According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in August 2009 in Germany decreased 3.5% in nominal terms and 2.6% in real terms compared with the corresponding month in the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 26 in August 2009 and in August 2008 too.

When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (CENSUS-X-12-ARIMA), turnover in August was in nominal terms 0.7% and in real terms 1.5% smaller than that of the preceding month.

Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, retail turnover was in the first eight months 2009 in nominal terms 2.4% and in real terms 2.0% smaller.