May retail sales down 8% y-o-y
The fall is mainly attributed to the retail sales outside stores (-28% y-o-y), the food, beverages and tobacco (-17.6% y-o-y), the clothing and footwear (-16.3% y-o-y) and the furniture, electrical and household equipment (-16.3% y-o-y) indices. The retail sales index excluding automotive fuel fell by 8.8% y-o-y. The retail sales volume index decreased by 10.9% y-o-y, while, excluding fuel, declined by 10.1% y-o-y. For the Jan-May period, the retail sales index excluding fuel fell by 10.6% y-o-y and the volume decreased by 12.1% y-o-y.