Retail saw its revenues rise by an average of 0.7 percent last month. This was due to higher prices, because the number of products sold decreased by 6.3 percent. This is evident from figures from the statistical office on Friday CBS.
Supermarkets and specialty stores in particular managed to maintain their turnover in June due to higher prices. 4.7 percent more money came in than in the same month last year, while 4.7 percent fewer items were purchased.
The number of products sold also fell at non-food stores such as clothing sellers, do-it-yourself stores and furniture stores, by an average of 8 percent. But because the prices there too were higher than a year earlier, the loss of turnover was limited to 3 percent.
It is not known whether the higher retail prices also resulted in more profit.
The figures also show that we do less online shopping. The Dutch bought 6.5 percent less last month than a year earlier. This is striking, because web sales have been on the rise in recent years. Especially in lockdown time, people bought massively through online stores. That growth seems to have come to a halt for the time being, with the exception of food and drinks, which we did buy online more often.
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