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Leather goods take the lead in Italian retail spending

03/08/2001

Figures released by the Italian national statistics agency ISTAT last week show that sales of footwear and leather goods were at the forefront the 2.9% increase in retail spending in the 12 month period to June 2001.

Footwear and leather goods sale increased by 3.2% compared with the year-before period – a rate of growth second only to retail sales of pharmaceuticals which increased by 5.5%.

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