JOHANNESBURG, March 14 (Reuters) - Growth in South Africa's retail
sales slowed to 3.9 percent on an annual basis at constant prices in January,
from 8.7 percent in December, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
Following is a table of percentage changes for each type of retailer.
year/year
Jan Dec Nov-Jan
General dealers 5.7 8.7 7.0
Retailers of food bev 1.6 4.9 3.4
Pharmaceutical and medical 5.2 3.9 4.2
Textiles, clothing footwear 1.7 11.5 8.3
Household furniture appliances 4.7 7.5 7.6
Hardware, paint glass 5.4 3.8 8.6
All other retailers 2.0 11.8 6.6
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa)
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