Luxembourg, 07/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The volume of retail sales increased by 1.7% in the euro zone and 2.5% in the European Union (EU15) last December compared to December 1999, says Eurostat in a communiqué published on 6 March. The European Communities' Statistical Office stipulates that last December's rise was 0.1% in the euro zone and 0.3% in the EU15 in relation to November 2000. The growth in sales for the year 2000 as a whole amounted to 2.2% in the euro zone (2.6% in 1999) and...