BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - Lithuania's retail sales rose for the first time in three months in May, figures from the statistical office showed on Friday.
Retail sales, excluding VAT, increased a working-day adjusted 0.9 percent year-on-year in May, after a 17.6 percent fall in April.
Sales of non-food stores increased 6.0 percent annually in May and sales in non-specialized stores rose 1.2 percent.
Sales of food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco increased 1.0 percent.
On a month-on-month basis, retail sales gained 17.5 percent in May. The sales increased after the easing of the quarantine measures related to Covid-19 pandemic.
For the January to May period, retail sales declined by a working-day adjusted 2.5 percent from the same period of the previous year.
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