El autonomous collective that runs shops it has raised the alarm in the face of the delicate situation that the retail trade is experiencing and has even classified the situation as unsustainable. Simultaneously, it has asked the bank to open the financing tap again.
All self-employed associations agree that The data published this Wednesday by the INE - a 2,6% decrease in sales in April - are worrying since they represent 34 consecutive months of declines in sales. Camilo Abiétar, president of the Federation of Organizations of Self-Employed Professionals, has asked the banks to do their part so that there is circulating money again so that consumption is reactivated.
The factors that add to the bad situation of trade in Spain are many more than the lack of financing: late payment, unfair competition and VAT rise. When those problems are solved, he will also leave the obligation impasse the trade situation in our country.
The UPTA, another of the self-employed federations, highlights the crisis experienced by the model of large shopping centers that have also had to give up as a result of the depression of the economy and consumption. Another problem for the Union of Professionals and Self-Employed Workers is that the release of schedules in large commercial areas has not managed to stop either the fall in consumption or the destruction of employment in the sector.
On the other hand, and from the UTAE, Jose Maria Landaburu, has urged the government to take measures that can alleviate the rise in VAT that in a few years has gone from 18% to 21%. From that organization of freelancers, it is considered that only the flow of credit will be what can make companies and families consume again as before the crisis.
More information: Retail trade in the self-employed with 33 consecutive months in decline.
Source: Europa Press | Image: epSos