In February 2018, L.L. Bean made the tough decision to change its lifetime return policy, which had been in existence for over a century. Following the policy change, the company received backlash from its customers.

Recently the law firm Manubens Abogados, has obtained the first judgment in Spain upholding  the appeal against of the City Tax on the Increase in the Value of Urban Land in case of a property transfer with capital gains for the seller.

Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy in September 2017, with hopes that a strong holiday season would facilitate a successful reorganization.

Tenant curation, experiential retail, and social media-based marketing are thriving trends in today’s brick-and-mortar shopping center industry. Retail is not the only real estate asset class susceptible to trends.

Radius restrictions are very common provisions in retail leases. They protect a landlord’s investment in its property and in a particular lease by preventing tenants from operating additional stores within a set area.

For the 5th consecutive year, Manubens Lawyers were once again in attendance in Cannes, France at MAPIC – the leading International Retail Property Market Exhibition

Headlines about brick and mortar retail tend to be dominated by how these establishments are in decline. Fortunately, their demise is not preordained since tools from the online retail universe may also help them succeed.

Manubens Lawyers had a successful 3 days this year at MIPIM, the world’s leading property market. Every year, international property players descend to MIPIM to engage with professionals from the real estate world.

We know that public shopping centers have been around since the days of the Roman Empire, if not before. As we heard at this month’s ICSC OAC conference in Miami, the industry is seeing a return to days long ago.

The constitutionality of the Tax on the Increase of the Value of Urban Land has been called into question for several years now. Many of these lawsuits will depend on the decision of the Constitutional Court.

The Royal Decree-Law 1/2017, was published in the BOE of urgent measures of consumer protection in terms of land clauses, which regulates the extrajudicial channel to solve the claims of the consumers derived from the last judicial judgments and the tax consequences of the same.

The criterion of the Directorate General of Taxes in relation to the deductibility of the expenses linked to immovable properties in expectation of rent is very clear in the scope of the Tax on the Income of the Physical Persons. The criterion of the General Directorate of Taxes, until October 3, 2016, has been more ambiguous.