Swedish clothing and footwear sales grow rapidly

“Swedish Daily News” reported on April 13 that according to data from the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Swedish offline and online clothing retail sales increased by 36% year-on-year in March, and footwear sales performed better. Good, a year-on-year increase of 49.6%, but there is still a certain gap in sales compared with before the epidemic. Footwear sales in February were down 28% from the same period in 2019, and in March they were down 12.9% year-on-year, but the gap is narrowing. Mats Hedenström, director of business policy at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the fashion industry is actively recovering after more than two years of hard times, but it still faces problems such as increased logistics costs and supply shortages caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and the Chinese epidemic.