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
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Office & mixed-use development

Poland Cavatina takes the top floor

schedule 20 February 2026
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Resi Capital, Cavatina Holding, Cavare, and Cavatina Real Estate Services have leased 840 sqm on the top floor of the V Tower building in Warsaw. The company is to move into its new office in May 2026.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland CTP completes first Emalianów building

schedule 20 February 2026
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CTP has completed the first building in the CTPark Warsaw Emilianów complex, delivering approximately 54,000 sqm to the market. The company is preparing to begin construction on the second building with an area of more than 43,000 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Poland TK Maxx to open soon

schedule 20 February 2026
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On February 26th, TK Maxx will officially open its first store in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Warehouse & industrial

Czech Republic Warehousing investment booming

schedule 20 February 2026
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Annual demand for industrial space in the Czech Republic reached its third-highest ever level last year. At the same time, the volume of projects under construction was also at a record level.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Only two small projects delivered

schedule 20 February 2026
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At the end of 2025, the stock of modern office space in Poznań came to 677,500 sqm, with 4,900 sqm having been delivered in two small projects. Despite the low volume, this was the second-highest among Poland's regional markets.

Investment & finance

Germany Finishing what someone else starts

schedule 20 February 2026
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Orion Capital Managers has acquired a 32,600 sqm uncompleted mixed-use development in Mannheim.

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CEE REGION The latest issue of Eurobuild has hit the shelves!

schedule 20 February 2026
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The latest issue of Eurobuild CEE magazine is now out, in print, web and flipbook versions! And it contains the usual mix of hot news, analysis, trends and interviews. The highlights of this month's issue include an interview with the CEO of a major North American investor as it enters the Polish market, the responses of the Eurobuild Awards winners (including a biographical essay by the our Lifetime Achievement laureate, Kazimierz Kirejczyk), and a look around Soho by Yareal as it continues to transform Praga-Południe.

Investment & finance

Poland Focus secures financing from Pekao

schedule 20 February 2026
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Focus Estate Fund has secured a senior financing facility of EUR 10.5 mln with Bank Pekao S.A. The financing will support the Trilogy portfolio of mid-sized retail properties in southern Poland, comprising Sosnowiec Plaza, Ruda Śląska Plaza and Rybnik Plaza.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Two tenants stay on in Diamond Business Park

schedule 20 February 2026
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Konvertia Poland and Fresenius Kabi Polska have signed lease extensions for space in Diamond Business Park Stryków, a joint venture between Greykite European Real Estate Fund I and White Star Real Estate. Fresenius Kabi, also increased the size of its lease. The newly signed deals are for a total area of 34,400 sqm.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni signs up Mikomax

schedule 19 February 2026
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Acoustic booth manufacturer Mikomax has extended its lease for 10,000 sqm of warehouse space at City Logistics Łódź III and also leased a new 3,000 sqm space at Panattoni Business Center Łódź I.

Retail & leisure

Poland Agata opens in Galeria Północna

schedule 19 February 2026
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Home furnishings retailer Agata has opened a 300 sqm store in Warsaw's Galeria Północna shopping centre on the first floor, opposite the RTV Euro AGD electronics store.

Retail & leisure

Poland EYEMova enters Soho

schedule 19 February 2026
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The EYEmova ophthalmology and training centre has joined the tenants of Soho by Yareal in the Kamionek area of Warsaw's Praga-Południe district. A modern clinic will be located in the Kardan building, occupying a two-storey area of over 500 sqm.

Investment & finance

Germany pbb takes on two projects

schedule 19 February 2026
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Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) is financing logistics developments in Herten and Bensheim on behalf of the joint venture between Urban Partners (formerly Nrep) and HIH Invest. Both projects are being developed in accordance with the latest ESG standards and are aiming for DGNB Gold certification.

Investment & finance

Poland 7R Słupsk sold

schedule 19 February 2026
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7R has sold a warehouse centre near Słupsk to CRISTAL Life, a real estate investment trust managed by French asset management company Inter Gestion REIM. This transaction marks the trust’s entrance into Poland.

Investment & finance

Poland Market begins recovery

schedule 19 February 2026
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Poland is one of the most attractive investment markets in Europe according to Knight Frank. High transaction activity in the fourth quarter, stable yields, and the growing role of local capital show that the market is in a recovery phase with prospects for further growth.

Retail & leisure

Poland Big Konstantynów Łódzki to open in October

schedule 19 February 2026
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Acteeum Central Europe has held the groundbreaking ceremony for its Big Konstantynów Łódzki retail park. The complex will eventually have a total area of ​​21,000 sqm.

Investment & finance

CEE region Investment returns to CEE

schedule 19 February 2026
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Real estate investment markets in Central and Eastern Europe returned to growth in 2025, benefiting from falling inflation, improved economic prospects, and the beginnings of monetary policy normalisation, according to the "CEE Investment Market Perspective" report prepared by JLL and iO Partners.

Retail & leisure

Romania Retail expanding rapidly

schedule 18 February 2026
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According to the Romania Retail Marketbeat Q4 2025 report, published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, over 750,000 sqm of modern retail space is currently under construction or in the planning stages, with completion expected by 2029.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Stable market in Düsseldorf

schedule 18 February 2026
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The total supply of logistics and industrial properties in Düsseldorf in 2025 reached 299,000 sqm, a 6 pct year-on-year decline, according to data from Realogis. However, this figure was close to the five-year average of 300,000 sqm, demonstrating the market to be stable.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Moje Bambino signs up with Logicor

schedule 18 February 2026
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Logicor has signed a new lease agreement with Moje Bambino at Logicor Łódź III. The company has leased a total of 13,200 sqm, comprising 12,400 sqm of warehouse space and 800 sqm of office space.

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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