Polish online retailers looking to go global

E-commerce
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.
Around 65 pct of Polish companies in this sector are currently active in foreign markets (58 pct in Western and Central Europe, 26 pct in Eastern Europe, 9 pct in Asia and 6 pct in the USA). Around 20 pct of these retailers also set up new sales outlets. The biggest risks to these businesses are changing laws and increasing competition from large international chains. The latest trends on the ecommerce market include same day deliveries, as well as the use of virtual reality and artificial intel
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland Logicor completes warehouse redevelopment in Piaseczno

schedule 27 October 2026
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Logicor has completed the redevelopment of its 48,000 sqm B3 warehouse at Logicor Piaseczno, near Warsaw, converting the building into flexible warehouse units ranging from 1,700 to 5,700 sqm. The project is the company’s first of its kind in Poland and responds to growing demand for smaller warehouse spaces in the Warsaw area.

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schedule 22 October 2026

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Hotels

Poland Mercure Gdynia Centrum earns four-star rating

schedule 27 October 2026
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Mercure Gdynia Centrum has officially been awarded a four-star rating following an application by the hotel’s owner, Essendi. The decision marks the culmination of a two-year modernisation programme at a hotel that has been part of Gdynia’s cityscape for more than 40 years.

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schedule 27 October 2026
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Grupa Antczak has been appointed general contractor for a new production and warehouse facility for Aalberts Surface Technologies in Kalisz. The project is being developed in the Dobrzec-Zachód Economic Zone and reflects the city’s growing role as a centre for advanced manufacturing.

Retail & leisure

Poland LUCA opens second location at Wars Sawa Junior

schedule 27 October 2026
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LUCA has opened its second outlet at the Wars Sawa Junior complex in Warsaw. The new 149 sqm unit is located in the SAWA section, expanding the complex’s food and beverage offer and strengthening the brand’s presence in central Warsaw.

Hotels

Poland Wave Hotels launches in Poland

schedule 27 October 2026
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schedule 27 October 2026
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Data centres

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schedule 27 October 2026
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Flexible office occupancy hits record 85 pct

schedule 27 October 2026
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Residential

Poland Develia completes 83-unit development in Wrocław

schedule 26 October 2026
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland MLP Group secures record 42,000 sqm lease with Auto Partner

schedule 26 October 2026
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Poland Murapol launches 191-apartment project in Katowice

schedule 26 October 2026
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland Prologis builds 6,400 sqm vehicle conversion centre in Poznań

schedule 26 October 2026
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Residential

Poland Archicom gets green light for Warsaw residential project

schedule 26 October 2026
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Investment & finance

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schedule 26 October 2026
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Office & mixed-use development

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schedule 26 October 2026
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Warehouse & industrial

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schedule 26 October 2026
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Eurobuild Awards

CEE REGION Candidate and jury registration are still open for the Eurobuild Awards!

schedule 23 October 2026

The deadlines for nominating candidates and registering for the jury for the 16th Eurobuild Awards have been extended! Both the candidate and jury registrations are now still open until October 30th, 2026 (rather than the original deadline of October 22nd).

Retail & leisure

Poland OTO Park Lubin opens with 14,000 sqm of retail space

schedule 23 October 2026
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Residential

Poland Trust Investment to make its Warsaw debut in Rembertów

schedule 23 October 2026
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Trust Investment is set to enter the Warsaw residential market with its first project to be situated in Rembertów amid surrounding woodland. The development is intended to have an intimate character, with architecture designed to complement the green surroundings. Details of the project and the launch date for sales have not yet been disclosed.

Latest in E-commerce

schedule 12 January 2023

This is the end

Shopee is ending its operations in Poland. The Asian e-commerce platform, which debuted in Poland in 2021, intends to focus on operations in other regions of the world.

schedule 22 September 2020

Wildberries now growing in Ukraine

Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries has entered the Ukrainian market.

schedule 21 May 2020

Wildberries growing in April

POLAND Wildberries, the Russian online retailer that debuted on the Polish market in January, has revealed some of its initial Polish sales figures.

schedule 12 May 2020

Wildberries growing in Slovakia

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schedule 18 March 2020

E-commerce set to accelerate with Coronavirus

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

Logistics firms feeling the heat from e-commerce

POLAND According to the recent ‘Supply Chain for E-commerce. How to Meet the Challenges’ report published by DHL Supply Chain, most logistics companies in the contract logistics sector have yet to implement a strategy for the online retail segment.

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

POLAND Drugstore chain Hebe has officially launched its online store. Orders across Poland are delivered by courier. In Warsaw, parcels can also be picked up free of charge also in a chosen Hebe store.

schedule 18 July 2019

Airbnb modifies its practices

EUROPE The European Commission has announced that, as a result of negotiations with Airbnb, the platform has improved and fully clarified the accommodation and pricing offered to consumers on its site so that its standards meet EU consumer law.

schedule 17 July 2019

Europe points its big guns at Amazon

EUROPE The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules.

schedule 16 April 2019

Lidl goes online in Poland

POLAND Lidl is to launch an online store for Poland – lidl-sklep.pl.

schedule 23 January 2019

Chamber for e-commerce

POLAND The Polish Chamber of Digital Commerce (e-Izba) has set up the Retailers Group e-Chamber to support companies who operate in e-commerce and omnichannel sales or are planning to start a business in this sector.

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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