The Czech retail sales grew at a softer pace in May, data from the Czech Statistical Office showed on Thursday.
Retail sales accelerated by a working-day 5.8 percent year-on-year in May, after a 7.2 percent fall in April.
On an unadjusted basis, retail sales gained 8.1 percent annually in May. Economists had expected a 9.0 percent growth.
On a month-on-month basis, retail sales excluding automobile trade rose a seasonally adjusted 7.3 percent in May.
Sales of non-food rose 11.8 percent and sales of food goods grew 2.0 percent. Sales of automotive fuel increased 4.0 percent.
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