Economics
South Africa Retail Sales Drop Again Even as Lockdown Eased
- Retail sales declined 7.5% in June from a year earlier
- Sales dropped 22.8% in second quarter compared with 2019
Barrier tape cordons off children's toys, banned for sale under government lockdown regulations, inside a supermarket in Johannesburg, on May 11.
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South African retail sales dropped for a third straight month in June even as the lockdown restrictions that limited the operation of stores and the types of goods that could be sold were eased.