Retail sales, excluding VAT, increased a working-day adjusted 15.3% year-on-year in June, after a 19.3% rise in May.

Sales of non-food stores surged 23.3% annually in June and those in specialized stores accelerated 38.2%.

Sales in non-specialized stores and those of food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco increased by 6.1% and 6.6%, respectively. On a month-on-month basis, retail sales grew a seasonally adjusted 2% in June.