First crash of the year-Retail activity Falls 4.2% in January

According to the Serasa Experian indicator, retail activity recorded fall of 4.2 percent in January, compared with January 2016. Meanwhile, compared to December, the recoil was 2.1%, made the seasonal adjustments. According to Serasa Experian''s economists, the rise in unemployment and the consumer need to pay off debts have kept consumption weakened in the first month of 2017. According to the scorecard, the largest drop among the retailers in January occurred at building material stores, indentation of 3.6% compared to December. Already the supermarkets, hypermarkets, food and beverages recorded high of 0.8% on the same basis of comparison.
Fall per segment in the segment of vehicles, motorcycles and spare parts was retraction of 2.4%. In the mobile sector, consumer electronics and computing, indentation observed was 2.2%. There was also a fall of 1.6% both in the segment of fuels and lubricants and the fabrics, clothing, footwear and accessories. In comparison with the same period last year, all segments recorded drop in movement. The biggest setback also occurred in the shops of building materials ( -12.1%), followed by furniture and household goods ( -11.3%), textiles, clothing and footwear ( -11.2%), motor vehicles motorcycles and parts ( -9.4%), supermarkets ( -5.9%) and fuels and lubricants ( -3.2%).