South African retail sales fall 0.5% year on year in February

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JOHANNESBURG, April 19 (Reuters) - South African retail sales fell 0.5% year on year in February after falling by 0.8% in January, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday. On a month-on-month basis, sales decreased 0.1%. Sales in the three months to the end of February were down 0.6% compared with the same period last year, the statistics agency said.


(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya Editing by Alexander Winning)

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