Sales of automotive fuels in specialized stores gained 15.7%.

Sales of non-food products increased 6.4% and those of food, beverages and tobacco grew 3.8%.

On a month-on-month basis, retail sales increased 0.3% in February, after a 0.6% fall in the preceding month.

On an unadjusted basis, retail sales grew 5.5% annually in February and rose 0.1% from the prior month.