On the weekend of March 14 and March 15 of 2020, retail sales in the Brazilian city of São Paulo decreased 16.3 percent in comparison to the previous weekend. When compared to the same period of the previous year, the retail sales decrease was even higher, with a contraction of 16.7 percent. This reduction was registered right after the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), as a pandemic. However, market segments such as hygiene products have experienced a growing demand in the same period.
Change in retail sales after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020
Characteristic
Retail sales growth rate
In comparison to the previous weekend
-16.3%
In comparison to the same weekend a year earlier
-16.7%
-17.5%-15%-12.5%-10%-7.5%-5%-2.5%0%
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Associação Comercial de São Paulo. (March 17, 2020). Change in retail sales after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104930/retail-sales-growth-coronavirus-sao-paulo-brazil/
Associação Comercial de São Paulo. "Change in retail sales after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020." Chart. March 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104930/retail-sales-growth-coronavirus-sao-paulo-brazil/
Associação Comercial de São Paulo. (2020). Change in retail sales after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104930/retail-sales-growth-coronavirus-sao-paulo-brazil/
Associação Comercial de São Paulo. "Change in Retail Sales after The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic Declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104930/retail-sales-growth-coronavirus-sao-paulo-brazil/
Associação Comercial de São Paulo, Change in retail sales after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104930/retail-sales-growth-coronavirus-sao-paulo-brazil/ (last visited March 05, 2025)
Change in retail sales after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic declaration in São Paulo, Brazil on March 14 and 15, 2020 [Graph], Associação Comercial de São Paulo, March 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104930/retail-sales-growth-coronavirus-sao-paulo-brazil/
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