Source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio.
(*) Seasonally adjusted series
(**) The indicator of the retail trade comprises the results of activities 1 to 8.
(***) The indicator of the extended retail trade comprises the results of activities 1 to 10.

The activity of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles, with an advance of 10.3% in the volume of sales over September of 2013, was major positive impact in the overall retail trade.  In the cumulative indicators of the first nine months  of the year  and of the last 12 months, the changes in the volume of sales reached 9,4%and 10,1%, respectively. The price behavior of pharmaceuticals, which in 12 months rose 4,6% against 6,8% of the IPCA, added to the essential character of the products are the main reasons for the positive performance of this segment.

Other personal and household articles, which comprise department stores, glasses shops, jewelry shops, sporting good stores and toy stores etc., presented a change of 5.8% in the volume of sales in comparison with the same month a year ago, was responsible for the second biggest positive participation in the global rate. Concerning cumulative indicators, the changes were of 7.9% from January to September, and of 8.6% in the last 12 months.

Fuels and lubricants, with a change of 2.8% in the volume of sales in relation to August 2013, accounted for the third biggest positive contribution. In the cumulative indexes, the rates were of 3.0% for the first nine months of the year and of 4.0% in 12 months. The growth below average of fuel prices, with 5.3% of change against 6.8% of the overall index, in the last 12 months, according to IPCA, contributed to theses results.

The segment of fabric, wearing apparel and footwear, with a change of 0.2% in September in relation to the same month a year ago, was responsible for the fourth bigger impact in the composition of the overall rate. The cumulative rates in the year and in the last 12 months were of -1.1% and 0.5%, respectively. Even with the prices of the main component of the group changing below inflation (wearing apparel with a rise of 4.6%, against 6.8% of the general index, according to IPCA), the activity keeps growing below average.

The activity of furniture and household appliances, with a rate of 0.1% in the volume of sales in relation to September last year, exerted the fifth biggest impact. In cumulative terms, the changes were of 1.4% for the nine first months of the year and of 2.0% for the last 12 months. These results below the overall average were influenced by the increase in the prices of one of the main products of the activity, whose change surpassed inflation.

Hypermarkets, supermarkets, food, beverages and tobacco, with a change of -2.0% in the volume of sales over same month a year ago, represented the greatest negative impact in the global retail rate. This activity had its performance influenced by the lower pace of income growth and by the behavior of food prices, which have risen above the average overall rate over the 12-month period: 8.4% for food at home, against 6.8% of the overall inflation. The cumulative rates were 1.9% for the first eight months of the year and 2.4% for the last 12.

Source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Coordenação de Serviços e Comércio.
(*) It corresponds to the participation of the sectorial results in the formation of the overall rate. 

Extended retail trade grows 0.5% in September

The extended retail trade recorded in relation to the previous month (with seasonal adjustment) a rise both for the volume of sales (0.5%) and for the nominal revenue (0.8%).  Compared with the same month a year ago (seasonally unadjusted), the changes were of -1.2% for the volume of sales and of 4.5% for the nominal revenue. In volume of sales, the cumulative rates were of -1.4% in the year and of -0.1% in the last 12 months, with the nominal revenue recording changes of 4.2% and 5.6%, respectively.

The performance of this sector reflects the behavior of the sales of vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces, which presented, for the volume of sales, rate of -0.6% over August 2014 with seasonal adjustment, and drop of -4.5% in relation to September 2013. In terms of cumulative results, the changes were of -9.2% in 2014 and of -6.8% in the last 12 months. The reduction of sales in the segment was influenced by the lower pace of credit and the drop in the families' earnings, due to the deceleration of the real growth of wage bills.

Concerning construction material, the changes for the volume of sales were of 0.5% against the previous month (seasonally adjusted) and of -0.1% in relation to September 2013. In cumulative terms, the changes were of 0.2% for the nine first months and of 1.6% for the last 12 months. The performance of the activity bellow average can be attributable, especially, to the lower availability of credit.

Retail results were positive in 23 of the 27 Federation Units

In the retail trade, 23 of the 27 Federation Units presented positive changes in the volume of sales, in the comparison of September 2014 with the same month a year ago (adjusted series), with a highlight  to Acre (20.6%), Roraima (14.3%), Rondônia (13.3%), Amapá (9.4%) and Paraíba (5.6%). Concerning the contribution to the rate of the retail trade, the highlights were Rio de Janeiro (4.3%), Minas Gerais (2.3%), Bahia (2.8%) and Ceará (3.7%).

For the volume of sales, September results over the previous month's (seasonally adjusted) were positive for 17 states. The highest change rates occurred in Roraima (3.1%), Tocantins (2.4%), Espírito Santo (2.3%), Amapá (2.1%) and Amazonas (2.1%).

As to the extended retail trade, 24 states registered positive changes in the comparison with the same period a year ago for the volume of sales. The highlights are Roraima (14.4), Rondônia (13.1%), Tocantins (10.6%), Ceará (7.9%) and Acre (7.4%). The state with the highest negative impact was São Paulo, with a rate of -8.9%.

Retail sales change by -0.4% in the quarter

The retail trade registered a rate of -0.4% for the volume of sales in the third quarter of 2014 in relation to the previous quarter (seasonally adjusted), almost repeating the negative result of the second quarter (-0.9%). In the extended retail, the change was of -1.9%, keeping the negative behavior of the previous quarters of the year 2014.

Of the ten activities surveyed, six showed positive rates in the comparison between the third and the second quarters in terms of volume of sales: pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles (2.5%), office, computer and communication equipment and material (2.4%), fabric, wearing apparel and footwear (1.4%), fuels and lubricants (1.2%), construction material (0.7%) and other personal and household articles (0.1%). The activities with a negative rate were furniture and domestic appliances (-4.8%), vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces (-4.3%), books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (-1.1%) and hypermarkets, supermarkets, food, beverages and tobacco (-0.9%).

In the comparison with the third quarter of 2014 with the same period a year ago, the retail trade recorded a rate of -0.4%, a lower result than that of the second quarter (4.1%). Comparing the rates recorded in the second and third quarters of 2014, the changes were inferior in the latest period in five activities: furniture and domestic appliances, with the rate moving from 3.8% to -5.7%; hypermarkets, supermarkets, food, beverages and tobacco (from 4.4% to -1.2%); other personal and household articles (from 11.7% to 4.9%); office, computer and communication equipment and material (from -5.2% to -6.1%); and books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (from -8.8% to -10.6%). The activities recording higher changes than those of the previous quarter were fuels and lubricants (from 0.4% to 1.0%); pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles (from 7.8% to 8.2%). The segment fabric, wearing apparel and footwear kept the rate at the same level as the one of the previous quarter (1.7%).

In the extended retail trade, the volume of sales of the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same period a year ago changed -4.3%, staying below the rate of the second quarter (-1.8%). The activity vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces, with a change of -11.7%, kept the same level of the previous quarter (-11.8%). The segment of construction material registered -3.1%, against -2.8% in the second quarter.

The volume of sales changed 0.4% in the comparison with the previous month (in the seasonally adjusted series).  In the same kind of comparison, the nominal revenue grew 0.7%. Both in the series of volume and nominal revenue the results are positive for the second consecutive month, after two negative months. As to the moving average, the volume of sales changed 0.2%, offsetting a negative scenario of six months, whereas the revenue presented an increase of 0.5%, keeping the positive result of the previous months. In the other comparisons, obtained from the unadjusted original series, the retail trade recorded, as to the volume of sales, increases of 0.5% against September of the previous year and rates of 2.6% and 3.4% in the cumulative indicator of the first nine months of the year and of the last 12 months, respectively.  For the same indicators, the nominal revenue of sales recorded change rates of 6.9%, 9.0% and 9.8%, respectively.

The extended retail trade (retail trade plus the activities of vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces and construction material) recorded a positive change of 0.5% in the volume of sales in the comparison with August, seasonally adjusted, after a month of drops.  In relation to the nominal revenue, the rate remained positive, with a change of 0.8%. In relation to the same month a year ago, the retail trade recorded a change of -1.2% for the volume of sales and of 4.5% for the nominal revenue of sales. Concerning the cumulative rates, the results were of -1.4% in the year and of -0.1% in the last 12 months, for the volume of sales, and of 4.2% and 5.6% for the nominal revenue, respectively.

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For the volume of sales (seasonally adjusted), five of the ten activities surveyed recorded positive changes. In a decreasing order of changes, the results were: 1.8% for furniture and domestic appliances; 1.2% for other articles of personal and domestic use; 0.7% for fuels and lubricants; 0.5% for construction material; 0.4% for pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles; -0.3% for hypermarkets, supermarkets, food, beverages and tobacco; -0.6% for vehicles, motorcycles, parts and pieces; -2.1% for office, computer and communication equipment and material; -2.2% for books, newspapers, magazines and stationery; and -3.0% for fabric, wearing apparel and footwear.

In relation to the same month a year ago (unadjusted series), for the volume of sales, five out of the eight activities registered positive changes. By order of positive contribution to the overall rate, they were: pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles, with 10.3%; other personal and household articles (5.8%); fuels and lubricants (2.8%); fabric, wearing apparel and footwear (0.2%); and furniture and household appliances (0.1%). The activities whose rates exerted the major negative impacts to the global composition were hypermarkets, supermarkets, food, beverages and tobacco with -2.0%; books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (-10.6%); and office, computer and communication equipment and material (-3.3%).