Retailers are a thing of the most optimistic entrepreneurs, says the CBS. On average, about 37 percent of retailers believe there will be higher sales next year.
Lately things are picking up within the retail industry. The third quarter achieved 2 percent more turnover than in the same period last year. That is the highest increase in sales since the outbreak of the crisis in the third quarter of 2008. In particular, home furnishing stores, drug stores, and perfumeries are selling more.
Many stores have to come from far. Furniture stores, the do-it-yourself sector, and electronics stores are still a quarter below their level of sales before 2008. Clothes and shoe stores have to catch up 15 percent to arrive at the level of the past.
Webshops
The exceptions are cases in the area of personal care: the turnover last quarter was 14.5 percent higher than seven years ago. Webshops also know golden years. Their turnover grew by over 50 percent since the statistics agency first took them under scrutiny in 2010.
Sellers of food have suffered less from the crisis. The money turnover of the food sector rose last quarter to more than 10 percent above the level in 2008. This growth is entirely due to supermarkets, converting nearly 16 percent more sales. In contrast, specialty stores saw their sales decline by 13 percent.