0.6 per cent, while volume rose slightly by 0.1 per cent in Q4 2024.
In the same quarter, the retail sales value grew by 0.3 per cent quarter on quarter, while sales volume fell by 0.2 per cent QoQ.

Italy’s seasonally-adjusted index for retail trade increased by 0.6 per cent month on month (MoM) in value terms in December last year. Volume too rose by 0.8 per cent MoM, according to the official statistical agency Istat.

On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the value of retail trade rose by 0.6 per cent, while volume slightly increased by 0.1 per cent in Q4 2024.

In the fourth quarter (Q4) last year, the value of retail sales grew by 0.3 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ), while sales volume dropped by 0.2 per cent QoQ.

In December 2024, large-scale distribution saw a YoY growth of 1.9 per cent, small-scale distribution decreased by 1.5 per cent YoY and non-store retail sales declined by 1.7 per cent YoY. Online sales grew by 7 per cent YoY in the month.

Within the non-food product category, YoY performance showed mixed results, Istat said in a release.

In 2024 as a whole, value of sales increased by 0.7 per cent YoY, while volume of sales fell by 0.4 per cent.

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