retail: SA's February retail sales down year/year

JOHANNESBURG - South African retail sales fell by 1.7 percent year-on-year in February, largely in-line with market expectations, after shrinking by 2.3 percent in January, data from the statistics office showed on Wednesday. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 1.8 percent year-on-year contraction in February. On a month-on-month basis, sales inched up by 0.8