Clothes Sales Rise 21.06% in July

According to the latest statistics of China Commercial Information Center, the sales income of Chinese key retailers reached 35.26 billion yuan in July, rising 15.62% from a year agon. The sales of clothes were 7.69 billion yuan, up 21.05%, and accounting for 21.8% of the total retail. Referring to the quantity, the sale volume of clothes from the key retailers were 31.8 million pieces this month, up 11.24%. Both children��s wear and lady��s wear made rapid growth in volume, especially the children��s wear, rising 20.92%. While the man��s shirt and down wear sales declined. The jean sales kept stable, at the same level of last year. The sales income of textile and knitting goods in those key retailers reached 1.013 billion yuan in July, up 23.17% from the same period last year, and accouting for 2.9% of the total retail. Its growth rate was obviously higher than the average figure.