Sales in supermarkets recorded an improvement in February 2025, with an increase of 1.5% year -on -year At constant prices compared to the same month of 2024, according to INDEC on Wednesday.
The rebound is also reflected in the accumulated of the First bimester of the year, which shows a positive variation of 2.8% compared to the same period of the previous year. However, monthly performance marks some signs of cooling: The index of the unstacted series fell 0.3% compared to January.
Sales in supermarket grew in the interannual comparison
Total sales, at current prices, reached $ 1,796,116,400 in Februarymarking A 50.6% rise Regarding the same month of the previous year.
The articles of articles with the most significant price increases, intensual, were:
- Clothing, footwear and textile for the home (93.7%).
- Electronic and household items (82.5%).
- Prepared foods and rotisería (81.0%).
- Meats (68.2%).
As for payment, during the second month of the year Credit cards were the most used meansused in the 44.4% of total sales. The Debit cards They were secondly, with 27.8% of total sales. In third place was the cash, which represented 16.4% of total sales.
97.1% of sales were made in shops, while the remaining 2.9% were online sales.
On the contrary, Sales in wholesale self -services fell strongly in February: 9.1% were retracted in the year -on -year comparison, to accumulate a 9.8% decrease in the first bimester of the year. Meanwhile, 1% was retracted in the de -stationalized series compared to January.
Strong sales growth in Shoppings
Meanwhile, Sales in Shoppings grew 15% at constant prices in February compared to the same month of 2024, while accumulating a 19.5% rise in the bimester against the same period of the previous year.
According to INDEC, total sales at current prices in February 2025 reflected that the items with greater increase, according to their interannual variation, were: “Electronic, appliances and computing”, 151.8%; “Furnish, decoration and textiles for the home”, 98.4%; “Others”, 98.1%; and “fun and recreation”, 86.0%.
Meanwhile, the items that They led sales at current prices of the purchasing centers were: “Clothing, footwear and leather goods”which represented 31.6% of the total, followed by “Food, food and kiosks”, with 17.7%; the “electronic, appliances and computing” item, with 14.7%; and “sportswear and accessories”, with 13.4%.
