Grouped companies National Association of Major Distribution Companies (furious) –English Court, Carrefour, to the field, Eroski, Leroy Merlin, Ikea, Media Market, fnac, Toys R Us…– They invoiced a total of 45.724 million Euros in 2022. This is the highest sales volume since 2012, the last year for which data is available, meaning not only were sales up 14.4% on the previous year, but sales were also growing even further. Moreover 11.5% above previous situation Pandemic.
According to this data collection, this group of companies earned 38 billion 356 million euros ten years ago; this amount increased more or less steadily until it reached its peak in 2017 (with a turnover of 41 billion euros), which fell by almost 11% in 2017. results Pandemic. Now this economic segment is recovering its growth trajectory, finishing 2022 with a concentrated 16% of what drives the economy. retail trade in spainNow it is a very similar weight to what it was before Covid.
In the report published by the organization this Wednesday, the jump recorded in 2022 is associated with the decisions companies made for this year. adapt your activity, offer, sales channels and operations to a market still affected last waves of covid And activity and tourism restrictions.
“Restrictions on physical trade during the pandemic, explosion remote work And Absence of millions of international tourists “These affected both the flow to stores and purchasing habits,” the report’s authors said in their text. “Despite this, approximately 4.1 million customers visit our stores every day; this corresponds to 22% of Spanish households; In parallel, e-commerce “It has continued to gain prominence in billing, and the number of customers shopping online is twice what it was before the pandemic,” they add.
In any case, this volume of revenue is also increase in sales prices. As recorded by National Institute of Statistics (INE), Inflation only fell below 6 percent in 2022 and reached 10.8 percent in September. Later they became particularly expensive. Glassware, tableware and household items, furniture and accessoriesand in the last period of the year, feed.
food inflation
Therefore, while analyzing the situation in detail, ANGED states: non-food products We achieved 10% growth thanks to the recovery of consumption after Covid and the normalization of international logistics, income from the food industry increased by 8.6%, largely due to “partial reflection on electricity prices”. Strong crisis in energy costs, raw materials and industrial prices”.
“The energy crisis and the sharp increase in the costs of basic raw materials (e.g. cereals, fertilizers anyone packaging) particularly affected agri-food value chain“rising food prices” justifies this president of ANGED, Alfonso Merry del Val, in a letter of introduction. “The unfair attacks we have been hearing for months against companies in the sector are, in my opinion, based on a profound disregard for reality: official data shows how distribution creates a buffer through 2022 Historical increase in prices The product our companies buy from their suppliers,” he says, to reward the work of businessmen who have “taken a step forward” to solve the cost crisis, “seriously affects the competitiveness of business.”
This network consists of around 7,200 stores acquired in 2022 and worth 33.9 billion euros, according to X-ray published on Wednesday. spanish suppliersinvested a total of 930 million euros (one third, digital transformation) and we employed 229,000 people. Of course, this is 2.5% less than the previous year, which this association explains as follows: labor reform and its impact on temporary contracts.