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China's retail sales up 16.2% in October

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-11

CHINA'S retail sales in October rose 16.2percent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics said at a press conference today.

Consumers splash out US$84b

Business | Retail
2009-10-10

CHINA'S retail sales of consumer goods totaled 570 billion yuan (US$84 billion) during the National Day holiday, with average daily sales up 18 percent from the same period of last year, the Ministry of Commerce said...

City shoppers go on a holiday spending spree

Metro
2009-10-6

SHANGHAI'S retail sales totalled more than 1.2 billion yuan (US$176 million) during the first three days of the National Day holiday thanks to various promotions and a wedding boom. About 800 large and medium-sized...

Retail sales gain impetus

Business | Retail
2009-9-12

CHINA'S retail sales accelerated last month as government incentives to car buyers and other stimulus measures underpinned domestic consumption to act as a counterweight to slumping exports. The sales grew 15.4...

China's retail sales up 15.4% in August

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-9-11

CHINA'S retail sales grew 15.4 percent in August year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced today. The figure was 15.2 percent in July.

Retail sales and production spur optimism

Business | Retail
2009-6-12

CHINA'S retail sales and industrial production both posted better-than-expected growths in May, countering the sharp fall in external sales and reinforcing the importance of domestic demand in the recovery of the...

Retail Sales In Big Retreat

Business | Retail
2009-3-28

RETAIL sales in Japan retreated by the biggest margin in seven years last month, the government said yesterday, as growing concerns about jobs and wages deepen. Retail sales fell 5.8 percent from a year earlier...

UK retail sales plunge in Feb as snow deters shoppers

Business | Retail
2009-3-26

BRITISH retail sales plunged in February as snowy weather and economic gloom kept consumers away from the shops, official data showed today. The Office for National Statistics said sales fell 1.9 percent in February,...

China's retail sales up 15.2% in first two months

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-3-12

CHINA'S retail sales grew 15.2 percent to 2 trillion yuan (US$293.8 billion) in the first two months this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said today.

Macau sees value of retail sales soar 21%

Business | Retail
2009-2-21

THE value of retail sales in Macau rose 21 percent year on year to 5.07 billion patacas (US$642 million) in the fourth quarter last year, according to figures released by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). ...