Eurozone retail sales edged up 0.1% month-over-month in August 2025, partially recovering from a revised 0.4% decline in July and in line with market expectations. Gains were driven by higher sales of food, drinks, and tobacco (0.3% vs. -1.1% in July) and automotive fuel (0.4% vs. -1.6%), which offset a slight decline in non-food products (-0.1% vs. 0.3%). Among the region’s largest economies, France (0.5% vs. -0.9%) and Spain (0.4% vs. -0.4%) saw growth, while the Netherlands remained flat and Germany (-0.2% vs. -0.5%) and Italy (-0.3% vs. -0.2%) posted declines. On an annual basis, retail trade growth slowed sharply to 1.0% in August, marking the weakest year-on-year increase since July 2024.