Sales are looking better than previous months in Estonian stores across-the-board. Photo by Ville Säävuori.

TALLINN — Estonia’s retail market is stabilizing and crawling back toward growth after a steady 30 percent drop in sales since early 2008.

While April was down 12 percent from that month last year, it was up 2 percent from March although the seasonally-adjusted data shows no increase or loss. Meanwhile Estonian retailers are reporting that sales are up.

The car sales company Amserv Auto, the

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