FX.co ★ Argentina’s Retail Sales Surge in August

Argentina’s retail sales rose 24.3% year-on-year to ARS 698.56 billion in August 2026, accelerating from a 23% increase in July. Among the main categories, entertainment and leisure posted the strongest expansion, up 62.8%, followed by furniture, home décor and textiles (41.6%), sporting goods and accessories (36.4%), and perfumery and pharmacy (33%).

Sales at food courts, food outlets and kiosks advanced 28.1%, while bookstore and stationery sales and other categories each grew 26.1%. Clothing, footwear and leather goods increased 17%, and toy sales were up 13.5%. Electronics, household appliances and computing was the only segment to contract, slipping 4%.

Regionally, retail sales climbed 31.6% in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and 20.4% across the 24 districts of Greater Buenos Aires. In the rest of the country, sales rose 20.1% in the Pampas region and 23.9% in Cuyo, while the Northern and Patagonia regions recorded increases of 21.9% and 32.2%, respectively.