...Statistics Office said on Thursday. SELECTED SECTOR SALES OCT 07 SEPT 07 OCT 06 JAN-DEC 06 (pct change yr/yr) Retail sales 2.1 1.9 9.6 8.8 Hotels and restaurants 7.7 10.4 8.0 14.5 Vehicle sales and maintenance 22.8 16.2 16.7 13.6 NOTE: Analysts in a Reuters survey had forecast that retail sales rose by 4.0 percent in October. (Reporting by Peter Laca, editing by Tony Austin) Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/RETAIL
[Reuters/Finance.cz]