Retail Trade - November 2008

In November, seasonally adjusted (SA) sales in retail trade except of automotive segment decreased by 0.3% month-on-month at constant prices; by 0.7%, year-on-year. Not seasonally adjusted (NSA) sales decreased by 3.8%, of which for food, beverages and tobacco by 5.8% and for non-food goods by 2.6%. In the automotive segment, SA sales at constant prices were 3.4% down, m-o-m, and 5.1%, y-o-y; NSA sales were down by 11.3%, y-o-y. SA sales in hotels and restaurants increased by 0.1%, m-o-m, and NSA sales were 5.2% down, y-o-y.
In November, SA sales in retail trade (CZ-NACE 52) at constant prices dropped by 0.3% month-on-month, of which sales from the sale of food, beverages and tobacco by 0.7% and sales from the sale of non-food goods stagnated. The trend component dropped month-on-month by 0.1% like in October (Table 3).

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Year-on-year, adjusted for working day effects (November 2008 had three working days less than November 2007), sales in retail trade dropped by 1.2% at constant prices; and with seasonal adjustment by 0.7% especially due to the sales from the sale of food, beverages and tobacco, while sales from the sale of non-food goods increased by 0.8%. NSA sales dropped by 3.8%, of which for the sale of food, beverages and tobacco by 5.8% and for the sale of non-food goods by 2.6%.

Total drop of sales in November was most contributed to by non-specialised stores with food, beverages and tobacco predominating and specialized stores with other non-food goods. Growth was reported only for specialized stores with furniture, lighting equipment, household articles, electrical appliances, radio and television goods, hardware, paints and glass and stores with textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (Table 2).

The price deflator related to November 2007 was 101.2%. The biggest price increase was recorded in stores with pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles (+4.6%). In stores with food, beverages and tobacco prices grew by 3.1%, of which in specialized stores by 3.8% and in non-specialized stores by 3.0%, in non-specialised stores with non-food goods predominating by 1.0% and in retail sale via stand sales and other sale operated outside stores prices increased by 0.1%. In contrast, price decreases were recorded in stores with household articles (-1.6%), in sale via mail order houses (-1.3%), in stores with second-hand goods (-0.9%), in stores with other non-food goods (-0.4%) and in stores with textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (-0.3%).

In November, according to data released by Eurostat, SA retail sales at constant prices in the EU27 were 0.3% up month-on-month and 0.2% down year-on-year (working days adjusted). Among the member states for which data were available, year-on-year sales increases were recorded in Romania (+6.8%), Poland (+6.2%), Slovenia (+5.4%), the United Kingdom (+2.6%), Slovakia (+2.0%), France (+1.6%) and in Germany (+0.3%). Sales dropped in Latvia (-15.1%), Estonia (-9.3%), Spain (-7.8%), Luxembourg (-6.7%), Denmark (-5.4%), Belgium (-4.3%), Lithuania (-1.8%), Portugal (-1.6%), Finland (-1.5%), Bulgaria (-1.2%) and in Austria (-0.5%) while in Sweden sales remained unchanged.
In the automotive segment (CZ-NACE 50), SA sales at constant prices dropped by 3.4% month-on-month and by 5.1% year-on-year. NSA sales decreased by 11.3%, year-on-year, of which the sales from the sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles dropped by 15.6% and the automotive fuel sales were 2.3% down.

In retail trade, incl. the automotive segment (CZ-NACE 52 + 50), SA sales at constant prices decreased by 1.3% month-on-month and by 2.2% year-on-year. NSA sales dropped by 6.3%, year-on-year.

In hotels and restaurants (CZ-NACE 55), SA sales at constant prices increased by 0.1% month-on-month. NSA sales decreased by 5.2%, year-on-year, in which sales in hotels, camping sites and other provisions of short-stay accommodation by 6.5% and in restaurants, canteens and catering by 4.7%.

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Notes
1) The whole time series is seasonally adjusted every month; indices in the graph are changed retroactively.
Contact: Alena Hellerová, tel. (+420) 274052921, e-mail: alena.hellerova@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO direct survey in enterprises
End of data collection: 9 January 2009
End of data processing: 14 January 2009
The data for November 2008 are preliminary, data for the previous months are not revised; final data for all months of 2008 will be available in June 2009 at the latest. Monthly data since 1997 are available in time series ( /sales_indices_monthly_retail_trade_hotels_and_restaurants_time_series ).