In April, the General Retail Trade Index at constant prices, once adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, registered a variation of 0.3% as compared with the same month of the previous year. This rate was six tenths lower than the one registered in March.
The original RTI series at constant prices registered an annual variation of 2.7%, this rate was 4.1 points above the rate of the previous month.
The monthly variation of the RTI between the months of April and March, stood at 0.8%. This rate was 1.2 points higher than the previous month.
By distribution type, Large chain storesincreased the most (1.3%).
The general index, excluding service stations, recorded a monthly rate of 0.8%. By products, Food increased by 1.2% and Non-food products by 0.7%.
Retail sales at constant prices increased in the annual rate in all Autonomous Communities in April, except in Illes Balears (-1.3%).
In April, the employment index in the retail trade sector registered a variation of 1.8% as compared to the same month of 2023. This rate was four tenths below that recorded in March.
On the press release day, INE has updated RTI data series corresponding to the last three months. In the case of calendar adjusted and seasonally and calendar adjusted series, according to INE standard, series are revised since its beginning. Results are available on INEbase.
The main objective of the Retail Trade Indices (RTI) is to ascertain the fundamental characteristics of the companies engaged in retail trade in Spain, which make it possible to measure, in the short term, the trend of activity in the sector.
Further information is available in the methodology and in the standardised methodological report.
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