Sales Of Clothing And Footwear Decreased In Austria In 1-9

According to statistics released by the Federal Statistical Bureau of Austria in November 9th, the turnover of Austria retail business (excluding auto sales) increased by 1.8% in the month of September compared with that in the same month last year, but the real value of Bundesanstalt Statistik sterreich was reduced by about 1.6% after the deduction of inflation factors, according to the statistics released by the Federal Bureau of statistics of Austria in November 9th.

From 1 to September 2011, the retail sales volume decreased by about 1.2%. The trend of the past 3 months has been observed. Following the 7 and 8 months of two months, the retail sales in this (9) month have fallen again, indicating that the consumption of the public is affected by the slump and is conservative.

According to the Bureau of statistics, the cumulative decline in retail sales from 2011 to September was larger than that in the same period last year. The sales volume of sports equipment and clothing and shoes decreased by about 4.6%, compared with the same period last year. The sales volume of the sports products and clothing and shoes category decreased by 8.3%.

"Furniture, household hardware, electrical appliances" decreased by about 1.9%, while the "book" retail sales also decreased by about 1.8%, while the "makeup" category decreased by 1%.

In all retail sectors, only the "consumer goods" category increased by 0.3%.