Retail sales for this year through November are up 8% in real terms, compared to the same 11-month period in 2019,

Retail sales for this year through November are up 8% in real terms, compared to the same 11-month period in 2019, reports the State Statistics Service. In November alone, retail sales were up 12.1% yoy in real terms. Analysts say this indicates that merchants were able to work about the three weekends of retail lockdown in November.