retail activity indicators | second half of 2016
Seven sub-categories are included in the luxury items category of consumer goods; these are: jewelry, watches, and silverware; crafts; art dealers galleries; florists; cigars; gifts; and electronics.
III.A.6– Sports and hobbies goods On a year-to-date basis, the indicator remained positive in each of the three months forming the third quarter of 2016 and negative in the two months that followed. In December, that indicator was 6.82 percent higher than its December 2015 level.
Sports and hobbies items saw their sales indicator rise by a significant 19.03 percent in July 2016. This was followed by a combined fall of 12.65 percent in the following two months, a rise of 8.24 percent in October, and a fall of 2.24 percent in November.
The sports and hobbies category represents three sub-categories of consumer goods: sporting goods; games and toys; and music instruments.
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