Retail sales rose 0.8% in October compared with the previous month in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors, the statistics institute INS said.
Sales of food, beverages and tobacco products were up 1.5% on the month, while fuel sales rose 2% compared with September. Sales of non-food items went down 0.4%.
Against October 2013, retail sales went up 6.3%, helped by higher demand in the food and non-food sectors.
Food sales rose 8.7% on the year in October, while non-food sales increased 9.6%. Sales of fuels fell 1.4% on the year.
In the first ten months of 2014, adjusted retail sales were up 7.3% compared with the year-earlier period, boosted by growing demand across the board.
In unadjusted data, retail sales were up 1.6% in October from a month earlier, and 5.8% higher compared with the same period of 2013.