In February, sales to Comparable Stores of the members of the National Association of Self-Service and Department Stores (ANTAD) suffered a reduction of 1.7% compared to the previous year. This marked the worst variation for a month since February 2021, when the decline was 1.5%.
The poor results of ANTAD are contextualized by the change of government in the United States, recent tariff threats, and the cooling of the Mexican economy, along with expectations of a slowdown in GDP in Mexico for 2025. Total Stores, which include all branches opened in the last 12 months, recorded a growth of 0.7% compared to the same month in 2024. However, considering the inflation of 3.77% for the second month of the year, there was a real decline of 5.3% in comparable stores and 3% in total units.
By type of store, it was revealed that Self-Service stores had a reduction of 1.8% in comparable stores and 0.9% in total stores. Specialized units showed a decrease of 0.5% in comparable stores and 2.9% in total stores. On the other hand, Department chains had the worst performance with a reduction of 2.5% in comparable stores and 1.3% in total stores during the same period.
In February, sales of ANTAD members amounted to 115.4 billion pesos, with a cumulative total in the second month of 2025 of 238.1 billion pesos.
