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March retail sales fall 5.1%
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Fri, May 15, 2009
Reuters
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| | >SINGAPORE'S March retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 5.1 per cent from February due to lower sales of motor vehicles, government data showed on Friday.
Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 3.3 per cent from February, according to the Department of Statistics' retail sales index.
Compared with a year ago, March retail sales fell 7.3 per cent as consumers spent less on jewellery, household equipment and motor vehicles, the data showed.
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