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PAC 2018: Brazil has 1.5 million trade companies generating a total net revenue of R$ 3.7 trillion

Between 2009 and 2018, the number of employed persons in trade companies increased by 19.7%, having changed from 8.5 million to 10.2 of trade companies grew by 5.2%, with a change from 1.4 million to 1.5 million. The number of local branches (stores) went from 1.5 million to 1.7 million in ten years....

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Retail sales up 5.2% in July as trade remains in recovery mode

Furniture and household appliances sales are 16.9% above the February level - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE Agency The volume of sales increased 5.2% in July, against the previous month, after a record hike of 13.3% in May and 8.5% in June. That is the highest result for a month of July since the start of...

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Trade sales increased 2.9% in November

In November 2018, retail trade in the country increased 2.9% against the October figure, in the seasonally adjusted series. As a result, the quarterly moving average of the quarter ended November was 0.4%. Period Retail Extended Retail Volume of sales Nominal revenue Volume of sales Nominal revenue November...

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Extended retail sales interrupt sequence of 35 negative rates

In the comparison with May 2016, the sales of the extended retail, which include the sectors of cars and construction material, grew 4.5%, interrupting a sequence of 35 negative rates in a row in this comparison. According to Isabella Nunes Pereira, IBGE researcher, this performance was influenced by...

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Retail sales up 1.8% in April - highest increase for the month since 2000

The sector of Supermarkets was the only to fall in April - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Sales in retail trade rose 1.8% from March to April, the biggest increase for the month since 2000, after falling by 1.1% in March. As a result, retail was 0.9% above the pre-pandemic level. The sector has...

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Rise in supermarket sales limits retail losses to 2.5% in March

Hypermarket and supermarket sales skyrocket 14.6% and prevent a larger drop in retail - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency According to the Monthly Survey of Trade - PMC released today (13) by the IBGE, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic can be seen in March with the drop of 2.5% in the sales of...

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Retail sales drop 0.6% in March, third negative result in 4 months

Drop in the sales of furniture and household appliances pressed the retreat of the retail sector - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales in the retail trade fell 0.6% in March, after changing 0.5% in the previous month. This is the third negative figure in the last four months. The retail,...

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Retail sales increase by 0.6% in November with a reduced impact on Black Friday

Volume of sales of furniture and household appliances fell 2.3% in November - Photo: Rovena Rosa/Brazil Agency. Volume of sales of retail trade in the country increased by 0.6% in November against the previous month (0.2%). Despite this increase, more than half of the activities recorded a negative result...

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Retail sales grow 0.6% in February, after two months of negative change

Sales of Books, newspapers, magazines and stationary grew 15.4% from January to February - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After two consecutive months with negative changes adding up to a fall of 6.3%, the volume of sales of the national retail trade rose again, in February compared to January,...

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Retail sales decrease by 0.8% in July and records third consecutive monthly drop

Apparel and footwear sector records highest decrease in July - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The sales volume of retail trade in Brazil dropped 0.8% in March, compared to June, and recorded its third consecutive monthly negative rate. The cumulative change in 2022 was 0.4%. The cumulative index...

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PAC 2017: number of employed persons in trade increases 29.9% in ten years

Between 2008 and 2017, the number of persons employed in trade activities increased 29.9%, with a change from 7.9 million to 10.2 million persons. The number of trade companies increased 11.8% in the period, from 1.4 million to 1.5 million. The number of local units (shops) went from 1.5 to 1.7 million...

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Drop of 0.4% in October retail sales indicates slow recovery

In the second consecutive month of decline in the monthly comparison, the volume of retail sales fell 0.4% in October, in the seasonally adjusted series of the Monthly Survey of Trade, released today by the IBGE. The negative result confirms the slow recovery trend of the sector, which grew 1.9% in relation...

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Retail trade sales up 1.4% in May, second month of increase in a row

Fabric, wearing apparel and footwear (16.8%) was responsible for the biggest increase in sales in May - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Trade sales were up 1.4% in May, after an increase of 4.9% in April. The result of May is the second consecutive increase of retail, which is now 3.95 above the...

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PAC 2014: Revenue from Internet sales up 290.4% between 2007 and 2014

Between 2007 and 2014, the gross revenue of Internet sales from commercial companies in the country rose from R$7.7 billion to R$ 30.2 billion (after discounting the effects of inflation). That represents a real increase of 290.4%. In the same period, sales by telephone generated an increase of 236.5%...

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Retail sales shrink 6.1% in December, but grow for the fourth year in a row

Despite December's drop, retail sales closed 2020 with a 1.2% rise - Photo: Helena Pontes/Agência IBGE Notícias The volume of retail sales fell 6.1% in December compared to November, when it changed -0.1%. It is the most intense fall for a December in the time series, which started in 2000. Despite the...

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Retail sales grow for the fifth month in a row, but decelerate in September

National retail trade has fifth consecutive increase since May 2020 - Photo: Charles de Moura/PMSJC Retail sales grew 0.6% in September, the fifth consecutive positive rate since May. Despite the growth trend, the result indicates a slowdown compared to the increases of the previous months - August (3.1%),...

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In August, furniture and household appliances keep retail on the rise

The volume of sales of the retail trade increased 3.6% in August, in comparison with the same month of 2016. It is the biggest monthly change since this recovery started, in April. The highlights were furniture and household appliances, whose sales grew 16.5% in relation to August last year. In the cumulative...

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Trade is on the rise in July, up 1% in retail sales

Hypermarkets leverage high of trade in July, the biggest one since November 2018 - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Retail trade sales increased 1% in July, compared to the previous month, and were the third consecutive positive rate of the month, according to the Monthly Survey of Trade, released...

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Sales drop 0.6% in April, retail loses strength after two months stable

The sector of hypermarkets accrues a loss of 3.4% between February and April - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency Volume of sales of the retail dropped 0.6% in April in relation to March, after two months of stability. This result is the worst for April since 2015 (-1%). As a result, the sector is...

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PAC 2013: 1.6 trillion of commercial enterprises employed 10.4 million persons

In 2013, the Annual Survey of Trade (PAC) identified 1.6 million commercial enterprises in the country, which generated R$ 2.7 trillion of net operating revenue and paid R$ 168.2 billion in salaries, withdrawals and other compensation to their 10.4 million workers. In relation to 2012, the number of...