{"id":42406,"date":"2022-05-13T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?p=42406"},"modified":"2022-05-13T17:36:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:06:43","slug":"biz-retail-business-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-retail-business-rai\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail businesses grow 23% in April: RAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-1292416208\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Retail businesses across India grew 23 per cent in April this year in terms of sales as compared to pre-pandemic levels of the same month in 2019 with customers coming back to stores, as per industry body RAI.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2246376087\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p>According to the latest survey by Retailers Association of India (RAI), retail businesses across regions grew in April 2022 with sales in North India rising 32 per cent, West India (24 per cent), East India and South India (18 per cent growth each) in comparison to the pre-pandemic sales level in April 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is heartening to see that customers are back in the stores, shopping and retailers are witnessing quantity growth in sales,&#8221; RAI CEO Kumar Rajagopalan said.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of categories, the quick service restaurant segment grew the highest at 45 per cent in April 2022 over the corresponding period of 2019, followed by consumer durables and electronics at 26 per cent.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-3762637428\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Apparel and clothing, and sports goods categories grew by 23 per cent each, while footwear rose by 22 per cent, as per RAI.<\/p>\n<p>Food and grocery segment witnessed a growth of 15 per cent and jewellery also saw a rise of 8 per cent in April this year compared to the same month of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, the beauty, wellness and personal care segment is yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. 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