The most super strong month of the year for both small and large household appliances

The latest figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB) regarding household consumption in Sweden showed that it decreased by 3.7 percent in August 2020, compared to August 2019. The consumption group that affected household consumption the most negatively was primarily “Transport and retail trade and service of motor vehicles”, which decreased by 9.6 percent compared to the same period the previous year.

APPLiA statistics Sept. 2020

The month of September delivers
Major appliances (MDA) and domestic appliances (SDA), on the other hand, go against this general trend for household consumption and, according to APPLiA statistics, delivered a record result in value in September 2020 – by far the best month of the year! The monthly increase for the entire industry of 13.5 percent comes from “double digit” increases in the two main segments MDA (+12.6%) and SDA (+16.0%).