BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales of consumer goods rose 8.2 percent year on year in the first three quarters of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.
Excluding sales of automobiles, the growth rate reached 9.1 percent during this period.
Retail sales in rural areas rose 9 percent, outpacing the 8-percent expansion in urban areas.
Online sales continued to see robust expansion with 16.8 percent year on year rise in the period, NBS data showed.
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