SINGAPORE, March 7 (dpa): Shops in Singapore had a quieter-than-usual January ahead of muted Chinese New Year celebrations, with official data showing retail sales down 6.1 per cent year-on-year.
"The larger decline in January 2021 was due partly to higher sales in January 2020, when the Chinese New Year was celebrated," the Department of Statistics said in a Friday statement.
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