Data from Selectivv Handel in January 2020 show a decrease in the number of visitors to the research locations month to month. This is a situation that repeats every year due to the Christmas peak observed in December. This time, the decrease is two times lower compared to the data from January 2019 to December 2018 and amounts to 4.75%. This may result from the worse recent performance of the Index in December (the value of the Selectivv Handel index in December 2019 was lower by as much as 4% compared to December 2018). The current value of the Selectivv Handel indicator is 99.31 points.
When analyzing the year-on-year data, we observe lower indicators for retail outlets in cities below 300,000. residents especially in the case of supermarkets and shopping malls. Compared to last year, the increase in the index for discounters in cities above 300,000 is optimistic. inhabitants (by 9% year on year).
January 2020 is another month of stable increases in the case of gas stations. It is true that we see a decline compared to December (by 4%), but this is a situation similar to the one or two years ago. However, comparing the value of the year-on-year indicator, we see an increase by 5% (January 2020 compared to January 2019).
The data related to tourism looks very interesting. Visiting Poland by users of mobile devices with a foreign SIM card and a foreign language on the phone increased both compared to December (by 1%) and year on year (by 4%). We see a large percentage increase year on year in the case of Chinese users, but they still do not constitute a significant group among the analyzed nationalities.
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