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Internet retail still growing

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POLAND The average online Polish shopper is less than 50 years old (88 pct), with higher education (77 pct) and live in a city (74 pct) according to the ‘E-commerce in Poland 2017. Gemius for e-Commerce Poland’ report.
Women (53 pct) shop online more than men. More people between the age of 25 and 43 shopped online (29 pct as opposed to 26 pct in 2016) while residents of smaller towns were also more eager to shop online (44 pct compared to 40 pct in 2016). Those with a secondary education were proportionally more than in the previous year, while 51 pct of online consumers claim that their economic circumstances have been improving (compared to 46 pct a year earlier). “This year’s report is no surp
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POLAND The man behind the year's biggest deal

schedule 24 January 2025
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Eastnine entered the Polish market in 2022 with the purchase of Nowy Rynek D in Poznań. And building E was added to its portfolio early last year. But at the end of the year, the Swedish investor pulled off a major coup with the biggest office acquisition of 2024 when it added Warsaw Unit to its portfolio. So, we spoke to Kestutis Sasnauskas, the CEO of Eastnine, to find out more about this spectacular transaction and the company’s future plans

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schedule 24 January 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

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schedule 24 January 2025
Opr./edited by ANZ

Martley Capital has completed the sale of two Polish warehouse assets from their Polish value add fund, known as POLAF. The assets are located in Długołęka and in Oleśnica, both in the Wroclaw Industrial Hub.

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schedule 24 January 2025
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Cushman &Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market. Over half a mln sqm of new retail space came on stream last year, marking the highest new supply level in Poland since 2015. This robust development activity occurred amid rising demand from new retailers and improving consumer sentiment which boosted retail sales.

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schedule 24 January 2025
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schedule 24 January 2025
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schedule 24 January 2025
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schedule 24 January 2025
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schedule 23 January 2025
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schedule 23 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 22 January 2025
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schedule 21 January 2025
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schedule 21 January 2025
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Latest in E-commerce

schedule 12 January 2023

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schedule 22 September 2020

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schedule 21 May 2020

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schedule 12 May 2020

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schedule 18 March 2020

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POLAND Cushman & Wakefield is cautious about predicting how the coronavirus pandemic will change online shopping habits but notes that many Polish companies are expecting a massive increase in their online orders.

schedule 30 January 2020

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schedule 04 October 2019

A thousand new DHL Parcel pick-up points

POLAND DHL Parcel will this year have opened 1,000 new locations for despatching and collecting courier parcels.

schedule 26 September 2019

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schedule 28 August 2019

E-commerce is still a big challenge

WORLD Majority of companies have failed to fully implement an e-commerce strategy despite recognizing its importance, according to DHL’s global survey of nearly 900 decision-makers responsible for logistics or supply chain management and e-commerce.

schedule 29 July 2019

Hebe hits the net

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schedule 18 July 2019

Airbnb modifies its practices

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schedule 17 July 2019

Europe points its big guns at Amazon

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schedule 16 April 2019

Lidl goes online in Poland

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schedule 23 January 2019

Chamber for e-commerce

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schedule 05 November 2018

Polish online retailers looking to go global

POLAND Around 24 pct of Polish online retailers are currently considering foreign expansion claims the ‘The Challenges of E-commerce’ report prepared by the Kronenberg Foundation at Citi Handlowy.

schedule 26 September 2018

Shopping with a robot salesman

POLAND A Wrocław start-up has created a chatbot to sell and recommend goods to shoppers.

schedule 25 September 2018

Internet traders running up debt

POLAND According to BIG InfoMonitor data, the debts of e-commerce traders came to PLN 126 mln at the end of June this year, up 19 pct on the end of 2017.

schedule 14 September 2018

Zara reorganises online sales

WORLD The Zara store chain is to complete and send out online orders directly from its brick and mortar stores. The Spanish-based Inditex group, which owns the Zara brand, believes it can make online orders easier for shoppers by processing individual orders in their stores. Whenever a product is unavailable online, but can be found in stock at a local store, it can be ordered immediately with home delivery.

schedule 06 September 2018

True innovation from Marks & Spencer

WORLD Marks & Spencer has partnered with True, which operates in the new-tech segment, to focuses on innovation and digital transformation.

schedule 26 July 2018

Almost half of Poles yet to embrace e-commerce

POLAND According to this year’s ‘E-commerce in Poland. Gemius for e-Commerce Poland’ report by Gemius, 44 pct of Polish internet users have yet to make any purchases on the internet.

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