Macau’s retail sales for the first quarter increased 12 percent year on year to 16.6 billion patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.
Month-to-month, the figure was up 4.3 percent.
Watches and jewellery accounted for 23.2 percent of the total retail sales, followed by goods sold in department stores (15 percent), adults’ clothing (12.8 percent), leather goods (11.8 percent), and goods sold in supermarkets (7.1 percent).
