Trade: in November sales and a 0.7% – ANSA.it

In November 2016, the retail sales recorded a short-term change negative 0.7% in value and 0.8% in volume) which, after the acceleration detected in October, in line with the levels of sales, at values slightly higher than September. On November 2015, reported a 0.8% increase. The food sales fall 1.2% in value and 1.3% in volume; those of non-food items to 0.5% of the value of -0,4% in volume. This is reported by Istat.

In the middle of the quarter September-November 2016 the overall index of retail sales marked a slight decrease by 0.1%, both in value and in volume, compared to the previous quarter. Compared to November 2015, the sales increase overall of 0.8% in value and 0.7% in volume. The food sales grow 0.3% in value and 0.2% in volume. Those of non-food products recorded an increase of 1.0 in value and 0.9% in volume. Among non-food products, the underlying increase in sustained groups Furniture, textile products, furniture and pharmaceutical Products (+2.2% for both groups). Decreasing only the group’s Stationery, books, newspapers and magazines ( by 1.6%). Compared to November 2015, there was an increase in the value of sales for both the large-scale distribution (+0.3%) and is more wide, for firms operating in small areas (up 1.0%). Compared to November 2015 the value of retail sales increase of 0.3% in firms of the great distribution and of 1.0% in operating on small surfaces. In the retail sales recorded positive changes in both sectors: +0.2% for food and +0.4% for those non-food. Even for businesses operating on small surfaces the value of the sales record variations in trends positive: +0.6% for food and +1.2% for non-food. With reference to the type of the year of the great distribution, in November 2016, the value of retail sales recorded a zero change for the exercises do not specialize, while increases of 1.7% for the specialized ones. Among the first, it decreases the value of the sales of the exercises to head the food (-0,1%), while it increases that of the exercises, mainly in non-food (+0,6%). In particular, the exercises do not specialize mainly in food, the value of the sales increases for the Discounters (+1.6%) and for Supermarkets (+0,4%); decreases, instead, for Hypermarkets (down 1.4%).