The Department of Trade and Crafts file a motion in Parliament to develop a Revitalization Plan retail trade in the town, which is part of the initiatives that the municipal government is undertaking to support the main productive sectors of the locality.
Proximity retailing is a fundamental pillar of economic activity in the town of Totana, as the mayor explained the industry, Isabel Maria Sanchez, who said "it is a social instrument of great value for social cohesion and capacity reinforcement of local identity "
He also said that one of the main objectives of the City Council on economic Totana is to promote and stimulate the recovery of the retail business is in decline over the proliferation of shopping malls or the actual existing economic crisis.
Through the Commercial Revitalization Plan seeks to allocate significant resources through actions designed and programmed specifically looking for the cooperation and participation of all economic and social actors present in the area of activity, whose level of involvement depends largely on its success, the mayor said.
In this regard, specifying that this program should be designed taking into account the socio-economic peculiarities of Totana in order to meet the needs and strengths of the sector and boost the retail business, under the collaboration between the retailers own and City Hall.
Therefore, the document must collect parameters that allow the definition of strategic objectives and performance of concrete proposals such as the uniqueness of the territorial scope of action, urban boundaries and parishes, social and commercial mobility justification for intervention, creating a common corporate image plan, among other issues.
Furthermore, the progressive implementation of the plan will stimulate the retail business, with the help of professionals in neighborhoods and districts where they concentrate more shops and catering businesses through the enhancement of the singularities of these areas and its range of shops and services.
Finally he said that this action will form a fabric and a cohesive trade enterprise network, modernized and professionalized and help associations for environment retailers that may be creating these trading networks.
