https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's venerable department store group El Corte Inglés, a barometer of the Spanish economy, reported Friday record annual losses due to pandemic lockdowns and a collapse in tourism. https://www.thelocal.es/20210604/spains-flagship-department-store-el-corte-ingles-posts-record-loss Fri, 04 Jun 2021 18:49:22 +0200 spains-flagship-department-store-el-corte-ingles-posts-record-loss Spain draws 65 million tourists a year thanks largely to its beaches. Now it wants them spending on the high street. https://www.thelocal.es/20150201/sun-sea-sand-but-what-about-the-shopping Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:10:00 +0100 sun-sea-sand-but-what-about-the-shopping The chairman of Europe’s biggest department store and a household name in Spain died on Sunday aged 79. https://www.thelocal.es/20140915/spains-el-corte-ingls-boss-dies-isidoro-alvarez Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:50:00 +0200 spains-el-corte-ingls-boss-dies-isidoro-alvarez The presidents of El Corte Inglés, Isidoro Álvarez, and Sabadell Bank, Josep Oliu, were rushed to hospital after suffering health scares on the same day that Santander Group president Emilio Botín died of a heart attack. https://www.thelocal.es/20140911/bad-day-for-spanish-business-bosses Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:11:00 +0200 bad-day-for-spanish-business-bosses