2011-05-25
and retail sales reach the ninth month of increases
• Wholesales of textile products, apparel, and footwear grew1.2% in March 2011.
• Retail sales of textile products, apparel, and footwear increased 3.2% in the reference month.
• Employment in commercial establishments that sell wholesale textile products, apparel, and footwear reported an increase of 3.3% in the third month of 2011.
• Employment in commercial establishments that sell retail textile products, apparel, and footwear increased 2.7%, resulting in twelve months of consecutive growth.
i) Wholesale
According to data from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (INEGI), in March 2011 the wholesale of textile products, apparel, and footwear reached 17 months of consecutive growth, and in March, this indicator almost reached its highest level, except for March 2004 (109.8). www.inegi.gob.mx
Graph. Wholesale totals and sales of textile products, apparel, and footwear
(March)
(2003 Index=100)
In March 2011 this indicator grew 1.2% over the same month a year-earlier. Also, since 2007 the positive trend of the wholesale sector showed a process of repositioning in the domestic market, resulting from the investment of entrepreneurs and their commitment to customer satisfaction.
In the first quarter of 2011, this indicator grew 2.2% compared to the same month a year-earlier, higher than that reported in the same quarter of 2010 (0.8%).
The personnel employed in the industry of textile products, apparel, and footwear in wholesale establishments grew 3.3%, higher than that achieved by wholesale establishments as a whole (2.1 percent) compared to March 2010.
ii) Retail
In March 2011 retail sales of textile products, apparel, and footwear increased 3.2%. In this sense, this indicator shows a recovery phase achieving nine months of consecutive increases, even after a decline in June 2010, the road to recovery began in 2007. Notably, the textile products subsector grew 5.8% over March 2010.
Graph. Retail sales of textile products, apparel and footwear
(March)
(2003 Index=100)
In the first quarter of 2011, retail sales of the textile products subsector grew 8.8% in the reference period compared to the same quarter in 2010.
Personnel employed in commercial establishments that sell retail textile products, apparel, and footwear grew by 2.7% compared to the same month of 2010. This increase is mainly explained by the growth of employment in the textile products subsector, except apparel (5.8%), followed by apparel (1.9%) compared to the third month of 2010.
