Press release No. N 067 of 24 November 2021
- Turnover increase of 8.8% from May to September 2021 compared with the same period a year earlier
- Turnover in retail trade in stores remained almost unchanged (-0.2%) in the same period
- Experimental data indicate a continued high number of online transactions
- Pre-Christmas business has boosted online trade turnover for many years
WIESBADEN – The boom in internet and mail order trade continued after shops reopened in the spring of 2021. Measured in real terms and after calendar and seasonal adjustment, turnover in this area was 8.8% higher from May to September this year than in the corresponding period of the previous year. At that time in 2020, many shops reopened only gradually after the first lockdown. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that online trade turnover increased by as much as 36.0% compared with the months from May to September 2019.
