Polish online retailers looking to go global

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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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Retail & leisure

Poland Small towns see most retail development

schedule 22 April 2026
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Retail in Poland is becoming more decentralised according to the latest data from Cushman & Wakefield. All current new projects are retail parks in towns with populations of less than 50,000. In larger cities, expansions dominate.

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Retail & leisure

Poland Retail parks continue to dominate

schedule 22 April 2026
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According to Colliers, at the end of March, the total stock of modern retail space in Poland exceeded 13.9 mln sqm with retall parks remaining dominant in the Polish commercial real estate market.

Retail & leisure

Poland Biedronka to anchor Smart Park Bielsk Podlaski

schedule 22 April 2026
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Grocery operator Biedronka will open a modern supermarket in the upcoming Smart Park in Bielsk Podlaski. The project is being developed by RGL. The first phase will comprise 8,000 sqm, which will eventually be expanded to 13,000 sqm gla.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Logisteed enters Prologis Park Wrocław IV

schedule 22 April 2026
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Prologis has signed a new lease agreement with Logisteed Poland at Prologis Park Wrocław IV. The logistics operator has leased over 5,200 sqm of warehouse space and around 330 sqm of offices.

Retail & leisure

Poland Jysk to enter Turawa Park

schedule 22 April 2026
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Home furnishings retailer Jysk is to open in Turawa Park in Opole. The 994 sqm store is to open in August.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland JIT enters Punkt

schedule 22 April 2026
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Software developer Jit Team has leased office space in the Punkt building in Gdańsk's Wrzeszcz district, built by Torus.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Alior expands in Ocean Park

schedule 22 April 2026
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Alior Bank has signed a lease for additional space in Kraków's Ocean Office Park B complex. The new space will be used by the Alior's private banking department.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Jet Investment launches project near Gdańsk

schedule 22 April 2026
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Jet Investment has launched construction work on a modern warehouse park south of Gdańsk in an investment of EUR 50 mln. The project involves the construction of two buildings on a 15.2 ha site with a total of 67,000 sqm gla.

Warehouse & industrial

Czech Republic GARBE Park Brno South under construction

schedule 21 April 2026
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GARBE has launched construction work on an industrial park in Pohořelice with logistics operator Dachser as the first tenant.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland 4FIZJO enters Libra Business Centre

schedule 21 April 2026
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Sports equipment producer 4FIZJO has leased 800 sqm of office space as well as a 200 sqm terrace in the Libra Business Centre I office building, owned by VIG FUND.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Mondelēz stays on with Trigranit

schedule 21 April 2026
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Mondelēz International has extended its lease with Trigranit for nearly 4,000 sqm of office space in the Signum Work Station complex in Warsaw's Mokotów district.  Mondelēz Europe Services will remain in the building until 2032.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Frontex stays on in Warsaw Spire

schedule 21 April 2026
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The European Border and Coast Guard Agency has decided to extend its lease for nearly 21,500 sqm of space in CA Immo's Warsaw Spire B building. The largest tenant in the company's Polish portfolio will remain in the Warsaw complex for another three years.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Ratrusto enters CTPark Zabrze

schedule 21 April 2026
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Ratrusto has leased nearly 1,800 sqm at CTPark Zabrze, where it will launch its first manufacturing plant facility. The tenant has leased over 1,500 sqm of industrial space and 250 sqm of offices in the ZABR02 building.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Manta comes to City Point Targówek

schedule 21 April 2026
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Consumer electronics manufacturer and distributor Manta has entered the City Point Targówek complex with a lease of 3,000 sqm.

Investment & finance

Poland Redkom sells Olsztyn centre

schedule 21 April 2026
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Redkom Development has completed the sale of a 2,300 sqm cross-dock logistics centre in Olsztyn. The buyer is a member of the Epsicap REIM Group.

Investment & finance

Poland Jantar sold

schedule 21 April 2026
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Czech investment group SCF, together with its partners, has completed the purchase of the Jantar shopping centre in Słupsk, Poland. With a leasable area of 44,000 sqm, it is the largest shopping centre in the Central Pomerania region. The seller was CBRE Investment Management, a global real asset investment manager.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland DHL to build next to Katowice Airport

schedule 20 April 2026
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DHL Express Polska and Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Lotnicze S.A. have signed an agreement to build a new DHL Express cargo terminal directly adjacent to Katowice Airport.

Retail & leisure

Poland Two leases signed for Galeria Awangarda

schedule 20 April 2026
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Focus Estate Fund has extended its lease agreements with Pepco and Deichmann for space in the Galeria Awangarda shopping centre in Bartoszyce. Pepco occupies around 540 sqm, and Deichmann occupies 450 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Wrocław space up by 9 pct

schedule 20 April 2026
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According to the 'Market in Minutes - Wrocław. Industrial and Logistics Market' report, the city remains one of the key logistics hubs in Central Europe. At the end of 2025, the region's total modern space stock reached 4.59 mln sqm, a 9 pct increase on the previous year.

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

SLOVAKIA Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, has entered the Slovakian market. The company has also anounced that it is considering investing EUR 200 mln in the development of a distribution centre in the country.

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

How much CO2 does your fashion sense generate?

WORLD Online second had clothes store Thredup store has created a Fashion Footprint Calculator to calculate the carbon footprint of your purchasing habits.

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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