Logistics firms feeling the heat from e-commerce

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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.
Almost 900 global logistics and supply chain providers, including those that are active in the e-commerce sector, were surveyed for the report. Out of these, almost 70 pct of B2C companies and 60 pct of B2B companies are still working on the introduction of strategies for this market segment. This is despite the fact that 70 pct of respondents regard e-commerce as ‘very important’ or ‘extremely important’ for their business. “Customer expectations are evolving and changing, putting pr
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Poland August 7th - mark the date

schedule 09 June 2026
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Once again, for the 15th time, the real estate industry is to come together for a worthy cause in support of the Ronald McDonald House Poland Foundation. This year's JLL Charity Volleyball Tournament will take place on August 7th at the Monta Beach Volley Club in Warsaw.

Investment & finance

Poland Strong investment figures for Poland

schedule 09 June 2026
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The performance of the Polish commercial real estate investment market during the first 5 months of 2026 has been quite impressive, according to the latest figures from Avison Young. Based on estimated figures for announced transactions, total investment volume has reached around EUR 2.3 bln across around 50 deals.

Infrastructure

Poland Green light for Port of Poland

schedule 09 June 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The National Appeals Chamber (KIO) has dismissed the appeal lodged against the construction of foundations for the passenger terminal of the Port of Poland airport. This means that the winning bid filed by Budimex in the tender has been upheld and the general contractor contract may now be signed.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Horoz Logistics moves into Prologis Park Alzenau

schedule 09 June 2026
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Prologis has leased around 9,100 sqm of logistics space at Prologis Park Alzenau near Frankfurt to Horoz Logistics. The deal was brokered by Realogis Immobilien Frankfurt. The property is located in the Süd B30 industrial estate.

Residential

Poland Ageing population requires fewer barriers

schedule 09 June 2026
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According to the 'Community and Apartment Accessible to All' study conducted for Skanska Residential Development Poland, 88 pct of respondents believe that adapting common spaces to the needs of various residents is required, and 85 pct believe that such amenities also help able-bodied people.

Retail & leisure

Poland Promenada grows larger

schedule 09 June 2026
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G City Europe has announced that work on the extension of the Promenada centre in Warsaw has begun. A total of 6,000 sqm of retail space is to be created.

Residential

Poland Villa Zlotno under construction in Łódź

schedule 09 June 2026
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A Varitex has begun apartment sales for its Villa Złotno development in Łódź.

Investment & finance

Czech Republic Orifarm Hostivice logistics and office complex sold

schedule 09 June 2026
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CHS – Immobilien has sold the Orifarm Hostivice logistics and office complex, located on the western outskirts of Prague to a private investor. The seller was represented in the deal by Colliers.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Panorama Park II completed

schedule 08 June 2026
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Construction of Panorama Park II mixed-use centre has been completed in Kościelna Wieś near Kalisz.

Residential

Poland 60 apartments from Agrobex

schedule 08 June 2026
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Agrobex, as the general contractor, is constructing 60 apartments under the Social Housing Initiative in Dobrzelów, in the Łódź region. The investor is SIM Łódzkie. The first building will be completed in the third quarter of 2027.

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POLAND This sporting real estate life

schedule 08 June 2026
Opr./edited by NN

On Friday, May 29th, the biggest sports day in the real estate calendar took place: the annual Eurobuild CEE Golf, Tennis and Running Tournaments organised by Eurobuild Conferences, as well as a completely new event – the Orienteering Run.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Harden completes Panattoni Park Gdańsk West II

schedule 08 June 2026
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Harden Construction has completed the third building of the Panattoni Park Gdańsk West II manufacturing and warehouse complex. The latest stage of the project in Janków Gdański, with over 39,000 sqm, was constructed under a Design and Build contract.

Investment & finance

EMEA region Climate change impacts location

schedule 08 June 2026
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 Climate and environmental pressures are intensifying across EMEA and are becoming harder for real estate leaders to ignore. New research from Colliers shows climate risk in real estate is increasingly influencing location decisions, operating performance and long-term asset strategy. Colliers’ report, 'Building Resilience: 5 Megatrends Redefining Corporate Real Estate', identifies climate risk as one of five global megatrends redefining corporate real estate strategy.

Warehouse & industrial

Czech Republic BMW moves in early

schedule 08 June 2026
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Warehouse developer Gridarch has granted early access to the stage III halls at Ostrava Airport Multimodal Park, before the final approvals have been granted. Logistics Operator DP World is to use the early access to install its equipment on behalf of automotive giant BMW. The three buildings total 124,000 sqm and should receive final certification in the summer of this year.

Retail & leisure

Poland Mr. DIY opens in Eden

schedule 08 June 2026
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Eden Retail Park in Zgorzelec continues to strengthen its retail offering with the opening of a new MR.DIY store. The new store, occupying 874 sqm, will officially open to customers on June 13, 2026.

Retail & leisure

Poland Castorama Design Studio opens in Wołomin

schedule 08 June 2026
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Galeria Wołomin has expanded its interior design offerings. On June 3rd, the Castorama Design Studio opened a store in the centre.

Retail & leisure

POLAND New faces in Turawa Park

schedule 08 June 2026
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A number of new tenants are appearing in the Turawa Park shopping centre in Zawada near Opole (south-west Poland) in the next few months. The mall is owned by Focus Estate Fund.

Infrastructure

POLAND Strabag wins EUR 255 mln contract

schedule 08 June 2026
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Strabag has been awarded a EUR 255 mln contract from PKP PLK (the Polish State Railways) to upgrade a 31 km section of railway between Maksymilianowo and Wierzchucin in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland).

Public buildings

Poland Gronów Elbląski station to be renovated

schedule 03 June 2026
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Polish State Railways (PKP) is to modernise the station in Gronów Elbląski. The design is ready, and the company has now announced a tender to select a general contractor with bids to be submitted by June 18th.

Retail & leisure

Poland German burgers in Manufaktura

schedule 03 June 2026
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A new food concept has entered the Manufaktura centre in Łódź with the opening of Berlin-based fast food chain Burgermeister.

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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