Sales, Confesercenti's alarm: sales down from 40% to 70%
Retail sales in December: up -5.4 percent year on year
In 2021 GDP down by two points compared to estimates and high risk factors
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05 February 2021The crisis triggered by the pandemic has "hit with particular force on traditional trading activities" and the "shadows of the recession are projected also throughout 2021".
This is how Confesercenti comments on Istat data on December sales.
"The reopening of Christmas - reads a note - are not enough to save trade. The small rebound in sales recorded in December fails in the miracle of reducing the damage in the year of the pandemic: 2020 closes with a large and generalized (-12.2%) of sales in the non-food sector ".
It is mainly shops and markets that suffer.
Only electronic commerce is growing
Only e-commerce flies, with an increase of about 35% on an annual basis, but the overall figure is certainly higher, given that the Istat survey only captures companies based in Italy, therefore it does not include the big international ones.
This is how Confesercenti comments on Istat data on December sales.
Only sales of the IT sector are growing
As far as product sectors are concerned - Confesercenti underlines - in 2020 only IT sales will grow, driven by smartworking.
All the remaining items are down, particularly strong for clothing and footwear, which both show a decline of more than 24%.
It is therefore confirmed that the crisis triggered by the pandemic has hit with particular force on the activities of traditional trade and whose shadows of the recession are also projected throughout 2021. For this reason, we hope the formation of a new executive as soon as possible. will have to take into account the concentrated nature of the economic crisis, with particular attention to micro and small businesses and put in place all the expected support, from the labor market to refreshments together with the approval of the Recovery Plan, allocating, without wasting them, a a conspicuous part of the resources precisely in contrasting the phenomena of destruction of the productive potential currently underway for this type of company, which could play a very important role in relaunching the economic fabric of the country, through a targeted project of modernization and innovation aimed at neighborhood to be included in projects dedicated to urban regeneration.
Unlocking support measures
In the meantime - concludes Confesercenti - it is necessary to immediately unlock the support measures that should have arrived with the DL Ristori V already on 23 January, and which companies are still waiting for.