Brazil’s retail sales fell 0.3% month-on-month in July 2025, marking the fourth straight decline, and matching market expectations.The drop was driven by office equipment and supplies, IT and communication (-3.1%), textiles, apparel and footwear (-2.9%), other personal and household goods (-0.6%), and hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages and tobacco (-0.3%). Gains came from furniture and household appliances (1.5%), books, newspapers, magazines and stationery (1.0%), fuels and lubricants (0.7%), and pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic and perfumery articles (0.6%). Sales fell in 16 of 27 states, led by Rondônia (-2.2%), Minas Gerais (-1.1%), and Paraíba (-1.0%). In the expanded retail trade, which includes vehicles, motorcycles, parts and accessories (1.8%) and construction materials (0.4%), sales rose 1.3%. Compared with July 2024, retail sales increased 1.0%, extending their year-on-year growth streak to four months.
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