The volume of sales, adjusted for calendar effects, rose by 1.5% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by 4.6% in non-food retail shops, and by 1.2% in automotive fuel retail, the KSH said. 

In the January-October period, the volume of sales – also according to calendar-adjusted data – was 4.7% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year, the KSH added.