Coronavirus impact on monthly textile, clothing, and footwear retail in the EU27 2021
On a month-on-month basis, sales volume of textile, clothing and footwear retail in the European Union member state countries underwent a decline of over 50 percent in the months of March and April 2020, when the coronavirus outbreak reached a high point in Europe. With the loosening of lockdown measures starting in May in many EU countries, retail trade started to recover, with a growth of 176.5 percent on April 2020. More recently, retail trade of textiles and clothing went back to more normal levels.
