clothing sales dropped 50%, grocery sales up 26% compared year over year

[Demovictory9]

Retail sales saw their biggest drop on record in March as the coronavirus pandemic forced closures across restaurants, bars and many stores.

March retail sales dropped 8.7% vs. February and 6.2% year-over-year.

The largest monthly drop in retail sales every recorded was 4.3% in November of 2008 during the global financial crisis.

Last month sales at clothing and clothing accessory stores plummeted 50.5% compared to February and dropped 52% year-over-year, according to the National Retail Federation.

Sales at sporting goods stores fell 24.4% year-over-year, while grocery stores saw a surge in demand, with sales rising 25.7% year-over-year.

https://shop-eat-surf.com/2020/04/retail-sales-plunge-in-march-clothing-stores-take-biggest-hit/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Any retailers who were doing poorly or on the edge are toast.

[napi21]

2. No surprise there. People who donp't usually cook at home are nowmaking 3 meals a day.

If you don't go anywhere, you don't need any new clothes either!

[mucifer]

9. Lots of people don't have money and are buying the most economical food they can

from the grocery store.

[Demovictory9]

10. I need more comfy clothes. Ordered a few items.

[smb]

3. An Additional Detail

Walmart is seeing increased sales of shirts -- not pants

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[msongs]

4. sales probably way up at home remodel stores like lowes and home depot nt

[SamBob]

13. sales probably way up at home remodel stores like lowes and home depot nt

This guy I call 'UPS guy' was on edge, because for the 2 1/2 hours he has to work every three days a week, he has to carry wrapped up carpets. I guess most of the people working for UPS are getting pretty upset about people ordering that stuff online, because it's getting to be too much? I don't think they understand people have nothing better to do than work on their house I suppose. Not sure if they should be worried about COVID-19 contaminating them.

But I would not doubt sales went way up at lowes/home depot or even menards, honestly. My mom calls me everyday thinking about things she might possibly order from their stores to start fixing her house up.

[dweller]

5. dining in

while in the nude...

bacon not recommended...


✌🏼

[lunasun]

7. I have to think the way our clothing and accessories manufactured now days that clothing retailers

with all the clothes etc coming from places like China were until recently probably making a good profit .
No prediction of them going back up either for a long time
Good short read thanks

[Greybnk48]

8. Silver lining!

After being home binge eating junk food, we're all going to need larger, new clothes! Just hold on clothing retailers!

[spooky3]

12. They're ugly, but I love my sweat pants for that reason. Nt

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Grocery Sales during

the first ten days of March were 300+% of normal.