Dutch retail sales grew at the softest pace in March, figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday.
Retail sales rose 3.5 percent year-on-year in March, after a 5.0 percent increase in February. In January, retail sales grew 3.7 percent.
The measures against the spread of [coronavirus][1] disease had a large effect on the retail, the agency said.
Sales of non-food decreased 8.0 percent in March, while prices of food stores rose 12.2 percent.
Online sales gained 28.8 percent in March compared to the same month last year.
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