JOHANNESBURG Oct 17 (Reuters) – Growth in South Africa’s
retail sales quickened to 6.4 percent year-on-year in August
compared with a revised 2.9 percent in July, Statistics South
Africa said on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis sales were up by 2 percent in
August and rose by 6 percent in the three months to August
compared with the same period a year ago.
Economists in a Reuters survey expected retail sales growth
of 4.6 percent in August.
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa)
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