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Strong car sales fuel July retail sales growth of 5.2%

But excluding 40.6 per cent jump in motor sales, retail figure up only by sluggish 0.8 per cent

Published Tue, Sep 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

HELPED again by a massive increase in motor vehicle sales, Singapore's retail sales rose 5.2 per cent year-on-year in July, data released by the Department of Statistics on Tuesday revealed.

But if the 40.6 per cent rise in car sales is excluded, retail sales would have gon…

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