The inflow to the mall registered a decline of 6.6% in November.
The largest drop in terms of visits so far this year, according to the Experian FootFall Index. Shopping centers have received in last November by 6.6% fewer visitors than during the same month last year.
178 million Europeans (60% of its population) regularly connect to the Internet an average 12 hours a week. Of these, 18.4 million are in Spain. Especially those who are between 35 and 54 years (6.3 million). By genre, there are only 9.1 million men and 9.3 million women (16% more than in 2007).
Traders warn of the risk of closure to 60,000 before the break in consumption.
The Spanish Confederation of Commerce (CEC) warned yesterday that if it is the spiral of slowing consumption over the next six months, would disappear in 2009 to 10% of the sector, which would mean the closure of about 60,000 and loss of between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs, "it immediately."
The Government does not advance the sales of January because of supply and demand balance.
The Government will not follow in the footsteps of the three regions that have decided to bring forward sales in January to two days of this month to take the campaign to revive the Kings and commercial business through increased consumption with lower prices, as confirmed yesterday this newspaper to official sources of the Department of Industry