In April, Croatia maintained its position among the EU countries with the highest retail sales growth, according to data released on Thursday by the European statistical office.
In both the eurozone and the EU, retail sales in April remained at the same level as the same month last year, the statisticians calculated.
In March, retail sales had increased by 0.7 percent in the eurozone and by 1.4 percent in the EU, revised data shows.
In the eurozone, only food, beverage, and tobacco stores recorded a decline in sales, by 0.5 percent compared to April last year. In the EU, sales of these products remained more or less at last year’s…