IPU Quarterly BusinessTrends Survey Q4 2016

摘要

The latestquarterly trendssurvey, coveringthe fourthquarter of 2016(September-December)confirms that Christmastrading was pretty robust,with an increase in footfalland a significant increase insales in comparison to theprevious quarter, with frontof-pharmacysales performingparticularly well. The figures,though, were down on thecorresponding period last year.The value of dispensary salescontinues to decline in nosmall measure to the ongoingimpact of reference pricing,which, not surprisingly,remains the key concern forpharmacy owners.