The distribution estimates that trade will grow more this year than in 2024 and will reach 3%
The former Anged distribution association, now called The Distributionannounced this Wednesday during Distribution Day that its observatory raises the trade growth for this year up to 3% in interannual rate, compared to the increase of 1.8% that occurred in 2024. By category, Food will grow around 3%; Home equipment will increase by 4% driven by the high demand for housing; while personal equipment and fashion will remain around 2%.
The president of this business organization, which has giants such as El Corte Inglés or Carrefour, Matilde García Duarte, has opted for a “productivity pact to boost” business growth and he recalled that commerce will need to incorporate 175,000 people a year in the next decade, as a consequence, he said, of the generational change. However, since ancient Anged, they have estimated that 16,000 vacancies per year remain unfilled due to the shortage of professional profiles. For this employer’s association, this labor imbalance requires “a boost in training and activating mechanisms to be able to incorporate young, senior and migrant talent into companies.”
García Duarte has also insisted that “issues such as regulatory costs, absenteeism or unfilled vacancies are“On signs of national emergency in terms of productivity”. On the issue of regulatory cost, he pointed out that “Spain has enormous growth potential if the single market is promoted and effective measures are proposed to ab“to leave the Top 3 EU countries with the most trade restrictions.” Regarding absenteeism, he recalled that in commerce alone, 153,500 people do not go to work every day (AMAT data), being a health and economic problem that requires urgent reforms.
