Slovakia retail sales decline slows in February

Slovakia's retail sales declined at a softer pace in February, figures from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Thursday.
Retail sales decreased 14.7 % year-on-year in February, following a 16.8% fall in the previous month.
Sales of information, communication, technology declined 31.9% yearly in February.
Sales of culture and recreation goods, and other household equipment decreased by 31.0% and 23.9%, respectively. Sales of stalls and market declined 30.3% and those of other goods fell by 26.2%.
On a month-on-month basis, retail sales rose 1.6% in February.
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