Retail sales index - January 2025
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In January 2025 retail sales1 at constant prices2 were by 4.8% higher than the year before (against an increase of 3.2% in January 2024). Compared with December 2024, a decrease by 17.3% in retail sales was recorded.
In January 2025, the largest increase in retail sales (at constant prices) compared with the corresponding period of 2024 among the presented categories of goods was recorded by entities trading in motor vehicles, motorcycles, parts (by 21.9%). A significant increase in sales was also observed in units from the following groups: “furniture, radio, TV and household appliances” (by 13.6%), “pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, orthopaedic equipment” (by 12.8%), “textiles, clothing, footwear” (by 8.8%). Enterprises classified in the group with the largest share in “total” retail sales - “food, beverages and tobacco products” noted a growth of 0.6%.
In January 2025 compared with January 2024, an increase in retail sales value via Internet at current prices was recorded (by 9.4%). The share of sales via Internet in “total” sales increased in January 2025 compared with corresponding period of previous year from 8.8% to 9.1%. Among the presented groups with a significant share of sales via Internet an in-crease in share was reported by enterprises from the group “textiles, clothing, footwear” (from 27.2% a year ago to 29.0%), however a drop in share was shown by units from the groups: “newspapers, books, other sale in specialized stores” (from 26.3% to 19.9% respec-tively) and “furniture, radio, TV and household appliances” (from 18.7% to 18.1%).
1 Data concerns trade and non-trade enterprises employing more than 9 persons. Groups of enterprises were created on the basis of the Polish Classification of Activities (PKD 2007) and a given enterprise is included to a specific category by predominating kind of activity and according to its present organizational status in mentioned period. The recorded changes of rise or fall of the dynamics of retail sales in particular groups of enterprises activity may result from a change in the predominating kind of activity and organisational changes (e.g. a merger of enterprises). This does not have impact on the dynamics of the total retail sales.
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