{"id":3259,"date":"2018-09-28T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2018-09-28T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:14:52","slug":"cso-says-retail-sales-fell-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3259","title":{"rendered":"CSO Says Retail Sales Fell in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ShoppingBagsPicFromPA_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ShoppingBagsPicFromPA_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ShoppingBagsPicFromPA_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The seasonally adjusted figures for retail sales fell by 3.3% last month when compared to the month of July, according to the Central Statistics Office.<\/p>\n<p>The figures show an annual increase of 2.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Without Motor Trades, the data shows there was an increase of 0.8% in retail sales in August when compared with the previous month and there was growth of 4% in the annual figure.<\/p>\n<p>The sectors with the largest monthly volume rises were Other Retail Sales (+7.3%) and Food, Beverages &#038; Tobacco (+2.9%).<\/p>\n<p>The sectors with the largest month-on-month falls were Books, Newspapers &#038; Stationery (-4.0%) and Motor Trades (-3.9%).<\/p>\n<p>There was a decrease of 1.9% in the value of retail sales in August 2018 when compared with July 2018 and there was an annual increase of 1.9% when compared with August 2017.<\/p>\n<p>If Motor Trades are excluded there was an increase of 0.6% in the month and an increase of 3.2% in the annual figure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3259\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3259&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3259\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3259&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-3259\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3259&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3259\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seasonally adjusted figures for retail sales fell by 3.3% last month when compared to the month of July, according to the Central Statistics Office. The figures show an annual increase of 2.6%. 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