Poland This is the end

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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.
Shopee's homepage displays a message that reads: We regret to inform you that the Shopee Poland platform will cease operations on 13 January 2023 at 23:59. Orders placed before this date are expected to be processed according to standard procedures, support and handling of placed orders will continue. The company does not give official reasons for the closure. According to the Wirtualne media portal, employees were communicated that the decision was related to "high uncertainty about the m
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Retail & leisure

Poland Smyk to enter Plac Wiślany

schedule 13 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Smyk, a children's goods store, has joined the tenants of Plac Wiślany, a shopping centre being built in Warsaw's Siekierki district. The store will occupy over 400 sqm.

Retail & leisure

Romania Retail still strong

schedule 13 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Romania’s retail market went through a contrasting first quarter in 2026, according to the Romanian Retail Marketbeat Q1 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. While macroeconomic indicators reflect a period of adjustment, the high street segment and the medium-term development pipeline remain extremely robust.

Retail & leisure

Poland Medicine and education in Gdynia

schedule 13 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The construction of a commercial medical and educational centre is nearing completion in the Nowa Dąbrowa development in Gdynia. Nowa Dąbrowa is a fast-developing quarter in the southern part of Gdynia. Eventually, the first stage will house around 1,000 people.

Investment & finance

Poland Pasaż Łódzki sold

schedule 13 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Stage Capital has sold Pasaż Łódzki, a convenience retail property, to Crestpoint Capital Partners, acting on behalf of a Czech private equity investor.

Investment & finance

Poland Investors flock to Prague

schedule 13 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

In the first quarter of this year, the appetite for commercial real estate investment in Central and Eastern Europe remained strong. According to Colliers estimates, this could mark another record year.

Investment & finance

Poland Pinsent Masons comes to Warsaw

schedule 13 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

International law firm Pinsent Masons is launching in Poland and opening an office in Warsaw. The new team will focus on real estate, infrastructure, construction, mergers and acquisitions, and banking and finance.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Too few laboratories

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The Polish life sciences sector is one of the fastest developing in Central Europe, and demand for commercial laboratories in Poland is clearly outpacing supply, according to the report 'Poland's Life Sciences Industry and Laboratory Infrastructure,' prepared jointly by JLL, CRIDO, and the BioForum Association of Biotechnology Companies.

Retail & leisure

Poland TK Maxx in Galeria Kazimierz

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

On May 21st, a new TK Maxx store will open in Galeria Kazimierz in Kraków.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Atlas Ward joins Ghelamco on Nowa Marina Gdynia

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Ghelamco Poland Holding, the Atlas Ward Group, the Polish Yachting Association, and Nowa Marina Gdynia (a special purpose vehicle of the Polish Yachting Association) have agreed on the terms for work on the Nova Marina Gdynia project. Under the agreement, a company from the Atlas Ward Group will hold a 60 pct stake in the project company and act as the strategic investor.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Mitiska REIM invests in storage

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Mitiska REIM is expanding its portfolio of next-generation self-storage facilities through a joint venture with German company HeyLager, which specialises in drive-up storage.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Logistics becomes more cautious

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Sentiment in the logistics and supply chain sector in Poland has dectlined, according to the latest CBRE and P3 report, "Logistics and Supply Chain Confidence Index 2025/26." In comparison to the previous survey, the index has now fallen below the level considered to be neutral.

Retail & leisure

Poland M Park comes to Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

LCP Poland, part of M Core, has acquired land from its business partner PKB Inwest Budowa to develop its sixth retail park this year. M Park Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski will comprise over 9,000 sqm gla with 16 retail and service units.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Work starts on MLP Bieruń West

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

MLP has launched the development of the new MLP Bieruń West project in Upper Silesia near Tychy. The first phase includes the construction of a warehouse with 29,000 sqm of space. Eventually, the park will comprise around 56,000 sqm of modern warehouse and light industrial space. The first building and handover are scheduled for October this year.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Panattoni to build 42,000 sqm in Łódź

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Panattoni has begun construction of City Logistics Łódź V – an urban logistics park spanning 42,000 sqm. The brownfield development will be built in the eastern part of the city. PGC Polska Grupa Ceramiczna is to be the first tenant, occupying nearly 15,000 sqm of space under a deal brokered by Axi Immo.

Retail & leisure

Poland Auchan comes to Fuzja

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Echo Investment has signed a lease agreement with Auchan Polska for 1,200 sqm of space in the mixed-use Fuzja complex in Łódź and is to open around September.

Investment & finance

Poland Proton purchases Building A

schedule 12 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Revetas Capital has completed the sale of Building A, an office building in the Bonarka for Business complex, to Krakow-based investor Proton Property.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland PINK publishes latest warehouse data

schedule 11 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

At the end of Q1 2026, total modern industrial and logistics stock (including office space in these centres) reached 37.4 mln sqm, with the largest markets being Mazowieckie (7.48 mln sqm), Silesia (6.29 mln sqm), and Lower Silesia (5.38 mln sqm), according to the latest data from PINK.

EurobuildCEE

The May issue of Eurobuild is now out!

schedule 11 May 2026
Opr./edited by NN

The April-May edition of Eurobuild CEE has now hit the shelves! It features interviews with Monika Woźniak-Zawioła and Daniel Tudor as they bring The Concept Group’s expertise to Poland, as well as with Bartłomiej Hofman of P3 Logistic Parks.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Takko Fashion takes 60,000 sqm

schedule 11 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

Takko Fashion has signed a lease with Garbe Industrial for 60,000 sqm in a logistics centre under construction in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. The space is to be used for online sales.

Warehouse & industrial

Romania Strong warehouse and logistics market

schedule 11 May 2026
Opr./edited by AH

The total stock of industrial & logistics spaces comes to more than 8 mln sqm across Romania at the end of Q1, confirming the rapid consolidation of this market segment. Approximately 115,000 sqm of new space was delivered in the same quarter, while around 500,000 sqm is currently under construction, supporting a positive outlook for the remainder of 2026 and the beginning of next year, according to the 'Romania Marketbeat Industrial Q1 2026' report published by the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

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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