By BridgeNews Brussels--Jan. 9--Euro-zone retail sales volumes rose 1.0% in October from the same month in 1999, Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, reported Tuesday. At the same time Eurostat left unchanged sales growth in September at an annual increase of 3.3%. * * * Compared with September, October euro-zone retail sales fell 0.2%, Eurostat said. The September monthly increase was left unchanged at 0.4%. Eurostat said growth rates were lower in all sectors in October. Compared with Oct. 1999, Eurostat said growth in household goods was 3.0%: 1.2% in the food, drink and tobacco sectors and 0.2% in textiles. On the year the strongest increases were seen in Ireland (9.6%) and Belgium (7.1%). In Germany there was a fall of 1.4% and of 0.1% in Spain. Sales rose 0.3% in Italy while French data were unavailable. Sales increased 3.8% in Netherlands on the year. In October, Eurostat said sales had decreased in all sectors, except food, drink and tobacco (0.1%). Textiles and clothing saw a 0.6% fall from September and household goods slumped by the same level. On the month, sales fell 2.3% in Germany and 3.0% in Finland. These were the biggest falls in the zone. In Italy there was no change on the month and in Spain there was a 0.1% increase. Sales rose 0.3% in the Netherlands compared with September.