Retail &amp; leisure

Monnari goes for space over revenue

POLAND Clothing chain Monnari increased its total sales area by 5.6 pct in 2017 to 33,300 sqm and closed the year with 164 stores.

Good year for SES with one Slovenian mall under development

Alex Hayes
journalist

EUROPE SES Spar European Shopping Centers has reported its results for 2017. Retailers in the companies 29 locations across five countries generated gross sales of EUR 2.88 bln, up by 3 pct 2016.

Castorama extends its chain

19 January 2018

POLAND The Castorama chain has a new shop. It was established on ul. Haliny Konopackiej in Komorniki near Poznań.

Hefra develops. Mainly abroad

19 January 2018

POLAND The Hefra brand wants to develop a chain of shops but it primarily focuses on increasing sales on the web. The company refreshes the image and it focuses on its origin.

POLAND The Lublin Plaza shopping centre which belongs to the Klépierre capital group is to undergo a renovation. The restaurant area of the facility is to change and the passageways will gain new lighting as well as new recreational areas.

Fissman to open more Warsaw stores

POLAND Ukrainian kitchen utensils and accessories retailer Fissman, which recently launched its chain on the Polish market, plans to open three or four new stores in Warsaw later this year.

Luxury cars from Powiśle

POLAND Sports and luxury cars dealer and rental service Exotic Car Club has leased more than 400 sqm for a showroom in the Menolly Nowe Powiśle project on Warsaw’s Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie embankment, which neighbours the Elektrownia Powiśle development.

Shoppers swarm to Galeria Pomorska

POLAND Last year saw an 11-pct increase in footfall for the Galeria Pomorska mall in Bydgoszcz – this is the highest ever recorded for the shopping centre, which also registered a 9 pct increase in sales.

Burgers to the Max

POLAND The Max Premium Burgers chain is planning to open from three to six premises in Poland this year.

Two suns in Piła

POLAND The Helios chain will open its second cinema in Piła in the Vivo! shopping centre, which is owned by Immofinanz.

Aldi celebrates ten years in Poland

POLAND The first few Aldi stores in Poland opened in 2008. Today the chain has 124 branches and has announced the further development and modernisation of its outlets according to a new visual concept – Aniko.

Fissman enters Poland

POLAND Fissman has opened its first kitchenware store in Poland in Warsaw's Wola Park shopping centre.

TFI Capital invests in Piotr i Paweł

POLAND Funds managed by TFI Capital Partners are to provide financial support to the Piotr i Paweł supermarket chain.

Wola Park strengthens its hand

POLAND A total of 18 new stores appeared in Warsaw's Wola Park shopping centre over 2017.

Metropolitan invests in Łaziska

POLAND Metropolitan Investment has bought a plot in Łaziska Górne in Silesia, where it plans to build a shopping centre.

Fitness on second floor of Mazovia

POLAND A Zdrofit fitness club is to open in Galeria Mazovia in Płock.

More pins in Warsaw

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND MK Bowling is to open a club with twelve full-size alleys, a number of pool tables and a traditional Italian restaurant with a wood-burning pizza oven in the Galeria Młociny shopping centre under development in Warsaw.

Merks completes Decco centre

Alex Hayes
journalist

LATVIA The “Decco Centre” at Katlakalna street 6d in Riga has opened after Merks completed the construction work in less than a year in a design and build contract.

Polish fish swims to UK

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Restaurant operator North Fish is seeking its first UK sites after having opening 40 across Poland since 2002.

Poseidon plans two retail parks