Retail Sales Of Adult Clothing In Macao Fell By 24% In The Second Quarter

　　 Macao According to the data of the Bureau of Statistics and Census, the retail sales in the second quarter of 2012 were 12.74 billion yuan (MOP, the same below), up 30% year on year. Among them, the sales of watches and jewelry were 4.1 billion yuan (32% of the total), department store goods accounted for 13%, leather goods accounted for 10%, adult clothing accounted for 8%, cars accounted for 7% and supermarket goods accounted for 6%.

The retail sales in the second quarter dropped 3% from the revised 13.16 billion yuan in the first quarter, and the obvious drop included adult clothing (- 24%), communication equipment (- 20%), leather goods (- 11%) and general merchandise (- 10%); Auto sales rose by 27%.

In the first half of 2012, retail sales reached 25.91 billion yuan, up 31% year on year; Watch and jewelry (+49%), cars (+36%), adult clothing (+29%) and general merchandise (+28%) saw the highest increase.

After excluding the price factor, the retail sales in the second quarter increased by 22% on an annual basis, with the most obvious growth of cars (+63%), watches and jewelry (+39%) and communication equipment (+24%). On a quarterly basis, the sales volume in the second quarter decreased by 4%; The biggest drop includes adults clothing (- 22%), communication equipment (- 15%), leather goods (- 14%) and supermarket goods (- 10%). In the first half of 2012, retail sales increased by 21% year on year.

Based on the opinions of retail merchants in the second quarter, 65% of them said that the sales volume of goods increased or remained stable compared with the first quarter, up 11 percentage points compared with those who had the same opinion in the previous quarter; It means that the sales volume decreased by 35%. In terms of sales price, about 67% of retailers said that the sales price remained stable, 26% said that it had increased, and 7% said that the price had fallen.

Compared with the same quarter of 2011, about 71% of merchants said that the inventory in the second quarter of 2012 was normal, and 18% said that the inventory level was low.

Looking forward to the third quarter, about 81% of merchants expected that the sales volume of goods would increase or remain stable compared with the second quarter, and 19% expected to decrease. At the same time, 77% of retailers predicted that the sales price would remain stable, 14% predicted that the price would rise, and 9% predicted that Price fall.