Barcelona News - Economy

Spain, like most of the Western World is in a recession and is one of the countries in the EU that is suffering the most. Catalonia, however, is seeing improvements in retail shopping, especially in Barcelona. According to El Periodico, the fall of consumption in Barcelona has stabilized and started to improve shopping.

The Fundació ESADE Barcelona Commerce, which conducts a survey every three months found that from January to March, sales drop was 3%, compared with 7.5% down on the same period of 2012. Buyers are also said to have a more cheerful behavior than during the previous quarter.

Even so, Francecs Josep Valls, director of the study stated,"the buyer has not changed in over their habits and follows with a rational purchase, buying only what you need and making smaller purchases."