Retail sales in Poland. At the beginning of the year, we threw ourselves on cars and furniture
Retail sales at fixed prices increased in January by 4.8 percent. year to year – Gus said. The largest increases were recorded in car and motorcycle salons.
The Central Statistical Office (GUS) announced on Monday that retail sales at fixed prices were 4.8 percent in January. higher than in the first month of 2024. – In January 2025, retail sales at fixed prices were higher than a year ago by 4.8% – We read in a message presented by the Central Statistical Office.
In comparison with December last year, a decrease in retail sales was recorded by 17.3 percent.
Commenting on today’s data, the Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański pointed out that they are clearly higher than forecasts. – The Polish economy accelerates! Retail sales in January increased by 4.8% clearly breaking the expectations of analysts (1.5%). A year of breakthrough!– the head of the Ministry of Finance wrote on the platform X.
Retail sales in Poland. What did we buy most often?
The data presented by the Central Statistical Office shows that in the first month of this year – compared to January 2024 – the largest increase in retail sales in fixed prices was recorded by entities trading in motor vehicles, motorcycles, parts (an increase of 21.9 percent), which means, which means, that Poles bought as much as one -fifth more things from this area.
A significant increase in sales was also observed in units from the groups: “Furniture, RTV, Household appliances” (by 13.6 percent), “Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, orthopedic equipment” (by 12.8 percent), as well as “textiles, clothing, footwear “(by 8.8%).
GUS also points out that in January this year. – compared to the beginning of last year – a higher value of retail sales via the Internet at current prices (by 9.4 percent) was recorded. The share of online sales in the sales of “Total” increased last month compared to the same period of the previous year from 8.8 to 9.1 percent. Among the presented groups with a significant share of online sales, the share of participation was reported by enterprises from the “textiles, clothing, footwear” group (from 27.2 percent a year ago to 29.0 percent). The decrease in participation was demonstrated by units from the groups: “Press, books, remained sales in specialized stores” (from 26.3 percent to 19.9 percent).
