Retail sales in August 2024 in the EU and the euro area

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, estimates that seasonally adjusted retail trade rose by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU in August 2024, compared with July 2024. Over the same period, in July 2024, retail trade remained unchanged in the euro area and grew by 0.1% in the EU. Compared with August 2023, annual growth in August 2024 was 0.8% in the euro area and 1.0% in the EU for the calendar-adjusted retail sales index.