Ministry Of Commerce: Sales Of Clothing And Footwear In Sweden Increased Rapidly In March

Swedish Daily reported on April 13 that the retail sales of offline and online clothing in Sweden increased by 36% year-on-year in March, according to the Swedish Federation of Commerce and trade. The sales of shoes performed better, with a year-on-year increase of 49.6%. However, there is still a certain gap between the sales before and after the epidemic. Footwear sales in February were 28% lower than those in the same period in 2019, and 12.9% in March, but the gap is narrowing. Mats hedenstr, head of business policy, Swedish Chamber of Commerce and trade? M said that the fashion industry is actively recovering after more than two years of hard times, but it still faces problems such as increased logistics costs and supply shortage caused by the Russian Ukrainian war and the epidemic situation in China.

(source: website of the Ministry of Commerce)