In April 2022, domestic trade sales increased by 10.9% compared to the same period of the previous year, as a result of the strong sales performance in supermarkets and hypermarkets (+9.9%), department stores (+7.9%), hardware stores (+19.5%), pharmacies and drugstores (+7.8%), as well as book and newspaper retailers and stationery shops (+216.9%). In contrast, this performance was partially offset by lower sales of home equipment products (-13.8%).
