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Trade companies employed 8.22 million persons in 2008

In 2008, the 1.4 million commercial companies in the country employed about 8.2 million persons and generated net operating revenue1 of R$ 1.45 trillion. Throughout the same year, a total R$ 83.1 billion were paid in salaries, withdrawals and other compensation. Between 2007 and 2008, there were no structural...

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Retail sales remain stable in May and cumulative increase in the year hits 0.7%

The trade of vehicles increased by 22.3% against the result of May last year - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency The volume of sales changed by -0.1% in May, a result that is considered stable, but it increased by 1% against May 2018. Trade recorded an increase of 0.7% in the year, and a cumulative...

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Trade sales increased by 0.56% in November

Sales have been increasing since August. Nominal revenue increased by 0.93% in November. Both are seasonally adjusted comparisons, relative to October. In relation to November 2005, sales and revenue increased by 9.22% and 9.09%, respectively. In November 2006, Retail Trade changed by 0.56% for volume...

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In July, trade sales changed by – 0.45%

The volume of sales and nominal revenue (-0.03%) fell for the second consecutive month. In the series without adjustment, the volume of sales increased by 2.30% compared to July /05, accumulating 5.18% in the year and 5.14% in the last 12 months. The rates of nominal revenue were, respectively, 3.35%...

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In November, trade sales increased by 0.26%

Nominal revenue increased by 0.18%. Both comparisons are seasonally adjusted in relation to October. In the series without adjustment and in relation to November 2004, sales increased by 4.87% and nominal revenue by 8.78%. In November 2005, the retail trade of the Country increased by 0.26% in volume...

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Retail sales grow 2.3% in 2018, highest rise over the last 5 years

The activity of hypermarkets grew 3.8% and exerted the biggest positive influence on the survey index - Photo: Eduardo Peret/IBGE News Agency The retail trade closed 2018 with a rise of 2.3%, the highest annual rate since 2013, when sales increased 4.3%. It was the second consecutive positive result,...

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Trade sales increased 12.04% in July

Trade sales increased for the eighth consecutive month, having reached cumulative increases of 9.74% in the year and of 4.76% in the last 12 months. The volume of sales of Brazilian retail trade increased in almost all the 27 Federation Units: the only exception was Amapá, with decrease of 1.70%. In...

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In January, trade sales increased by 2.35% and revenue by 2.17%

Positive performance in relation to December 2005 is already with seasonal adjustment. In the series without adjustment, the rates for trade sales were 6.54% compared to January/05 and 4.87% for the index accumulated in the last 12 months. Regarding nominal revenue, the rates were 9.47% in relation to...

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Trade sales grow 12.80% in June

The month (12.80%), quarter (11.24%) and half-year (9.33%) rates are the highest since 2001. It is the first positive half-year since the beginning of the new Monthly Trade Survey series. Sales volume accumulates an increase of 3.31% in last 12 months. For the fourth consecutive month, the segment Furniture...

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In December, trade sales expanded 1.19% in terms of sales and 1.44% in terms of revenue

The positive results in relation to November are seasonally adjusted. The series without seasonal adjustment showed sales increase of 4.28% in relation to December 2004 and of 4.76% accumulated in 2005. Considering the same comparisons, the rates for nominal revenue of sales were 7.47% and 10.15%, respectively....

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Trade sector: more jobs and lower salaries in the period 2003-2007

In the period 2003-2007, there was significant increase of the number of jobs offered by Trade (with 2.4 million more persons employed). The highlights were the subsectors Hypermarkets and supermarkets, which generated 256,849 new jobs, and Retail trade of construction material, with 212,598 new job...

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In March, volume of trade sales fell by 0.10%

Also in relation to February, nominal revenue increased by 0.19% in the series with seasonal adjustment. Retail trade of the Country had rates of -0.10% for the volume of sales and 0.19% for the nominal revenue, in the relation March/February with seasonal adjustment. In the other comparisons, obtained...

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In December, trade sales increased 11.43%

Volume of Sales increased in 25 among twenty-seven Federative Units, and the accumulated index in 2004 increased 9.25% in relation to 2003. The country’s retail trade closed the year of 2004 maintaining the scenario of positive rates, registering in the relation December 04/December 03 changes of 18.76%...

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Number of app-based workers grew 25.4% between 2022 and 2024

In 2024, around 878,000 people had ride-hailing, excluding taxis, as their main job - Photo: Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil In the third quarter of 2024, Brazil had 1.7 million people working through digital platforms and service apps, including ride-hailing, food and product delivery, and general or professional...

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PAC 2016: hypermrkets and supermarkets lead participation in trade's net revenue

In 2016, the 1.546 million trade enterprises in Brazil generated a net operating revenue of R$3.3 trillion, paid R$214.8 billion in salaries, withdrawals and other compensation and employed 10 million persons, in 1.685 million local units. The activity hypermarkets and supermarkets grew in participation...

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Trade sales grow 8.46% in October

Nominal revenue grows 13.40%. Sales and revenue accumulate, respectively, 9.27% and 12.24% in the year and 7.76% and 11.88% in the last twelve months. The volume of sales increased in 25 of the 27 Federation Units and in four of the five main retail trade activities. In October, retail trade in the country...

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In 2022, populaiton employed in trade reaches 10.3 million and surpasses pre-pandemic level

The sector of hypermarkets and supermarkets employs most of trade workers - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In 2022, the Brazilian trade activity included 1.4 million companies, employing 10.3 million persons. This contingent fell 0.7% in a decade, a reduction of 76.6 thousand persons. However,...

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São Paulo leads and Itajaí stands out in the territory management ranking

Itajaí (SC) is in the 26th position in the national ranking of Territory Management, ahead of capitals such as Manaus (AM), Cuiabá (MT) and Belém (PA) - Photo: Municipal Government of Itajaí In 2024, only 39.1% of the Brazilian Municipalities were classified as Centers for Territory Management (2,176...

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Companies were responsible for 70.3% of the formal jobs and paid 62.1% of the salaries in 2008

Big companies prevailed in terms of employment and wages Out of 4.1 million active companies, 3.6 million (88.7%) had between 0 and 9 employed persons (small l company), but the ones with 100 or more persons employed (big companies, 28,830 or 0.7% of the total) were the most important with reference...

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Employment and inflation data collection by phone or Internet during the pandemic

The suspension of the face-to-face interviews for the Continuous PNAD and IPCA will not interrupt the data dissemination on employment and inflation. As of today, IBGE survey agents will proceed the collection by phone or through the Internet, following the recommendations of the Ministry of Health regarding...