DUBLIN: Irish retail sales posted their sharpest annual fall since 2012 in July on weak car sales, data showed on Wednesday.
Retail sales volumes fell 4.4% on an annual basis, the sharpest fall since June 2012, after sales in the motor trade fell by 16.4%, data from the Central Statistics Office showed.
Excluding the motor trade, which has been very volatile in recent years, retail sales grew by 4.2% in July, the data showed.
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