E-commerce set to accelerate with Coronavirus

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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.
Vistula Retail Group expects online sales to represent 24 pct of revenue for the first quarter compared to 15.5 pct last year. CCC Group expects 45 pct of revenue to be online in March, while for 2019 the figure was only 25 pct. The consultancy also points out that many of the major Chinese internet firms gained their footing during the SARS health crisis of 2002/2003. In the USA Amazon is hiring 100,000 new employees and raising wages by USD 2 per hour. In Poland Cushman & Wakefield suggest tha
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Record-breaking annual take up in Kraków

schedule 17 March 2026
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According to the latest ‘Kraków Office Market 2025’ by Axi Immo, the Kraków office market closed 2025 with high demand and a clear division between central and non-central locations. According to Axi Immo, tenant activity reached 270,000 sqm, its highest ever recorded figure, while new supply came to just 10,000 sqm.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland SB Software stays on in Black Pearl

schedule 17 March 2026
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SB Software has renewed its 700 sqm office lease in the Black Pearl building in Szczecin, owned by Idea-Inwest. 

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Geodis signs up with Prologis

schedule 17 March 2026
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Global logistics provider has leased 9,600 sqm of warehouse and office space at Prologis Park Teresin. The agreement includes 200 sqm of office space, which Prologis will fully adapt to Geodis's needs.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Sellpy moves to Wrocław Campus 2

schedule 17 March 2026
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Second-hand online goods trader Sellpy has leased a distribution warehouse in Pannatoni Wrocław Campus 2. Sellpy, a digital platform for secondhand and other products, will launch a distribution warehouse in Wrocław, occupying approximately 38,000 sqm.

Hotels

Czech Republic Hotel transactions boom

schedule 17 March 2026
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The Czech hotel market is building on an exceptionally strong year in 2025, marked by a significant increase in transaction volumes and investor interest. According to Cushman & Wakefield, a total of 16 hotels were sold in the Czech Republic, representing 2,989 rooms and a total transaction volume of EUR 764 mln. Based on available data, this represents the highest annual transaction volume ever recorded on the Czech hotel market.

Warehouse & industrial

Bulgaria Groundbreaking ceremony at Sofia Airport Park

schedule 17 March 2026
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Revetas Capital has begun construction work on the B04 logistics building at Sofia Airport Center. The mixed-use centre combines offices with logistics in a prime location adjacent to Sofia International Airport.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland More data centre investment for Europe

schedule 17 March 2026
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The growing demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services is driving the growth of the data centre market in Europe, according to CBRE's 'European Data Centers' report. Poland is starting to play an increasingly important role in this process.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Wind turbines from Legnica

schedule 17 March 2026
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Windar Renovables is launching its second wind turbine tower manufacturing plant. The company has leased nearly 29,000 sqm of industrial and warehouse space and a storage yard of nearly 41,000 sqm CTPark Legnica.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Sick moves into Campus

schedule 16 March 2026
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Industrial sensor manufacturer Sick has leased space in the Campus 160 office complex at Al. Jerozolimskie 160 in Warsaw. The company has leased over 800 sqm of office space as well as storage space in the underground car park. The landlord is Orange Polska.

Retail & leisure

Poland Zdrofit continues to grow

schedule 16 March 2026
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The Zdrofit fitness club chain has opened two new clubs in Warsaw. Benefit Systems currently operates 294 clubs across Poland, with a total of over 420,000 sqm of training space.

Retail & leisure

Poland Cinema City to open in Tarnów retail park

schedule 16 March 2026
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A Cinema City cinema will open in a shopping complex being developed by Redkom Development on ul. Lwowska. It is to be one of the first cinemas in a retail park in Poland.

Property and Facility Management

Poland JLL takes on Equal Business Park

schedule 16 March 2026
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JLL has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent responsible for the Equal Business Park office complex in Kraków, owned by Apollo Rida. JLL's other exclusive mandates in the city include K1, Porto Office, The Park Kraków, M65 Meduza, and Unity Centre.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Strong performance from industrial sector

schedule 16 March 2026
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Strong tenant activity in the fourth quarter and the second-highest annual result in the market’s history confirm that the industrial and logistics sector remains one of the most resilient segments of commercial real estate in Poland. Despite limited new supply, the market maintains a stable equilibrium, according to the 'Review. Industrial and Logistics Real Estate Market' report for Q4 2025 by BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.

Retail & leisure

Poland More stores in Środa Wielkopolska

schedule 16 March 2026
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Martes Sport, Rossmann, Big Star, X-Fitness, and X-Kids have all leased stores in a retail park in Środa Wielkopolska, under joint development by Refield and RG Leasing. Altogether, they account for 3,000 sqm of space leased.

Retail & leisure

Europe Retail investment picking up

schedule 16 March 2026
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Retail investment activity reached its highest quarterly level of 2025 across most European markets surveyed in Q4, with total commercial real estate volumes reaching EUR 23.8 bln in the UK, EUR 8.8 bln in Germany, EUR 5.0 bln in France and EUR 4.9 bln in Spain, according to the ‘Focus Estate Fund Quarterly Litmus Paper, Q4 2025’.  

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Morska Agencja Gdynia comes to Warsaw

schedule 16 March 2026
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Maritime logistics operator Morska Agencja Gdynia (MAG) has leased its first 4,500 sqm of warehouse space in the Warsaw area in Hillwood Grodzisk Mazowiecki. The tenant was advised by Newmark Polska.

Retail & leisure

Poland OTO Park Dęblin opens

schedule 13 March 2026
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The OTO Park Dęblin retail complex has opened in Dęblin – the eighth operational retail park developed by Falcon Investment Management under this brand. The facility is fully leased.

Retail & leisure

Poland Pako Lorente doubles in size

schedule 13 March 2026
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Polish retailer Pako Lorente has doubled the size of its store at Designer Outlet Sosnowiec. The tenant currently occupies over 210 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Poland Hdrèy enters Manufaktura

schedule 13 March 2026
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Hdrèy, a luxury cosmetics brand for face, body, and hair care, has opened a store in the Manufaktura shopping centre in Łódź.

Retail & leisure

Poland Ochnik grows with Neinver

schedule 13 March 2026
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Neinver has expanded its partnership with Ochnik. The Polish leather goods manufacturer has increased its space in three Factory outlet centres in Poland by nearly 1,000 sqm.

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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