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MoviStar leads this year’s rankings of the most valuable Spanish brands, conducted by Interbrand for Actualidad Económica. BBVA and Telefónica occupy second and third place, respectively. The ranking does not include Santander or Zara, which are widely considered global brands.
In order to qualify for the rankings, the brands must be clearly Spanish in origin [...]
La Caixa is viewed as the financial institution with the best reputation in Spain – a status it has enjoyed since as far back as 2002 -, according to this year’s edition of Merco Financial Brands, a highly-respected business ranking survey conducted by the Spanish Monitor of Corporate Reputation (MERCO).
The ranking is based on the [...]
The European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) has just published the survey “Working Conditions and Quality of Life in Spanish Workplaces.” It contains the results of two surveys, “The Sixth National Survey on Working Conditions” and “The Survey of Quality of Life in the Workplace,” which results reveal that many Spanish workers seem to still be [...]
In June there were 1,386,500 young people working in Spain, just over half the total figure in 1976. This is largely due to the ageing population. However, there can be no denying that the situation has been severely exacerbated by the recent sharp rise in unemployment, which now affects as much as 38.1% of those [...]
This article from Oxford Analytica examines one of the features setting the recession in Spain apart from those in other countries: the exceptional rise in unemployment to close to 20 percent of the Spanish labor force. In August, Spain had the highest rate of the EU-27, double the EU-average.
Much of the increase in unemployment is [...]
The latest edition of a research project into the growth of Spanish companies (Proyecto de Investigación: Análisis del Crecimiento de la Empresa Española, AC-E) has just been published. The first edition of the project was launched back in 2005 with the aim of carrying out an in-depth study of the factors at play in determining [...]
The latest IESE-Adecco Labor Euroindex, conducted by IESE researchers, analyzes, using a number of different variables, the performance during the first quarter of 2009 of seven European countries representing over 75 percent of the population and GDP of the 25 EU Members: Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland.
All of these countries have [...]
Cosmetics and toiletries value sales in Spain grew at a slower pace in 2008 than in the previous year. Nevertheless, the Spanish market saw one of the best performances in Western Europe, as the economic downturn affected the country later than other markets. This Euromonitor’s report offers the latest retail sales data, allowing you to [...]
A recently-published report from Euromonitor International offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the audio and video products market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It also identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of [...]
According to data from Infoempleo.com, 76 percent of the jobs currently advertised in Spain request candidates with university degrees, a 10 percentage point jump on the figure for 2008.
The demand for university graduates has grown significantly over the last few months, a stark reminder of the advantages that graduates currently enjoy despite a lackluster labor [...]
