Retail Sales Of Clothing And Footwear Slipped From 1 To September In Austria

Federation of Austria Statistics Bureau (Bundesanstalt Statistik sterreich), according to the statistics released by the Federal Statistical Bureau of Austria in November 9th, the turnover of Austria retail industry (excluding auto sales) increased by 1.8% in September 2011 compared with the same month last year, but after deducting the inflation factor, the real value shrank by about 1.6%.

From 1 to September 2011, the retail sales volume decreased by about 1.2%. The trend of the past 3 months has been observed. Following the 7 and 8 months of two months, the retail sales in this (9) month have fallen again, indicating that the consumption of the public is affected by the slump and is conservative.

According to the Bureau of statistics, the cumulative decline in retail sales from 1 to September in 2011 was larger than that in the same period last year. Sale With a reduction of 8.3%, sales of sports equipment and clothing and footwear also decreased by about 4.6%.

"Furniture, household hardware, electrical appliances" category reduced by about 1.9%, "book" zero. Sales amount It also reduced by about 1.8%, while the "makeup" category decreased by 1%. In all retail sectors, only the "livelihood goods" category increased by 0.3%.