• Brazilian retailers face pressure on margins from high borrowing costs, household debt and intensifying competition from foreign e-commerce platforms.
• Retail sales volumes rose 0.1% in August from July, when they fell 0.8%; year-to-date growth reached 1.7%.
• Financial-system loan delinquency reached a record 5.04% in August; the rate for individual borrowers hit 6%.
• Consumers with overdue bills totaled 75.05 million in September, up 2.07% from August, representing 44.67% of Brazil’s population.
• Technology investment is becoming critical to protecting margins, with AI tools targeting customer retention, acquisition costs and pricing decisions.

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