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Sectors in Focus: Food Retailing

Sabine Rumscheidt
ifo Institut, München, 2020

ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 05, 62-67

The Ifo Business Climate Germany fell to an all-time low in April. All sectors are reporting a drop in sales, some of them sharp; only food retailers can currently report an extraordinarily favorable sales situation. However, the mood is now clouding over here as well. In the longer term, online food sales should benefit.

Keywords: Lebensmitteleinzelhandel, Branchenentwicklung, Geschäftsklima
JEL Classification: L660, L810

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