Monthly survey on retail trade 2024Feb
Published on 21 March 2024
Manufactured goods sales increased slightly in February
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 February, turnover in retail trade (adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations) rose very slightly for the second consecutive month, by 0.2% compared with January, and by 0.3% compared with December. Sales of manufactured goods were up compared with January (0.5% after -0.7%), with the magnitude of changes varying across sectors: in particular, sales of bicycles and motorbikes (8.7%, after -16.1%), new cars (3.9%, after -14.0%), and optical products (3.0%, after -0.7%) all rose, while sales of sports equipment (-3.6%, after 1.8%), furniture (-2.9%, after 3.9%) and DIY (-2.5%, after 0.9%) fell.
Food sales declined very slightly (-0.2% after 1.6%).
In terms of distribution channels , hyper/supermarket sales contracted, while those of department stores and small retailers rose (2.3% and 1.0%) for the second consecutive month.
Three-month-on-three-month, manufactured goods sales were stable (0.0%), while food sales rose slightly (0.4%).
Food sales declined very slightly (-0.2% after 1.6%).
In terms of distribution channels , hyper/supermarket sales contracted, while those of department stores and small retailers rose (2.3% and 1.0%) for the second consecutive month.
Three-month-on-three-month, manufactured goods sales were stable (0.0%), while food sales rose slightly (0.4%).
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 – February 2024