Clothing store sales drop

25 Feb '08

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Clothing store sales drop:
Sales in clothing stores (-3.2%) fell sharply, accounting for most of the decrease in the clothing and accessories sector in December. Sales in this sector do not appear to have benefitted from declines in the price of clothing over the previous months.

In the furniture, home furnishings, sales fell by 1.1% in December, after a slight recovery in November. This decline was mainly due to lower sales in furniture stores (-3.6%). The 2.6% rise in sales in home furnishings stores almost cancelled out the decrease in sales in computer and software stores (-4.8%) and home electronics and appliance stores (-0.3%).

Saskatchewan retailers remain on the upswing in December:
Six provinces posted retail sales growth in December. The strongest increases were observed in Saskatchewan (+2.1%) and in Newfoundland and Labrador (+2.1%). For Saskatchewan, this was the third monthly increase of over 2.0% in four months. For Newfoundland and Labrador, this is the second biggest increase in the past four months.

Sales in Manitoba continued to climb (+1.1%), with the fourth consecutive monthly increase of 1.0% or more. British Columbia overcame the stagnation observed over the past six months, showing a 1.1% rise in sales as well.

Sales in Ontario (+1.1%) were up for the third time in four months. Sales in Quebec lost some ground, falling 0.3% in December after rising in the previous two months.

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