the increase was mainly due to the sale of gasoline, which increased by nearly 2%. Furthermore, more than 1% were sold foods. In the remaining goods was only a marginal plus see.

The store sales growth was strongest in Luxembourg, Portugal and Germany, where approximately 2% more goods were brought to the man than in June. In Slovakia sales shrank the most (minus 1.1%). Figures on the Dutch retail sales in July, Eurostat had not yet