Catalan local commerce stands up to large digital sales platforms like Amazon, Shein, or Glovo, accusing them of "unfair competition" and being one of the reasons for the stagnation of its growth. "These new players operate with different rules of the game [...] and concentrate enormous economies of scale that directly impact the competitiveness of our local commerce: some kind of control is needed," Pimec Comerç president, Mònica Gregori, demanded this Monday in a media briefing from Barcelona.

At 147 Gran de Sant Andreu Street in Barcelona, the same business has been operating since 1897. I don't know if there are many commercial establishments left in the city that can display this fact and flaunt it as an exercise in survival and civic and social service. Yes, the Puig family has owned Cansaladeria Puig since 1957, but before that, more than half a century before that, they owned Emili Bové's sausage shop.

–"Audenis, the pianist says the piano is out of tune and that he can't perform the concert like this."