50 Key Retail Enterprises Increased Sales In May, Up 1.7% Over The Same Period Last Year.

< p > < < a href= > http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp > > < < /a > > the national business information center statistics show that in May this year, the retail sales of 50 key large retail enterprises increased by 1.7% over the same period last year, although the growth level is not very high, but the same negative growth has shown a marked improvement over the previous month.

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< p > May, the retail sales of grain, oil and foodstuffs in 50 major large scale retail enterprises increased by 6.7% over the same period last year, up 2.5% from last month, 5.5% lower than the same period last year, and clothing retail sales grew by 5.2% over the same period last year, the highest monthly growth rate this year. The growth rate was 3.9 percentage points higher than that of last month, up 2.2% from the same period last year.

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< p > statistics show that in May, the retail sales of cosmetics increased by 9% over the same period last year, representing a substantial improvement over the previous month's negative growth. The growth rate was the highest since the beginning of the year. Although there is still a certain gap between the same period and the same period of last year, the gap has narrowed to 1.6 percentage points. This month, sales of daily necessities have increased by two digits, reaching 13.7%, the same as the highest value since the beginning of this year.

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Compared with < p >, in May, the sales performance of gold, silver and jewellery and household appliances in the 50 "a href=" http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp "key" /a "large retail enterprises were relatively weaker. Among them, gold and silver jewelry products were affected by the continuous decline of gold prices and the same period base, and the retail sales decreased by 17.1% compared with the same period last year. Compared with last month, the retail sales continued to show a downward trend, but the decline was narrowed compared with that of last month (-48.2%), while the retail sales of household appliances increased by 2.9% compared with the same period last year, but the growth rate was 6.6 percentage points lower than that of last month, showing a slowdown for two consecutive months.

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