Retail sales fell 0.8% compared to the same month in 2021 and stood 2.3 points below those registered in October, as reported by the National Institute of Statistics. ‘Black Friday’ was not enough to prevent the fall in consumption after the end of the tourist season, and the sales of small businesses thus returned to negative rates after chaining three consecutive months of growth.
In November, food sales in the retail sector fell 4% compared to the same month in 2021, while those of other products increased 0.4% due, too much, to the rebound in sales of personal equipment ( +3.9%) and other goods (+0.5%). For their part, sales of household equipment fell by 4.9% year-on-year.