Madrid Retail Congress brings together the largest sample of retail trade

On September 28 and 29, it is taking place in the Municipal Palace of Congresses of Madrid Madrid Retail Congress, the main retail trade knowledge forum and meeting space for companies and professionals in the sector.

In the second edition of the national reference event, the commercial reality in Spain and the tools available to entrepreneurs to improve their business are being addressed, mainly the changes that commerce has to face in the digital age.

Manuel Garcia-Izquierdo, president of the Spanish Confederation of Commerce has presented the event as the “real, sincere and worked response to the desires that we merchants have”, defending the maintenance of all possible formats in commerce.

Louis Pacheco, president of the Madrid Trade Confederation, has commented how "commerce contributes to the sustainability of cities, promoting their quality".

In the opening they have also intervened as speakers Louis Colorado, director of Commercial Bank of Santander Spain; Concepcion Diaz de Villegas, General Director of Commerce and Entrepreneurship of the City of Madrid, Y Maria Jose Perez-Cejuela, CEO of Commerce and Consumption of the Community of Madrid, closing the act Jaime Garcia-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade.

The director of Commerce and Entrepreneurship has assured that from the Madrid City Council "we cannot conceive the city of Madrid without its shops” and for this reason he has recalled that the municipal administration is available to the Madrid commerce so that it is stronger and continues to be a reference as it has been up to now.

During these two days, the commercial reality in Spain and the tools available to entrepreneurs to improve their business are addressed. Prestigious retailers share their successful experiences with the attendees to respond to the aspirations of improving trade, and great professionals are analyzing the current habits and profiles of the consumer, which demands the adoption of new offer proposals. The commercial reality in Spain is undergoing important changes and the businessman needs to provide his clients with the best of services.

Nearly 2,000 face-to-face and online participants will attend the congress, organized by the Spanish Confederation of Commerce CEC, the Madrid Commerce Confederation COCEM and the specialized group D/A Retail Distribución Actualidad.