Etiqueta 'Majorca retail'
Mallorca's large retailers anticipating positive winter sales
Some colder weather is likely to encourage customers.
Confidential: An Indian summer? Plus - M&S abandon suits and mucky masks!
Why did this improvement in the weather always turn-up just as all the kids went back to school after the long summer break even my childhood?
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.
Retail laws
Suspension of licences for large retail sites ratified
“The Balearic Islands are not a shopping mall, so Podemos support the group that wants to protect Ses Fontanelles (the area in Palma where a major centre is planned), as it is the last wetland area in Palma.”
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Comment
Comment: Retail woes
“Just when retailers thought there was light at the end of the tunnel...”
Jason Moore23/02/2022 10:00