RETAIL SALES DOWN.

In November 2010, compared with October 2010, the volume of retail trade fell by 0.8% in the eurozone and by 0.4% in the EU27 (in October, it remained stable in the eurozone and rose by 0.1% in the EU27), indicated Eurostat, on 6 January. The largest decreases were observed in Portugal (-4.2%), Lithuania (-1.9%) and Belgium (-1.5%), and the highest increases in Malta (+5.5%), France (+0.9%) and Estonia (+0.7%). Over one year, in November 2010...