According to INDEC data, in the first month of the year, sales in wholesale self -services also increased.
The Sales in supermarkets recorded an increase of almost 2 per month in January. Also, consumption in these establishments showed its First year -on -year improvement since Javier Milei is president.
As reported by Indec this Friday, the turnover of supermarkets advanced 1.9% at constant prices during the first month of the year, compared to last December. While, Compared to January 2024, the increase was 4.2%.
At the product level, The main real improvements were verified in the consumption of clothing, prepared foods and rotisería, and electronics products. At the other extreme, the worst data was seen in warehouse products.
As for the means of payment, the trend of the previous months was maintained; a Growth in the use of credit cards and, fundamentally, of “other means of payment” (which include, among others, payments with QR) and a real fall in the use of cash and debit cards.
On the other hand, the operations carried out in a way face -to -face and those carried out in a way on-line They exhibited similar variations, although the former continued to represent almost all transactions.
From these data, the Destationalized series of INDEC showed its best data for consumption in supermarkets of the Milei era.
There were also improvements in sales of wholesalers and shopping malls
In parallel, Sales in wholesale self -services rose 4.2% monthly, although in annual terms a significant contraction of 10.5% was still observed. Particularly the annual casualties were highlighted in cleaning items, meats and warehouse products, while electronics and clothing led the increases.
For its part, In Shoppings the billing grew 23.4% versus January last year. Here the highest advances were in electronics, fun and recreation, and toy store.
Source: Ambito
