Johannesburg - Growth in South Africa's retail sales slowed to 1.0% year-on-year in October compared with a revised 4.7% expansion in September, Statistics SA said on Tuesday.
On a month-on-month basis, sales were down by 1.7% in October. For the quarter, they were up by 4.1% from the same period a year ago.
Economists in a Reuters survey expected retail sales growth of 4.0% in October compared with 4.3% previously reported.