French May retail sales up 1.5 pct vs 0.5 fall in April High Street Networking

5 September 2001, 14:10 French May retail sales up 1.5 pct vs 0.5 fall in April

PARIS (AFX) - French retail sales rose a provisional 1.5 pct in May from April following a decline of 0.5 pct in April from March, according to figures from the statistics office Insee.