Shopping mall sales soar 2.7% in March

Shopping mall sales slightly climbed in March, reaching to 2.7 percent year-on-year, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

The sector has registered a 9.8 percent drop compared to the volume reported in the previous month.

During the first quarter of the year, it has accumulated a 22.7 percent increase against the same period in 2011.

According to the official data, the sectors which registered most of the gains were: Food and kiosk (45.1 percent), book stores (44.6 percent) and others (42.4 percent).