According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office, turnover in retail trade in Germany in November 2006 was in nominal terms 0.2% larger and in real terms 0.5% smaller to that of the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 26 in November 2006 and 26 in November 2005, too.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations, the November turnover was in nominal terms 0.1% and in real terms 0.3% smaller than that of the preceding month.
Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, retail turnover was in the first eleven months 2006 in nominal terms 0.8% and in real terms 0.1% larger than that in the first eleven months of 2005.
Federal Statistical Office Germany