Retail sales in Brazil rose 0.6% in November 2021, after registering 0.2% in October. Even so, five of the eight activities surveyed had negative rates in the month. Retail accumulates a high of 1.9% until November and in the last 12 months, also until November, it grew 1.9%. The data are from the Monthly Trade Survey (PMC), released today (14) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The survey shows that the increase of 0.9% in the volume of sales of the activity of hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco contributed to the retail result in November. “It is the main contribution to the total weight, this variation in the positive field”, said the research manager, Cristiano Santos.
There was also growth in sales of pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic, perfumery and cosmetic articles (1.2%) and other articles for personal and domestic use (2.2%). In the opposite direction, the volume of sales of furniture and appliances fell 2.3%, as well as fabrics, apparel and footwear (1.9%), fuels and lubricants (1.4%) and books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (1.4%). The segment Equipment and supplies for office, IT and communication fell by 0.1%, which, according to the IBGE, indicated stability.
sexta-feira Negra
Cristiano Santos recalled that in 2021 Black Friday was much less intense, in terms of sales volume, than the previous year. In 2020, the promotion period was better, especially for the biggest retail chains, he said. “This happened, in part, because of inflation, but also because of a change in the consumption profile, since some purchases were made in October or even in the first semester, when there was greater availability of credit and the phenomenon of discounts. This advanced Black Friday in some ways for some chains.”
Also in November, expanded retail sales volume, which includes vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces and construction material, increased by 0.5%. According to the survey, the result was influenced by the positive rates of vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces (0.7%) and construction material (0.8%), after having registered negative results in the previous month, of 0. 4% and 0.8%, respectively.
interannual
In the interannual comparison, retail fell by 4.2% compared to November 2020. Of the eight activities surveyed, seven had negative rates. The highlight was furniture and household appliances (21.5%), fuels and lubricants (7.1%), other articles for personal and domestic use (2.6%) and fabrics, clothing and footwear (4.4%).
Also dropped, compared to November 2020, the segments of hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco (0.5%), equipment and supplies for office, IT and communication (5.6%), and books, newspapers , magazines and stationery (14.4%).
Pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic, perfumery and cosmetic items were the only activity that grew in November (2.5%), compared to the same month of 2020. In the expanded retail trade, the vehicles, motorcycles, parts and parts rose 1.7% compared to November 2020. In different behavior construction material fell 4.1% in the period.
States
From October to November 2021, 14 of the 27 federation units showed negative results in the retail trade. The highlights were Paraíba (3.1%), Piauí (3%) and Bahia (2.8%). In the positive field, there were 13 federation units, the main ones being Roraima (3.7%), Rio de Janeiro (2.8%) and Federal District (2.7%).
Also in the expanded retail trade, 14 units dropped in sales. The most intense were in Paraíba (6.8%), Tocantins (6.1%) and Alagoas (5.1%). In the opposite direction, 12 federation units were in the positive field, especially Rio de Janeiro (2.1%), Amazonas (1.9%) and Rondônia (1.7%). Amapá was stable.
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According to the IBGE, the Monthly Trade Survey, created in 1995, produces indicators that allow monitoring the conjunctural behavior of the retail trade in the country, taking into account the gross revenue from resale in companies formally constituted, with 20 or more employed persons, and whose main activity is retail trade.
