📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Production Produce indicated that last August retail sales closed at S 4279 million registering a slight growth of 1 compared to August 2021 and 31.8 compared to August 2021. 2019 pre-pandemic.With this result retail trade accumulates eighteen months of continuous growth driven by the growth of domestic demand private consumption around 4 said the head of Produce Jorge Prado Palomino. The minister also added that the August result was influenced by the increase in the turnover of sales of pharmacies and drugstores 23.4 and bookstores and stationery items 37.9.By subsectorsAccording to the General Office of Impact Assessment and Economic Studies of Produce the subsector of Books newspapers and stationery articles registered a significant increase of 37.9 mainly due to the increase in the demand for stationery products and articles office 67.8. Meanwhile pharmacies and drugstores increased their sales significantly by 23.4 this responds to the increase in sales of pharmaceutical and medicinal products 28.4 and to a lesser extent by sales of personal care products 3.8.For their part supermarkets and hypermarkets registered a slight decrease of -0.2 in August 2022 as a result of lower demand for food -1.2 and articles for personal use -9.9.The same happened with department stores which registered a negative result -7.3. This is explained by lower sales of furniture -11.2 household items -18.7 and clothing and footwear -4.0.
