Monthly survey on retail trade 2023Nov
Published on 21 December 2023
Sales declined slightly in November
Note: The trend in retail sales does not reflect that of total household consumption: the latter includes other items such as health care, education and rents.
In November, turnover in retail trade declined slightly by -0.8% on October (data in CVS-CJO volume). Sales of manufactured goods were up very slightly, at +0.1% compared with October, following a 0.9% decline the previous month. This near stability hides heterogeneous trends, with a sharp rise in the automotive equipment sector (+7.3% after -5.9%), and significant increases in household appliances (+3.2% after -3.1%) and textiles and clothing (+2.2% after +0.3%). In contrast, sales fell in the sports equipment (-9.4% after -3.0%), watches and jewellery (-3.0% after -4.6%) and furniture (-2.1% after -0.7%) sectors.
The volume of food sales continued to fall, by -2.0% over the month, following the slight decrease recorded in October (-0.6%).
With the exception of department stores (+0.7%), all other distribution channels reported lower sales in November, especially hypermarkets (-1.4%).
Over the past three months, both manufactured goods and food sales have fallen in volume terms compared with the previous three months (-0.8% and -0.1% respectively).
The volume of food sales continued to fall, by -2.0% over the month, following the slight decrease recorded in October (-0.6%).
With the exception of department stores (+0.7%), all other distribution channels reported lower sales in November, especially hypermarkets (-1.4%).
Over the past three months, both manufactured goods and food sales have fallen in volume terms compared with the previous three months (-0.8% and -0.1% respectively).
Total manufactured goods and food sales
Month-on-month change (%) - Seasonally and working-day adjusted volumes
Notes :
1) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade (weights are given on the right scale)
2) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis: the seasonally adjusted series do not represent the sum of the seasonally adjusted components.
1) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade (weights are given on the right scale)
2) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis: the seasonally adjusted series do not represent the sum of the seasonally adjusted components.
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Breakdown by industrial product and outlet category – November 2023