Nov 22 (Reuters) – Canadian retail sales grew by 0.4% in September from August at C$66.94 billion ($47.82 billion), led by higher sales at food and beverage retailers, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Sales were likely up 0.7% in October, the agency said in a flash estimate.
In September, sales were up in six of nine subsectors, representing 58.1% of retail trade. In volume terms, retail sales increased 0.8%.
(Percent changes) Sep Sep Aug(rev) Aug(prev)
mo/mo yr/yr mo/mo mo/mo
Total +0.4 +0.8 +0.4 +0.4
Excluding autos/parts +0.9 +0.3 -0.8 -0.7
NOTE: All figures are seasonally adjusted.
($1=$1.3999 Canadian)
(Reporting by Dale Smith)
Keywords: CANADA ECONOMY/RETAIL
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