Retail turnover over 5 percent up in September

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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports for September 2022 that the Dutch retail sector recorded 5.3 percent year-on-year turnover growth. The volume of sales, however, went down by 3.5 percent. Turnover in the food sector was up by 8.7 percent and in the non-food sector up by 4.7 percent. Furthermore, online retail turnover increased by 5.7 percent.

Retail turnover data have been adjusted for the shopping-day pattern in September. Retail sales tend to vary from one day to the next. If the shopping-day pattern is not taken into account, retail turnover in September 2022 was 5.9 percent higher than in the same month last year.

Turnover in non-food sector almost 5 percent higher

In September, turnover in the non-food sector was up by 4.7 percent year on year. The volume of sales (adjusted for price changes) fell by 2.9 percent compared to the same month last year.

Shops selling footwear and leather products, clothes shops, shops selling personal care products, shops selling consumer electronics and white goods, shops selling DIY products, kitchens and flooring and those selling furniture and home furnishings saw turnover growth. However shops selling recreational goods had lower turnover than twelve months previously.

Turnover of food shops over 7 percent up

Shops selling food, beverages and tobacco achieved 7.3 percent higher turnover in September 2022 than in the same month last year. The volume of sales, however, was 3.4 percent lower. Turnover at supermarkets was up by 8.7 percent, while turnover at specialist shops was down by 2 percent.

Online turnover 5.7 percent higher

In September, online turnover was up by 5.7 percent year on year. Web shops recorded a turnover increase of 0.7 percent; their core activity is selling goods and services over the internet. Multi-channel retailers (retailers selling goods and services over the internet as a side activity) achieved 12.2 percent higher turnover in online sales. Online turnover in all subsectors was higher in September compared to September 2021.

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