South African retail sales rise 7.0% year on year in January

March 19, 2025 7:09 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: An employee sorts out clothing at a retail store in Sandton, near Johannesburg, South Africa, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retail sales rose 7.0% year on year in January after rising by a revised 3.2% in December, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.

Retail sales rose 1.2% month on month in January.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Writing by Sfundo Parakozov; Editing by Alexander Winning)



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