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MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015

Retailers
celebrate bumper
December trade
by FRANCISCO CORTEZ
Palma.Clothing retailers
in Majorca marked December 2014 as the best month
in terms of sales and visiting customers since the beginning of the recession.
The main reasons behind
last months figures were,
according to Pimeco, the
entity that overseas small
and medium businesses in
the region, the relentless
promotion campaigns and
discounts offered by retailers before the January sales
officially started.
The sudden drop in temperature last month also
helped boost sales.
Summer was a particularly
long season which affected
autumn and winter clothes
sales.

When temperatures suddenly dropped in December, many Majorcan residents and visitors headed to
the shops to complement
their winter wardrobe, taking December sales figures
to new record levels.
Pimeco revealed yesterday that small and medium
businesses in the sector valued December 2014 with a
5.6 mark out of 10, the best
figure in over six years and
almost a point over the average in the whole year (4.8
out of 10).
In terms of perception
sales, 62 percent of business owners felt they sold
more than during the same
month last year, while 26
percent felt they sold
around the same amount.
A total of 12 percent said

they felt their sales had actually gone down.

Comparing November
2013 with November 2012,
64 percent of shop owners
felt their sales were also
better, 28 percent remained around the same
level and 12 percent felt
sales declined.
Despite Decembers surge
for most retailers, Pimeco
warned that last month
was unusual and should
not be seen as a sign that
the sector has recovered.
Autumn was a particularly
warm month last year,
which left business owners
with no option but to offer
aggressive sales campaigns in December hoping to make up for the poor
results the two previous
months.

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Ariany becomes
17th anti bullfight
municipality

Record retail sales figures last December.

Ariany has become the

17th Majorcan municipality to be declared an anti
bullfight municipality.
Animal protection group
Anima Naturalis, confirmed yesterday in a press
conference that the motion
was approved in the local
council and as such Ariany
would become the 17th region to joining the Majorca Without Blood campaign.
Deya, Manacor, Sant Joan,
Porreres, Santa Margalida,
Santa Maria del Cami,
Sencelles, Arta, Costitx,
Puigpunyent, Consell,
Campanet, Capdepera,
Esporles, Lloseta and Algaida are the other 16 municipalities.

Media Markt agrees to open outlet

at the SEstada super shopping
complex set to open next year

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Palma.The S Estadas super shopping

complex being built in Majorca by Carrefour Property and set to open next year
will have its own Media Markt superstore.
Carrefour Property confirmed yesterday
that an agreement was reached with the
German technology company for a partnership in one of the groups largest property developments in Europe, the 3,100
square metre SEstada complex.
Carrefour representatives were said to
be delighted with the agreement, pointing out that Media Markt is exactly the
type of company they were looking for to
join the project.
We want companies that are firmly established internationally, to be available
here in Majorca and Media Markt is one of
those.
The German companys store in Palma is
among the most successful in terms of

business figures in the whole country.

Other internationally renowned brands
have also already signed partnerships
with Carrefour.
Popular Irish clothing shop Primark is
set to be the complexs main attraction
with a store spread over 7,000 square metres.
Swedish company H&M will also have
its own shop, as well as Group Cortefiel
which include the Cortefiel, Womens Secret and the Springfield brands.
Pedro del Hierro and Dock 39, a Spanish
entertainment company has also confirmed they will have their own 1,800
square metre space to develop an entertainment and leisure centre.
With just little over a year and half left
until the opening, Carrefour said that 58
percent of the total premises has already
been allocated to different companies.