Price index of internet commerce falls 2.49% in February, says Ibevar

The index that measures the change in prices in electronic commerce fell 2.49% in February after registering an increase of 1.14% in January, reported the Brazilian Institute of Retail executives and Consumer Market (Ibevar) and the Retail Management program (Prove).
In February 2016, there was high of 1.76%. In the last 12 months, the index showed inflation of 0.92%. As early as 2017, the accumulated variation is negative at 1.38%, which represents a fall of 5.43 percentage points over the same period to 2016 (4.06%).
Of the ten categories considered in electronic commerce, seven recorded deflation in February:
Toys ( -8.99%), household appliances ( -1.42%), electronics ( -1.79%), data processing ( -0.42%), Books ( -3.98%), Perfumes and cosmetics ( -0.38%) and telephony and mobile phones ( -8.44%). On the other hand, prices went up in CDs and DVDs (1.87%), movie and photos (0.14%) and medicine (0.43%).