Retail trade - July 2022

Sales in retail trade decreased in real terms by 7.2%, year‑on‑year (y-o-y) in July; in the month-on-month (m-o-m) comparison, they decreased by 0.6%.

Sales in retail trade, except of motor vehicles¹⁾ decreased by 0.6% in real terms, month‑on‑month, in July. Sales for sale of automotive fuel decreased by 2.2%, for sale of non‑food goods by 0.5%, and sales for sale of food decreased by 0.3%.

Sales in retail trade decreased in real terms by 7.2%, year-on-year. Sales for sale of automotive fuel decreased by 13.5%, sales for sale of non-food goods by 7.1%, and sales for sale of food by 5.0%.

“Decrease of retail trade sales slightly deepened in July compared to the previous two months. Their decrease, which was supported by price growth, was contributed to by lower sale of automotive fuel, non-food goods, as well as food,” Jana Gotvaldová, Head of the Trade, Transport, and Services Statistics Unit of the CZSO, says.

“Consumers were more interested, compared to the previous year, only in dispensing chemist and medical goods, in other types of stores sales decreased. Online shops (retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet) recorded decrease of sale for the seventh successive month,” Marie Boušková, Director of the Trade, Transport, Services, Tourism, and Environmental Statistics Department of the CZSO, adds.

Sales in retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores decreased by 15.1%, in retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores by 12.0%, in retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores by 9.6%, in retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather goods in specialised stores by 6.4%, and in retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores by 1.0%. On the other hand, stores with dispensing chemist, medical and orthopaedic goods reported an increase of sales by 1.8%. In retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores, sales decreased by 7.9% and in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating by 4.9%. In retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet²⁾ sales decreased by 5.9%.

Sales for sale and repair of motor vehicles³⁾ decreased in real terms, m-o-m, by 1.1% and in the y-o-y comparison they decreased by 6.2%. Sales decreased for both sale of motor vehicles (including spare parts) as well as for repair of motor vehicles.

International comparison of retail sales development in Member States of the EU is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/short-term-business-statistics/publications.
 

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