The sale of household appliances leads the fall in consumption in the City

There was also a major closure of stores commercial, especially household appliances and self-service.

The consumption in supermarkets decreased 0.8% in interannual terms. In the quarter, March stood out with the sharpest drop, doubling the average decline for the period, says the Report.

By group of items, the majority category within supermarkets – Food and Beverages – showed a slight decrease, although with mixed results. Thus, Beverages, Warehouse and Rotisserie computed decreases in their sales at constant values, while Dairy, Meats, Greengrocers and Fruit Shops and Bakery, on the contrary, recorded improvements.

For the rest of the large groups – always in supermarkets – the result was negative, led by the contraction of Household Appliances (-17.9%), followed by Clothing and Footwear and Cleaning Supplies.

The average ticket per operation in supermarkets reached $22,824 at current prices and continued its consecutive real improvementalthough slowing its growth, after the minimum figures it had reached at the beginning of 2024.

On the other hand, there was a lower number of outlets and area destined for sale, both in the year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter comparison.

Consumer purchases in wholesale self-services They continued downward and marked a year-on-year decrease of 21.2%, a new minimum in consumption. And he accumulates 9 consecutive falls.

In January/March, the average ticket per operation at constant values ​​also contracted – at current prices it reached $43,283. And since September 2025, the sector operates with a smaller sales area (-21.5%).

The consumption in shopping centers and shopping malls Buenos Aires closed almost unchanged compared to the same period in 2025, with a positive variation rate of 0.2%.

On the supply side, there was a reduction in the number of active stores: 48 fewer units in the year-on-year comparison and a negative differential of 28 compared to the previous partial.

The constant sales by category in shopping malls show that Clothing, increased 2.2% along with Sportswear, Furniture and Home Textiles and Perfumery, with upward dynamics of different magnitudes. On the other hand, Household Appliances (-13.9%), Food Court, Leisure, Bookstore and Toy Store recorded sales declines in the first three months of the year.

Meanwhile, the sector appliance and home goods stores is going through a complex scenario with a year-on-year drop in sales at constant values ​​of 18.9%. The decrease was verified even in the indicators at current prices, with a 15.7% lower turnover.

This deterioration responds to a confluence of factors, says the Buenos Aires Report: loss of purchasing power, family indebtedness, increase in delinquencies, growing flow of imported products. “This context also coincides with the closure of emblematic companies of the business model that characterized the last decades,” states the official Report.

Finally, automobile registration reached 29,510 units, equivalent to a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. While Imported patents increased 27.8%, national patents decreased 33.9%.

“It is worth highlighting the strong advance of ecological vehicles, which represented around a quarter of the total and increased their participation by 17.5 percentage points. Although the majority fraction continued in the hands of hybrid models, pure electric vehicles showed great dynamism and totaled almost 800 patented units,” the Report concludes.