Retail trade - August 2021

Retail trade sales growth was contributed the most by sale over the Internet and by sale of other household equipment

08.10.2021
Code: 120019-21
 

In August, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 4.1% in real terms (at constant prices), year‑on‑year (y-o-y). Non-adjusted sales increased by 5.1%, y-o-y. Seasonally adjusted sales in retail trade increased by 0.3%, month-on-month (m-o-m).

Seasonally adjusted sales in retail trade, except of motor vehicles1) increased in real terms (at constant prices) by 0.3%, m-o-m, in August. Sales for sale of non-food goods increased by 0.7% and sales for sale of food by 0.1%, whereas sales for sale of automotive fuel decreased by 1.5%.

Sales in retail trade adjusted for calendar effects increased by 4.1%, y-o-y. Sales for sale of non-food goods increased by 8.9% and sales for sale of automotive fuel by 1.9%, whereas sales for sale of food decreased by 1.2%. August 2021 had one working day more than August 2020.

Non-adjusted sales in retail trade increased by 5.1%, y-o-y. Sales for sale of non-food goods increased by 10.7% and sales for sale of automotive fuel by 3.3%, whereas sales for sale of food decreased by 1.5%.

High sales growth further continued in sale of goods via mail order houses or via Internet2) (by 20.6%). An increase was also reported by all assortment types of specialised non-food stores, namely by retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores (by 14.6%), retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores (by 10.2%), dispensing chemist, medical and orthopaedic goods (by 7.8%), retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores (by 4.9%), retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather goods in specialised stores (by 4.6%), and retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores (by 1.8%). Food retailers were successful in retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores the sales of which increased by 1.0%, whereas sales in retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating were by 1.6% lower.  

The price deflator in retail trade, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles related to the corresponding period of the previous year (VAT excluded) was 104.0%. It was mainly influenced by higher prices of automotive fuel, clothing, footwear and leather goods, cultural and recreation goods, other household equipment, food, and dispensing chemist, medical and orthopaedic goods. Conversely, prices of cosmetic and toilet articles and information and communication equipment decreased.

Seasonally adjusted sales for sale and repair of motor vehicles3) decreased in real terms (at constant prices) by 2.2%, m-o-m, and sales adjusted for calendar effects decreased by 3.6%, y-o-y. Non-adjusted sales decreased by 0.2%, y-o-y; sales for sale of motor vehicles (including spare parts) decreased by 1.6%, y‑o-y, whereas sales for repair of motor vehicles increased by 5.4%, y‑o‑y.

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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Notes:
All data in the text of the News Release are at constant prices.
Enterprises are classified to the economic activity according to their principal (prevailing) activity, which is such an activity, from which the enterprise gets the highest value added.
Data for July 2021 have been revised in accordance with the CZSO revision policy. Data for August 2021 are preliminary. Final data for all months of 2021 will be published in March 2022.
We point out that since the way estimates for non-surveyed part of the sample are made has changed, previously released data may be revised more.

1) CZ-NACE 47 – retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
2) CZ-NACE 4791 – retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
3) CZ-NACE 45 – wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Responsible head at the CZSO: Marie Boušková, Director of the Trade, Transport, Services, Tourism, and Environmental Statistics Department, phone number: (+420) 274 052 935, (+420) 732 349 448, e-mail: marie.bouskova@czso.cz
Contact person: Jana Gotvaldová, Head of the Trade, Transport, and Services Statistics Unit, phone number: (+420) 274 052 691, e-mail: jana.gotvaldova@czso.cz
Method of data acquisition: direct survey of the CZSO (“SP 1–12”)
End of data collection: 29 September 2021
End of data processing: 4 October 2021
Related outputs: Base indices and y-o-y indices since 2000 and 2001, respectively, are available in time series
(https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/sales_indices_monthly_retail_trade_hotels_and_restaurants_time_series).
Next News Release will be published on: 5 November 2021

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  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Retail trade and sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (year-on-year indices, non adjusted data)
  • Table 2 Sales in main assortment types of stores (year-on-year changes, decomposition of increase – year-on-year)
  • Table 3 Retail trade and sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (year-on-year indices, adjusted for calendar effects)
  • Chart 1 Sales in retail trade except of motor vehicles and motorcycles – base indices, constant prices
  • Chart 2 Sales in retail trade except of motor vehicles and motorcycles – international comparison, seasonally adjusted, constant prices
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Published: 08.10.2021
The data are valid as of the release date of the publication.


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