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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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

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schedule 05 November 2018

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schedule 26 September 2018

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schedule 25 September 2018

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schedule 14 September 2018

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schedule 06 September 2018

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schedule 26 July 2018

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