09.01.202607:59:54UTC+00Hungary Retail Sales Growth Eases in November

In November 2025, Hungary experienced a 2.5% increase in retail sales compared to the same month the previous year. This growth rate marked a slowdown from October's six-month peak of 3.1%. The rise in non-food product sales diminished to 4.6% after reaching a six-month high of 5.2% in October. Specifically, sales of miscellaneous industrial goods saw a decline, while sectors such as textiles, clothing and footwear, books, computers, other industrial goods, and medicine and medical products remained sluggish. Conversely, retail activities gained momentum in the food and food-related products sector, escalating from 1.2% to 2.6%, and in automotive fuels, which increased from 0.6% to 0.7%. When adjusted for seasonal variations on a monthly basis, retail activity only saw a marginal rise of 0.1% in November, down from a 0.5% increase in the previous month. From January to November, retail trade grew by 2.8% compared to the same period in the previous year.