Retailers Association CEO Kumar Rajagopalan said that most states have given a free hand to retail business. The third wave of Corona has slowed down.
Retail sales declined in January.
corona virus epidemic ,Coronavirus PandemicDue to the restrictions imposed in many states due to the third wave of Retail Sales ,Retail Sales) is affected. The Retailers Association of India (RAI) gave this information on Tuesday. RAI in its latest business survey said that retail sales last month jumped to 91 per cent from January 2020’s pre-pandemic sales level as well as January 2020. According to the region-wise data, the eastern region saw the biggest decline of 13 per cent in retail sales last month as compared to January 2019. This was followed by a decline of 11 per cent in the west and eight per cent in the north. RAI said that the southern region has been the least affected and during January 2022, the retail sales of this region has registered a decline of two per cent.
Retail sales in beauty, wellness and personal care were the worst hit by category. There was a decline of 24 per cent in the previous month as compared to January 2019. This was followed by a decline of 12 per cent in furniture and furnishing and seven per cent in apparel and clothing.
11 percent jump in sales in jewelery segment
According to the association, there was an 11 percent increase in retail sales of jewelery category in January this year as compared to the same month in 2019 and retail sales of fast service restaurants also saw a growth of nine percent.
Open exemption in most states except Delhi, Haryana
Retailers Association CEO Kumar Rajagopalan said that most states have given a free hand to retail business. The third wave of Corona has slowed down. The cases of hospitalization are continuously decreasing. However, retail shops are still not opening till late night in Delhi and Haryana. This is having a very bad effect on the business. Rajagopalan said that the Delhi and Haryana governments, taking lessons from Maharashtra, should allow all the retailers to open shops till late night.
only 4 percent of corona patients
country’s capital Delhi (Delhi) in corona (Coronavirus) Since then the situation has come under control. daily affairs (Daily Covid cases) are continuously decreasing and the positivity rate (Positivity rate of corona) It has also remained below five percent for four-five days. Hospitalization has also reduced amidst the decreasing cases of corona. Now only four percent of corona patients are left in Delhi hospitals. According to the data of the Health Department of Delhi, 96 percent of the total beds are vacant. These beds were kept reserved for corona patients. At present, no patient is admitted to these beds. Most of the four per cent patients who are in hospitals are those who have some serious illness. These are the patients who came to the hospital for any surgery or routine check-up and found corona positive in the test.
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