The volume of retail trade dropped by 2.9% compared with October 2016 and decreased by 1.1% compared with September 2017. There were falls across all store types from the year prior: both large scale distribution and small and medium scale distribution reported recession, as the former was down 1.3% for food goods and was down 3.0% for non-food goods, while the latter was down 2.6% for food goods and was down 2.2% for non-food goods.