EU-wide, retail trade rose 2% on the year in October, while growth stood at 1.4% in the eurozone.
Eurostat data showed Luxembourg posted the highest growth in retail trade in October, of 12.5%, followed by Estonia with 6.9%, and Slovakia with 6.5%.
The biggest decline in retail trade was registered in Malta, 3.7%.
Other EU states registered annual growth in October. In the region, Bulgaria’s retail trade grew 3% on the year in October and Hungary’s grew 5.2%.
Compared to September, retail trade in Romania rose 0.8% in October, the same as in Hungary.
The biggest monthly increases were registered in Finland (2.7%), Germany (1.9%) and the UK (1.9%), and the sharpest declines were in Slovenia (-1.9%), Portugal (1.6%) and Austria (-1.2%).