BRAZILIAN TRADE CAN WIN 20700 NEW STORES THIS YEAR

The data are part of a survey of the National Commerce Confederation for goods, services and tourism (CNC) and point out that, last year, 19300 shops were closed. "Despite the negative sequence, the closure of shops was 82% lower than in 2016, when the sector eliminated 105,300 outlets", said the head of the Economic Division of the CNC, Fabio Bentes. According to the CNC the way to reopen the closed stores 226,500 since 2014 will be long, since the retail segment has been showing a gradual and moderate growth. "The gap between the behavior of sales and investments in new businesses did not allow the sector closed the year in blue from the point of view of the increase in the number of stores," says Bentes. When segments analyzed the results by area of expertise, the hyper and supermarkets have negatively in absolute numbers (-5,692), followed by construction material shops (-3,714) and housewares stores and use personnel (-2,221). "It's worth pointing out that the reduction of the rate of closures of stores occurred in all segments that have accused negative balances in 2017," says Bentes. On the other hand, shops focused on computer and communication items (+21) and pharmacies, perfumeries and cosmetics have returned to register NET openings after four years. Regionally, the regions industry reaction spread throughout the country, since in 26 units of the Federation where they were recorded net of stores closings last year, sales were lower than in 2016. Only in Santa Catarina – been computing the greatest increase in sales last year (+ 14.6%), there was an expansion in the number of record stores (+ 207) in 2017. On the other hand, the Rio de Janeiro-responsible for 9% of national retail sales and 33% of locks – stood out negatively. Still, this unit of the Federation registered less locks in 2017 (6,814) than in the previous year (10,839). Sao Paulo, state that sum 29% national retail billing, lost 4,653 stores in 2017 (24% of the national total).