RETAIL SALES INCH UP.

The volume of retail trade rose by 0.1% in the eurozone and by 0.2% in the EU27 in November 2012, compared with October 2012, according to Eurostat's 8 January estimates (retail trade slipped by 0.7% in both zones in October). The largest increases were registered in Finland (+2.2%), Romania (+1.9%) and Latvia (+1.4%), and the sharpest decreases in Luxembourg (-1.5%) and Ireland and Portugal (both -1.3%). In November 2012, compared with November 2011...