AMSTERDAM (dpa-AFX) - Dutch retail sales grew at the fastest pace in February, figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday.
Retail sales rose 5.0 percent year-on-year in February, after a 3.7 percent increase in January. In December, retail sales grew 5.1 percent.
On an unadjusted basis, retail sales grew 8.2 percent annually in February.
Sales of non-food increased 5.4 percent in February and those of food stores rose 3.7 percent.
Online sales gained 17 percent in February compared to the same month last year.
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