Super purchases and sales dropped to 15.1% in September

The two indicators, which are essential for measuring progress in consumption, have helped fill three consecutive months of declining sales in a consolidated recession scenario in the country.

In shopping centers, sales reached $ 5,749 million in the ninth month of the year, compared to $ 24,307 million in supermarkets.

If we look at the first nine months of the year, in-store sales reached $ 36,449.5 million, which is still a cumulative increase of 3.1%, despite the decline in the last three months month.

In supermarkets, they amounted to $ 239,156 million, down 0.2% from the same period of 2017.

On the other hand, while online sales of supermarkets increased by 58.7% in September, they represent only 1.5% of the total.

In the same month, sales at current prices, including inflation, of self-serve wholesale services totaled $ 6,209.1 million, an increase of 22% over the same month in 2017.

In the mall, sales at current prices in September 2018 reached $ 5,749.9 million, an increase of 17.2% over the same month in 2017.

In September, the items with the largest increase in shopping center sales were: "perfumery and pharmacy", 40.1%; "Other", 36.8%; "Toy store", 32%; "Bookstore and stationery", 31.4% and "Clothing and sports accessories", 29.3%.

In the city of Buenos Aires, the items that recorded the largest changes during the same period compared to the same month in 2017 were "Other", 62.5%; "Perfumery and pharmacy", 38.2%; "Bookstore and stationery" and "Toy store", each with 33.9% and "Clothing and sports accessories", 31.5%.

In the conurbano, the biggest variations in September compared to the same month of 2017 correspond to "Perfumery and pharmacy", 44.2%; "Toy store", 29.7%; "Furnishing, decoration and home textiles", 28.5%; "Clothing and sports accessories", 27.9%; and "Bookstore and Stationery", 27.7%.