Sales in the Italian organic sector exceeded €3.5 billion in 2018, up 8% on the previous year.
The latest sector data from Assobio and complied by Nomisma indicates that large-scale retail accounts for around 45% of the total turnover of the organic sector in Italy, a 14% increase on the previous year.
Supermarkets and hypermarkets are the main driving force of this growth, the data showed.