South African retail sales rise 2.3% year on year in March

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African retail sales rose 2.3% year on year in March after decreasing by a revised 0.7% in February, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.

On a month-on-month basis, sales increased 1.4% in March.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)