TABLE-Czech retail sales +8.9 pct y/y in July

...JULY 07  JUNE 07  JULY 06 JAN-JULY 07 
RETAIL SALES (pct chg y/y)   8.9   7.6 (7.2)   6.6      8.8 
 Retail trade; repair of 
  personal and household 
  goods                      7.4   6.9 (6.4)   6.9      7.9 
 Automotive segment         12.0   9.0 (8.9)   5.8     10.6 
  Sale & repair of 
   motor vehicles           15.2  12.5(12.3)   5.6     13.5 
  Retail sales of 
   automotive fuel           7.7   2.2 (2.6)   6.1      5.7 
RESTAURANT AND 
 ACCOMMODATION SALES        -1.1   0.5 (0.5)   2.7      1.5 
    NOTE. All data are subject to further revision and are 
seasonally unadjusted. Brackets denote previously reported data. 
    Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 7.5 percent 
increase in overall retail sales  .  
    Data for overall sales in the service sector are issued 
quarterly. Retail sales data are released monthly. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
  
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/RETAIL