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In volume terms, retail sales rose a working day and seasonally adjusted 4.9% year-on-year in February, after a 6.2% increase in January. In December, sales rose 4.5%.

On a monthly basis, retail sales rose 0.2% in February, after a 2.7% increase in the preceding month. In value terms, retail sales grew 6.7% annually in February and fell 0.6% from a month ago, Crostat said on March 30.