Retail &amp; leisure

Carrefour extends Polish network

09 January 2018

POLAND In 2017, Carrefour opened ten stores in Poland including three hypermarkets and seven supermarkets.

Bel-Pol in Port Łódź

08 January 2018

POLAND Finishing materials retailer and distributor Bel-Pol has leased 700 sqm of space in the Port Łódź shopping centre in southern Łódź.

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

Smyk leases 70,000 sqm in Panattoni hub

08 January 2018

POLAND Children’s clothing chain Smyk chain has leased 70,000 sqm of warehouse space in Panattoni Central European Logistics Hub in Łódź for its distribution and online store service centre.

16th Biedronka opens in Kielce

05 January 2018

POLAND A Biedronka store was opened in Kielce on December 29th 2017. It is the 16th store of the chain in the city.

McDonald’s opens 400th restaurant

04 January 2018

POLAND McDonald’s has opened a restaurant on ul. Olsztyńska 21 in Mrągowo in Northern Poland. This is the 400th restaurant of the chain in the country.

WORLD LPP intends to open 50 stores in 2018. As a result the retail area of LPP's five brands would increase by another 100,000 sqm. The company intends also to enter five new markets with either online or brick and mortar stores.

Newbridge buys Retalia Park

03 January 2018

POLAND Newbridge has acquired Retalia Park in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. This is the company’s third acquisition in Poland.

New store designs in Galeria Raj

14 December 2017

POLAND The Quiosque and AlleBeauty stores in the Galeria Raj shopping centre in Dębica have been refurbished.

Customers spent more on this year’s Black Friday

14 December 2017

POLAND Payback has analysed the transaction data it managed to collect on this year’s Black Friday.

London 2.0 in Warsaw

29 December 2017

POLAND A flagship Reserved shop was opened in the Złote Tarasy shopping centre in Warsaw. The unit was designed in accordance with the latest concept – open to public, which was first carried out in the Reserved shop at Oxford Street in London.

Focus on a frothy drink

29 December 2017

POLAND Bierhalle – a restaurant with a brewery is to move into the historical part of the Focus shopping centre in Bydgoszcz.

Saller to redevelop retail park in Wałbrzych

30 December 2017

POLAND The Saller group purchased a former E.Leclerc market at the junction of ul. Wienawskiego and al. Podwale in Wałbrzych.

Arkady Wrocławskie in shape

POLAND Arkady Wrocławskie shopping centre is not going to be closed down and transformed into offices. Krzysztof Szargawiński, member of the board at Arkady Wrocławskie, has made an announcement responding to some speculations about the possible closure of the centre.

What and how much for do retail chains advertise

POLAND The Media Monitoring Institute (IMM) presented the results of the advertising expenditure examination in the retail industry in November 2017.

(Post)Christmas spree in online shops

POLAND In 2016 online shops observed the greatest demand in the post-Christmas period, proves a survey carried out by Gemius, which prepared and processed data from December 2016 concerning online sales among Polish internet used aged 7-75.

First North Fish Easy on the market

POLAND North Fish, a chain of gastronomy outlets serving fish dishes, has launched the first restaurant in the North Fish Easy format. The outlet was opened in the Toruń Plaza shopping centre.

New Auchan in Gdynia

POLAND A new facility of the Auchan retail chain was opened on the 7th of December. It is located at ul. Redłowska 41 and has an area of 1,200 sqm.

Decathlon to open in Vivo's extension

27 December 2017

POLAND The Vivo! Stalowa Wola shopping centre is being extended. The tenants of the new part of the centre are to include Decathlon, for which this will be the second store in Podkarpackie region.

Vendo Park opens in Świdnica

27 December 2017

POLAND The seventh Vendo Park in Poland has been opened in Świdnica. The centre has an area of 2,600 sqm, which was fully leased before its official opening.

New Ukrainian restaurant in Warsaw

27 December 2017