Improved retail results across Europe

The volume of retail sales in the eurozone went down by 0.6 per cent in September 2002 over the same period last year. However, the EU Office for Statistics has calculated an increase of 0.8 per cent for the entire EU with its 15 member states.
The rates of change in the individual states can be found at DIYglobal plus under the Market data heading (v. Further articles on this topic).