In the third quarter of 2025 Sales at wholesale self-service stores and malls in Buenos Aires experienced declines, while supermarkets recorded a minimal increase compared to the previous year, as published by the Institute of Statistics and Censuses of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (IDECBA).
Between July and September Consumption in supermarkets increased by 0.4% year-on-yearwhich corresponds to a slowdown in the growth rate of 4.4 percentage points (PP) compared to the increase in the previous period (4.8%). For the year as a whole, constant sales rose by 2.5%.
He The average ticket price per transaction was $20,101 in the quarter at current prices and recorded a new improvement in real terms compared to the previous year, although at a lower percentage than calculated in the previous three months.
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In this way, the average purchase at constant values for the third quarter was below the average reference for the second quarter (April-June).
Behavior by item group showed mixed results with growth of Vegetable and fruit shops (13.3%), others (9.6%), Bakery (3.1%), meat (2.8%), cleaning and perfumery (1.5%) and warehouse (0.4%). On the other hand, rDairy products declined (-0.7%), beverages (-6.6%), Delicatessen (-8.0%) and household appliances (-18.6%).
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In wholesale self-service stores, sales continue without recovery: in the third quarter they shrank by 15.6%. They lost 8.9% for the year as a whole.
“The interannual development of the indicator clarified the rate of decline and calculated “the biggest setback of seven consecutive quarters of deterioration”they emphasized from IDECBA.
The average purchase decreased at constant prices and reached the new minimum of the series, remaining below the record set in the last quarter of 2024.
In this sense, they clarify that it must be taken into account that in September of this year the Closure of a wholesale branch in the city which – based on the available square meters – corresponded to a reduction of 21.5%.
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The consumption in The city’s malls recorded a year-on-year decline of 6.8%. after positive fluctuations in the first semester (January-June). Due to the good performance in the first three months of the year, the development of the cumulative number remained slightly higher than the previous year (1.5%).
“This was a minimum level of activity for a third quarter, exceeded only by the pandemic numbers in 2020 and 2021,” they stated. In this sense, the articles from Clothing (-11%) and sportswear (-9.7%), as well as activities related to family leisure consumption such as food court (-4.3%), Book trade (-6.5%) and leisure (-0.2%) recorded significant declines.
Finally, demand in home appliance and home goods stores increased year-over-year (11.7%), recording positive rates for four consecutive quarters:
It should be noted that, taking into account the dynamics of the first two quarters (-27.2 percentage points compared to the previous quarter), a “significant slowdown” was noted.
“During 2025, the sector benefited from a combination of slowing inflation, better financing conditions and broader supply due to the greater presence of imported items.”
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