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Australia Business Activity Stalls in May as Retailers Squeezed: Survey

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Australian business activity stalled in May as consumers kept their wallets shut despite a cut in interest rates during the month, a survey showed on Tuesday, while firms reported increased pressure on profit margins.
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Retail sales of SMEs declined 2.9% year-on-year in May, after a few consecutive months of growth, and dropped 0.7% compared to ...

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Retail sales of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) registered a 2.9% year-on-year drop in May, according to the monthly survey prepared by the Argentine Confederation of Medium-Sized Enterprises (CAME). The figure marks the first decline so far this year and represents a break in the streak of five consecutive months of positive figures. In the seasonally adjusted monthly comparison, the decline was 0.7% compared to April, marking two con…

The study conducted by the Department of Social and Economic Studies (DESE) of the Union of Commerce, Industry and Production of Mar del Plata (UCIP) indicated that sales in physical units had a year-over-year decrease of 4.8% comparing May 2025 with May 2024. Compared to the previous month, April 2025, the variation was an 8.1% drop. "Although May is one of the worst months of the year in the city, coupled with an economic situation where the c…

SMEs expect "more predictability and demand-driven measures to reverse the trend."

Mar del Plata's trade has been going through a delicate situation for a long time, particularly in the last year and a half from the economic policies applied by the Government of the Nation. According to a survey by the Department of Social and Economic Studies (Dese) of the Union of Trade, Industry and Production (Ucip) of Mar del Plata, more than half of the businesses are doing worse than a year ago.The data comes from the fact that sales in…

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lagaceta.com.ar broke the news in on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
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