Ireland’s retail sales growth slowed marginally in March, after accelerating in the previous month, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed Tuesday.
The retail sales volume rose a seasonally adjusted 9.2 percent year-over-year in March, slower than February’s 9.3 percent climb. Sales have been rising since November 2013.
On a monthly basis, the volume of retail sales increased 1.4 percent in March, in contrast to a 0.1 percent fall in the prior month.
Excluding automobile sales, the retail sales volume grew 4.7 percent annually in March, while dropped 1.0 percent from the preceding month
The retail sale value also increased in March. It climbed 5.7 percent from the previous year, following a 5.4 percent growth in February. Month-on-month, sales value rose 1.2 percent in March, reversing a 0.3 percent drop in the prior month.
Without automobile sales, the sales value surged 5.7 percent annually and declined 0.9 percent monthly in March.
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