Consumer spending in Spain is likely to fall by almost 10% over the holiday season this year, with the climate unlikely to improve substantially in 2010, according to new figures.

Deloitte, the consultancy, has predicted that expenditure levels in the country will decline by 9.1% over the festive period, compared with an average of 6.3% across Western Europe as a whole.

Miguel Angel Fraile, general secretary of the Spanish Retailers Association, suggested that shoppers may be postponing making ...
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