Shopping with a robot salesman

E-commerce
POLAND A Wrocław start-up has created a chatbot to sell and recommend goods to shoppers.
Polish consultancy Kogifi Consulting has already invested in the new company. The bot was programmed by Paweł Kołacz and Roman Bartosiak come from Wroclaw. IamBot will chat with potential shoppers on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat and Viber and cam use the Google and Amazon voice assistants. “IamBot is a project that is ahead of its time and will shape the future of digital marketing. Using it it is possible to supplement our range of services which include digital marketing systems. W
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schedule 04 May 2026
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Office & mixed-use development

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schedule 04 May 2026
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Poland Swissôtel comes to Gdynia

schedule 04 May 2026
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schedule 04 May 2026
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schedule 04 May 2026
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schedule 04 May 2026
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Residential

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schedule 04 May 2026
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schedule 04 May 2026
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Office & mixed-use development

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schedule 30 April 2026
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schedule 30 April 2026
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schedule 30 April 2026
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schedule 29 April 2026
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Poland Blue Primary School opens in Wiśniowy Business Park

schedule 29 April 2026
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Retail & leisure

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schedule 29 April 2026
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schedule 29 April 2026
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schedule 29 April 2026
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schedule 28 April 2026
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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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schedule 30 January 2020

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schedule 04 October 2019

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schedule 26 September 2019

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schedule 28 August 2019

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schedule 29 July 2019

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schedule 18 July 2019

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schedule 17 July 2019

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schedule 16 April 2019

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schedule 23 January 2019

Chamber for e-commerce

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schedule 05 November 2018

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schedule 26 September 2018

Shopping with a robot salesman

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schedule 25 September 2018

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schedule 14 September 2018

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schedule 06 September 2018

True innovation from Marks & Spencer

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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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