Retail sales fell by 10.5% in value
terms in April with respect to March, ISTAT said on Friday.
The national statistics agency said that the drop was caused
by a strong fall in sales of non-food goods, which were down
24%.
It said this was "down to the closure of many business for
the entire month because of the COVID-19 emergency".
It said sales of food goods rose by 0.6%.
It said retail sales as a whole were down 26,3% in
year-on-year terms.
The agency said that, despite the overall decline, e-commerce
sales were up 27.1%.
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