LITHUANIA Residential developers active in Lithuania are mainly focusing on lowering costs and are not interested in the construction of intelligent houses, according to a study by Inreal.
POLAND Amazon has introduced its Kiva mobile robots to its Polish warehouses. Amazon Wrocław distribution centre is the company’s first European location to get the high speed wheeled autonomous robots.
WORLD Fashion retailer Tommy Hilfiger has decided to bring 360 degree 3D virtual reality technology to its selected stores and retail partners globally.
POLAND Best Western Plus Q Hotel in Kraków has decided to implement the in-room guest servicing system iLumio.
UNITED STATES Amazon is hiring local private drivers for delivering express orders, which are set to reach the customer within an hour after they have been placed.
WORLD Switzerland-based company Remago has developed a meeting room table with built-in computers that allows users to work collaboratively.
WORLD As it becomes easier to buy goods directly from social media sites, a new form of shopping is being born. Online and mobile payment services provider Stripe has launched Relay, a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) that allows retailers to embed a buy button next to their products in a range of mobile apps, including Twitter.
ESTONIA Estonia-based parcel locker manufacturer Cleveron has developed an automated parcel terminal that uses 3D lift to pick and deliver parcels to a delivery spot, accommodating three times more parcels per sqm than traditional parcel lockers.
WORLD Marriott is testing VRoom, a new hotel service that allows guests to order a Samsung Gear virtual reality kit for in-room use.
POLAND Mennica Legacy Tower, the Warsaw office project currently being developed by a company established by the Polish Mint (Mennica Polska) and Golub GetHouse, will soon be able to present itself to tenants from a different perspective. From October the project will be available for viewing on a mobile application using virtual reality, among others.
WORLD While currently eight out of ten customers globally use a computer, smartphone, tablet or in-store technology in shopping, it’s not shipping policies or pricing that frustrates the ‘omni-shoppers’ the most, but inventory, which is more important (73 pct) than information security (59 pct), according to the latest survey by Mastercard.
UNITED STATES Sidewalk Labs, a newly-launched Google-owned urban technology company, is co-creating a network of up to 10,000 Wi-Fi booths that will replace old New York City payphones providing free public gigabit Internet, free nationwide phone and video calls as well as access to information and municipal services instead.
POLAND “The value of the average order of Tesco’s Polish online stores is a few per cent higher every year and 4–5 times higher on average compared to the average basket value in a traditional store,” reports the British grocery chain.
WORLD Crowne Plaza, an InterContinental Hotels Group chain, is trialling an autonomous delivery bot at its 300-guest room San Jose-Silicon Valley hotel.
POLAND Polska Grupa Pocztowa is to use the LOT Polish Airlines airplanes and a chain of parcel lockers at all domestic airports and at some of the largest airports in the European Union to deliver parcels in a new, reportedly quicker way. Called PostInAir, the airmail service is to be launched within the next weeks.
POLAND As developers increasingly implement smart home management systems in their project, an Israeli-based company has come up with a multifaceted app-supported platform that has already lured such residential development companies as Robyg, Ronson, Okam, DOR and Mill-Yon.
WORLD In the first quarter of its 2015/2016 fiscal year, the UK-based fashion retail group New Look has seen a 97 pct y-o-y boost in the number of online orders placed on mobile devices.
POLAND The Silesia City Center shopping centre is Katowice is introducing beacons and has seen the opening of a new outlet.
ROMANIA Bucharest’s AFI Palace Cotroceni shopping mall is implementing a network of beacons in order to allow its tenants to better reach their clients.
POLAND A network of beacons has been deployed in the NoVa Park shopping centre in Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects together with Czech architects OVA have won the competition to redesign a quarter of Vítězné náměstí (Victory ...
According to the report released by research firm Spectis, “Modular construction market in Poland 2024-2029”, top 100 manufacturers of prefabricated b ...
The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre.
Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals.
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 reg ...
A further 15 buildings owned by Hillwood Polska have been awarded BREEAM In Use certification at the Excellent level. The accreditation now covers the ...
Eurobuild Awards 2023 is behind us, but if you haven't yet gotten your hands on the special "Eurobuild" supplement prepared for the Gala evening, you ...
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The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time. According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi ...
Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation ...
Radisson RED Belgrade has opened its doors as a new upscale lifestyle hotel, marking the debut of the Radisson RED brand in Southeast Europe.
Kamil Kowa has become the new CEO of Savills in Poland. He is a member of the management board of the company, and for the past nine years has held th ...
The investment programme until 2030 worth more than PLN 1.5 bln has been approved for Katowice's Wojciech Korfanty Airport. The programme will include ...
Designers from Colliers, under the supervision of architect Kateřina Štenclova, prepared the concept for the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Prague. The ...
Inrev’s Quarterly Fund Index confirms an ongoing correction in the European real estate market. The Q4 2023 performance was yet again negative, a tota ...
Slovak investment fund Prvý realitný fond, through its company Logis Rugvica, has acquired a plot of land in the area of the village of Sveta Helena n ...
Over 20,000 delegates representing 90 countries gathered in Cannes for the 34th edition of MIPIM, the global urban festival that brings investors, pol ...
Trident BMC, which cooperates with maritime, shipbuilding and offshore industry clients, will continue as a tenant in C200 Office. It has renewed and ...
M Core announces the launch of ‘Square 7 part of M Core’, a strategic joint venture between M Core and Square 7 Properties, to establish a new managem ...
Echo Investment and its subsidiary Archicom have started the construction of a primary school for 450 pupils on ul. Konstruktorska in the Służewiec su ...
Revetas Capital has recently concluded the disposal of Bonarka Meadows in Krakow, a permitted residential development project, to Henniger Investment. ...
Smart Park Poland and RG Leasing announced the latest progress in the implementation of their investment projects. After last year's openings in Mława ...
The Symbiosy smart building platform developed in-house by Slovakian developer HB Reavis has been acquired by Massachusetts-based real estate experien ...
Panattoni has won financing for the development of its latest development in Western Pomerania. The EUR 20 mln loan was granted by mBank.