Economic Buzz: German retail sales up 2.4% in 2025

Germany's retail sales declined in November on falling food product sales, official data revealed on Wednesday. Retail sales fell 0.6 percent month-on-month following a revised 0.3 percent increase in October. Sales of food products shed 1.9 percent from the previous month, while the non-food sector showed a monthly rise of 0.3 percent. On a yearly basis, growth in retail sales eased to 1.1 percent from 1.6 percent a month ago. In the whole year of 2025, retail sales logged a real growth of 2.4 percent.

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