Retail &amp; leisure

Galeria Chełm (partly) opens

07 April 2020

POLAND Only three stores have been able to open in the Galeria Chełm shopping centre, which had been scheduled to open in its entirety March 26th.

Siedlce Stop Shop opens with three stores

07 April 2020

POLAND Biedronka, Hebe and Dealz opened their first stores in Siedlce with the official opening of the Stop Shop Siedlce retail park on March 26th.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

Gulliver's latest adventure

02 April 2020

BELARUS At the end of April, there will be a second tender for the completion of one of the most famous unfinished projects in Minsk – the Gulliver[n1] shopping and entertainment centre. The tender will take place on the Economy Ministry’s internet platform. [n1]check

Saller starts Kutno project second stage

01 April 2020

POLAND Wrocław-based Saller Group has started development work on the second stage of a retail park in Kutno.

Douglas goes more virtual

27 March 2020

WORLD Douglas now uses SAP software systems for personalising its online range and updating it in real time.

Better February for small shops

26 March 2020

POLAND The Polish Chamber of Commerce [PIH] has announced that this year’s turnover for small-format stores increased by 11.2 pct in February y-o-y and the total number of transactions went up by 3 pct.

Coronavirus strikes down Vapiano

24 March 2020

EUROPE The Vapiano restaurant chain has announced its insolvency.

Go Sports closes too

23 March 2020

POLAND From March 15th, 2020, Go Sport closed all its brick and mortar stores until further notice.

Inditex shuts up shop

23 March 2020

Alex Hayes
journalist

WORLD Inditex closed 3,785 stores in 39 markets on March 17th. Following official recommendation, all but 11 stores are open in China.

Apsys reveals which stores to stay open

20 March 2020

POLAND Apsys Polska has revealed details of how the shopping centres managed by the company will be able to operate during the emergency restrictions imposed on retail and services die to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Media Markt shuts up shop

20 March 2020

POLAND Electronic goods supermarket chain Media Markt has closed all its 88 stores in Poland until further notice.

LPP on the impact of coronavirus

20 March 2020

EUROPE Polish clothing group LPP has issued a statement on the potential impact of the spread of the Covid-19 virus on its operations, financial results and prospects.

Agata closes stores

19 March 2020

POLAND The Agata furniture supermarket chain closed all its stores on March 14th, when emergency restrictions on retail and services were imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ikea shuts down brick-and-mortar operations

19 March 2020

POLAND All eleven Ikea stores in Poland were closed to customers on March 14th, when emergency restrictions on retail and services were imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cracovia changes into Designer Outlet

18 March 2020

POLSKA KG Group has rebranded its Cracovia outlet centre, which it is developing on ul. Nowohucka in Kraków as Designer Outlet Kraków.

Dino revenues rise

17 March 2020

POLAND Grocery chain Dino Polska has recorded a sales revenue of PLN 7.6 bln with an 11.6 pct increase in like for like sales.

Intersport spells out its growth plans

16 March 2020

POLAND Intersport Polska has published its strategy for 2020-2024 and intends to be the leading premium sports goods retailer. Its product range will focus on the best brands with the highest quality goods.

Olimpia changes Tesco for Carrefour

16 March 2020

POLAND A Carrefour hypermarket will be the new grocery anchor of the Galeria Olimpia shopping centre in Bełchatów (around 55 km south of Łódź) and will take over an area of 4,500 sqm that has recently been freed by Tesco.

Galeria Chełm prepares to open

16 March 2020

POLAND The Galeria Chełm shopping centre has been issued with an occupancy permit.