Retail

16.04.2013 - 09.52 pm Madrid-based Neinver to invest €80 million in a macro outlet in Greater Barcelona The new retail outlet mall will create 1,000 new jobs. The Spanish company has bought a plot of land of 25,000 square metres from the Catalan...	10.04.2013 - 09.02 pm Retail multinational Mango increased its turnover by 20% in 2012 The Catalan clothing company Mango had a €1.69 billion turnover last year, which is a 20% increase on 2011 data. 84% of the company’s revenue comes...	25.03.2013 - 06.23 pm Multi-million euro support for internationalisation of Catalan fashion label Desigual The fashion label Desigual based in Barcelona has obtained a €200 million line of credit from different banks. This financial support will be used to...	12.09.2012 - 08.40 pm Cava starts to become the sparkling wine of choice in Europe with record levels of exports 150 million bottles of Catalan Cava were exported last year. It is a historic record for Cava producers with Germany and the United Kingdom being the...
10.08.2012 - 07.25 pm MANGO closed 2011 with a €63.3 million net profit, after two years of heavy investment The Director General of the Catalan fashion retailer, Enric Casi, had already warned that the MANGO's profits in 2011 would be lower than usual...	24.05.2012 - 04.50 pm FC Barcelona to travel together with a Mobile Shop Bus The bus, which will accompany the first team when Barça play away from the Camp Nou, is FC Barcelona's new mobile store for official Barça...	09.05.2012 - 07.50 pm Catalan socks and underwear brand Punto Blanco starts to sell in Russia and the UK Punto Blanco has its own network to distribute and sell in 37 countries. The Catalan socks and underwear manufacturer has 16 shops, 15 of them in...	22.02.2012 - 10.42 pm Massimo Dutti’s headquarters will be based in Catalonia Inditex, the Spanish retail giant that owns Zara, Pull&Bear, and Oysho, among other brands, will base Massimo Dutti’s world headquarters in the...
23.01.2012 - 10.31 pm Catalan clothing brand Desigual ends 2011 with a €560 million turnover The company plans to open 60 new stores around the world in 2012, and build a new logistics centre in the town of Viladecans, located south of...	13.01.2012 - 12.17 am Barcelona will become the first European city with the contactless payment system installed CaixaBank and Visa Europe will begin installing the system enabling “contactless payments” to be made throughout Barcelona. The system consists of...	05.12.2011 - 08.48 pm The largest ice-skating rink in Europe opens in downtown Barcelona to attract shoppers The ice rink has been fully funded by the private retail sector. It aims to attract locals and visitors to Barcelona city centre in the hope that...	24.03.2011 - 11.53 pm The Court of Justice of the European Union rules against the Catalan law on large retail establishments Foreseeing a negative decision the Catalan Government already modified the law in 2009. The sentence declares illegal certain aspects of the law...
17.03.2011 - 09.21 pm Privalia opens its own logistics centre in Barcelona The company sells high end clothing on the Internet. It distributes over 25.000 items of clothing daily amongst its 3,7 million clients. The centre...	23.02.2011 - 09.08 pm Gerard Piqué becomes the new face of Mango The FC Barcelona football player Gerard Piqué and the Catalan retail company announced the news today. Piqué will represent the brand for the next...	17.02.2011 - 09.38 pm The retail group Inditex that owns Zara will invest €190 millions in Catalonia The multinational clothing company Inditex has announced the expansion of its logistics centre in Tordera (North of Barcelona coast), which will...	29.10.2010 - 09.39 pm Catalan clothing store Mango aims to duplicate sales in 4 years The president of the multinational Catalan clothing store Mango, Isak Andic, affirmed, “We are not even at 30% of our capacity. “In 4 years, Mango...