31'st Consecutive Drop on Department Store Sales

October 18, 2010

Japan Department Store Associatation released a data that states that Japans department store's sales went down nationwide by 5.2% to 446.3 billion yen this September.

Here is the breakdown of sales by individual categories:

Clothing: 34.7% of total sales, sales down 8.9% from a year ago

Personal Effects: 12.8% of total sales, down 7.2%

Miscellaneous Goods: 15.3% of total sales, down 3.5%

Household Goods: 5.2% of total sales, down 2.9%

Food: 25.3% of total sales, down 3.1%

Services: 1.2% of total sales, up 1.9%

Other: 2.3% of total sales, up 21.1%

Gift Certificates: 3.5% of total sales, up 8.2%

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