Swiss Apparel And Other Retail Industries Ushered In A Slight Improvement In Performance.

Swiss shoppers poured into department stores, specialty stores and supermarkets on Christmas Day 2014. Swiss retail business is quite good this Christmas.

According to the latest survey conducted by SDA, Migros, Coop, or Manor, Loeb and Globus of department stores are satisfied with the development of Christmas sales this year. Manor has reached the (2013) level, and Loeb has even shown a slight growth over the previous year.

Globus speculated that the positive trend of Christmas performance this year will continue to the end of the year. It is expected that all branch businesses will grow.

In especial clothing The sporting goods industry is looking forward to the recent colder weather and occasional snow. So far, the weather in Switzerland is still cold and not snowing, which has greatly affected the turnover of sporting goods stores such as SportXX.

　　 Department stores Globus also looked forward to the demand for clothing items in winter. Because of the low temperature earlier this week, the turnover was slightly improved.

Besides, Swiss Department Store Recent results also have good news. Both Globus and Loeb indicate that customer patronage has improved since many Swiss people have taken leave since December 22nd, and the number of customers has increased significantly.

Manor said that the traditional perfume or jewelry department attracts many customers, and there are also a lot of people in clothing, family and accessories, toys and so on.

Toys are most popular with Lego toys and Moby toys; household appliances are the most sought after baking accessories; headphones, game machines and tablet computers are most popular in the leisure sector, and wireless amplifiers and music systems are also popular.

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