A good summer and Christmas, will the sales mean a Happy New Year for Mallorca's shops?
Spending is generally at its highest since before the pandemic.
It has been a Merry Christmas for Mallorca's retailers
A Christmas season marked by greater spending on upmarket brands.
Licences in place for Alcampo's 'mega-centre' in Mallorca
Small retailers are opposed to the development.
For sale - Mallorca's most expensive property
The value of commercial properties in Palma has shot up over the past ten years or so.
The plan to save Mallorca's small shops
In the whole of the Balearics almost 5,000 shops have been lost since 2008.
The international brand gold of Palma's Born
There is a waiting list of major retailers who want premises on the 'Golden Mile'.
Alcampo expansion plan to create a "mega-centre"
The Council of Mallorca will have to evaluate the impact of the planned expansion on traffic.
Mallorca fashion shops' Easter sales double those of 2019
In Palma and in some resorts.
Three 'emblematic' shops closed in 2022
The government's catalogue currently lists 254 emblematic shops.
Shop in Palma, Mallorca
There are plenty of tourists, but they aren't spending in shops.
Retail sales up in Mallorca, but employers aren't "firing rockets"
Retail associations don't share the government's "triumphalist tone".
Souvenir shops hopeful of a recovery of sales
Recovering the losses of the past two years will take longer than this season alone.
Mallorca's large retailers anticipating positive winter sales
Some colder weather is likely to encourage customers.
March retail sales were up 16% in the Balearics
But for half of March 2020 there was the lockdown.
Empty commercial street in Mallorca
Hospitality and retail have been among the hardest-hit sectors.
A near deserted shopping street in Palma, Mallorca
The lack of tourism was one reason for the drop in retail sales.
Balearic retail sales fell more than 14% in 2020
Only the Canaries suffered a greater loss of sales.
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Comment: Retail woes
“Just when retailers thought there was light at the end of the tunnel...”
Jason Moore23/02/2022 10:00