Latvia’s retail trade turnover fell by 2.3% in June 2023, compared to June 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s calendar-adjusted data at constant prices, LSM reports. Retail trade of food products declined by 5.2% and non-food products by 2.9%, while retail sales of automotive fuel increased by 5.5% over a year. Retail trade turnover…
Estonian consumers made purchases using payment cards, both home and abroad, for a total sum of around EUR 2.5bn in the second quarter of 2023, which was up 5.3% from a year earlier, according to data from the Bank of Estonia, ERR reports. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, card payments rose by 15.2%….
Estonia’s retail trade turnover fell by 9% in the first half of 2023 from a year earlier at constant prices, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. In June 2023, retail trade turnover totalled EUR 896mn, which was down 8% over a year. Retail sales in stores selling manufactured goods fell by 12% over…
Latvian consumers are worried the most about the rising prices of utilities, electricity, and food products, according to a Norstat poll for Luminor Bank, Baltic News Network reports. The survey showed that 29% of respondents were worried the most about heating and other utility costs, another 29% about electricity costs, and 24% about food prices….
