Growth in retail sales volumes accelerated to 3.1% year on year in April 2015, from 1.3% in March, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service Cystat.
The data exclude sales of motor vehicles.
The fastest-growing category was electrical goods and furniture, which rose in May by 23.5%, while the biggest decline was recorded by textiles, clothing and footwear, which dropped by 7.9%.
For the first four months of the year, total retail sales volumes excluding car sales rose by 3%.
Sales of food products in this period dropped by 1.1% while non-food excluding automotive fuel rose by 6.6%.
Source: InCyprus
