The Department of Commerce reports that it is open enrollment period for local establishments that wish to participate in the Outlet Fair to be held from September 30 to October 3 at the Plaza of the Constitution.
At this fair the shops can sell their wares making offers and discounts, so, as reported by the mayor of Commerce, María Isabel Sánchez Méndez, revitalize the economic sector of trade, much needed at this time.
The mayor has encouraged traders to become informed about the fair as soon as possible and to be placed 25 exhibitors in which businesses will be installed to sell their products.
Sánchez Ruiz has stated that merchants can sign up or request information or through the Merchants' Association or the Department of Commerce, located in the former premises of the local police.
For this exhibition, the Ministry of Universities, Business and Research through the Directorate General of Trade and Crafts has awarded a grant in the amount of 6,000 euros in order to foster local urban commerce, whose total budget amount of 10,324 euros, as reported by the council of Crafts.
The actions to be developed through this grant and the implementation of this program to encourage urban commerce, as explained by the council, will focus on establishing an area for holding the first fair trade outlets, their adequacy and provision of services for the event day.
These actions are among other things, the marking of outlets, the provision of adequate lighting in the area, hire individual tents or stands as outlets for the installation of participating merchants, the provision of PA enclosure, campaigns promotion and media advertising, design and printing of posters and brochures, sound and lighting costs, costs of the security service.
In this way, it will comply with the proposal submitted by the Department of Commerce and agreed in plenary to organize together with local merchants, the First Fair Outlet of Totana, in order to support and stimulate the commercial sector before totanero difficult situation.
The fair "outlet," according to the councilman of Commerce, Isabel Maria Sanchez, is a fair in which traders can get a return on stock products and the consumer can buy goods of various kinds with a significant discount on the price precedent.
In this regard, the council considers it necessary to make available to small businesses totanero all the tools available to slow the loss of customers and the consequent decrease in consumption.
So he said, "In effect the economic crisis and the fierce competition that has meant the opening of large shopping centers in Murcia, have led to a decline in sales in small shops Totana ·.
Thus, the organization of a Fair Outlet in Totana, explained the mayor, "with an attractive common image will bring forward the trade city, stimulate consumption, the disposal of the stocks and create a magnet for customers and visitors. "
In short, the ultimate goal of this event is to support and stimulate the commercial sector totanero to the difficult situation, because of their need to adapt to new business realities and the current period of contraction in household consumption.
