German retail sales fall unexpectedly in February

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FILE PHOTO: Christmas shoppers wear mask and fill Cologne's main shopping street Hohe Strasse (High Street) during the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Cologne, Germany, 12, December, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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Data showed on Thursday

Amir Orusov and Louis van Boxel-Woolf, Reuters News

March 28, 2024

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FILE PHOTO: Christmas shoppers wear mask and fill Cologne's main shopping street Hohe Strasse (High Street) during the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Cologne, Germany, 12, December, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

German retail sales unexpectedly fell in February, decreasing by 1.9% compared with the previous month, data showed on Thursday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a 0.3% increase.

The federal statistics office publishes more details on its website. (Reporting by Amir Orusov and Louis van Boxel-Woolf, editing by Kirsti Knolle)

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