El Corte Inglés

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Spain's biggest retail concern has blown all the rest of the competition out of the water. El Corte Inglés is the solution when all else fails for some, but the first choice for many. You can get practically everything you need, be it clothes, household goods, books or multimedia products, and the store also offers a range of services from cutting keys to booking tickets. Most outlets also have well-stocked, if expensive, supermarkets. Information points staffed by multilingual employees are a plus as is the post-sale, money-back guarantee. This branch specialises in music and computers, the branch opposite in books, the one on the Paseo de la Castellana has large sports, computer and toy departments and C/Serrano is mostly given over to fashion, jewellery and cosmetics.