SP has retail in 2018 greater balance of employees from 2014, says FecomercioSP

Regarded by economists as one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, the retail trade, only in the State of São Paulo, created in December-3,965 formal best number of historical series. Date of 2018, the balance of jobs created in the São Paulo trade was positive in 12,539 slots-best annual performance since 2014. The data are from the Survey of employment in the retail trade of the State of São Paulo (Pesp-retail) the Federation of the trade in goods, services and tourism of the State of São Paulo (FecomercioSP). The balance of jobs created in December, according to the entity, marked the fifth consecutive month in positive territory and resulted from the hiring of 74,426 workers and the shutdown of 70,461 employees. "It was the best balance for December since 2007, when the historical series" say FecomercioSP.Com technicians December performance, the sector ended the month with a stock 2,101,748 active employment links, the higher level of jobs since January 2016, noting high light of 0.6% compared to December 2017. In the annual comparison, six of the nine activities analysed showed growth of the stock of employees compared to December 2017, with emphasis on the pharmacies and perfumeries, with 2.5 percent, and household appliances, electronics and hardware stores departments, with 1.8%. On the other hand, the sectors of clothing stores, fabrics and shoes, with a fall of 0.6 percent, and building materials, with indentation of 0.5%, suffered the biggest falls. Recovering from economic assistance agreement with FecomercioSP, the paulista retail follows resuming vacancies lost in time of crisis, between 2015 and 2016, when there was a negative balance of 106,000 jobs with officially registered. In addition to projecting entity for the third quarter, the creation of 5000 vacancies. But 12500 were opened. According to FecomercioSP, it is expected that this process of recovery of lost places continue in 2019, as the performance of reliable indicators and industry sales have showed improvements in 2018: inflation and low interest rates and the fall of unemployment. "This will provide a more attractive scenario for creating new links", believe the leadership of the entity.