Greece's statistical authority says domestic retail sales dropped eight percent in July compared with a year earlier, highlighting the painful impact of a four-year recession.
The fall was worst in the clothing and footwear sector, where sales were down 18.6 percent compared with July 2011, the authority said in a statement Friday.
July and August are when Greek retailers offer summer sales, which normally boosts turnover.
But according to separate estimates from Greece's national trade confederation, turnover during the two-month sales period dropped 20 percent compared with a year earlier, and a total 36 percent since the summer of 2010.
Greece is surviving on international rescue loans, in return for a punishing austerity program to right its finances. The country's economy is expected to shrink about 7 percent this year.
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