Eurostat reported a 0.7% drop in euro area retail sales volume in September from August, with Germany recording the largest monthly decline among member states with available data. The agency said volume across the European Union fell 0.6%. Economists had forecast no change from August, according to The Wall Street Journal . German retail volume fell 2.0% on the month, Eurostat said. Romania (-1.3%) and Portugal (-0.9%) posted the next-largest declines. France fell 0.6% and the Netherlands 0.7%. Compared with September 2025, German volume was down 2.4%, the largest annual decrease among member states with data. In the euro area, volume fell 0.3% for food, drinks and tobacco and 1.2% for non-food products excluding automotive fuel. Volume rose 1.
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