HELSINKI (dpa-AFX) - Finland's retail sales declined in August for the first time in three months, provisional data from Statistics Finland showed Tuesday.
Retail sales excluding automobile trade dropped 2.4 percent year-on-year following a revised 0.6 percent gain in July. Sales fell 2.9 percent in May.
Department sales declined 6.1 percent and consumer goods sales decreased 3 percent.
Wholesale trade sales dropped 8.5 percent annually in August, declining for a fourth straight month.
Total sales fell 5.1 percent, while automobile sales rose 3.6 percent, during August.
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