Retail sales up by 0.1% in March 2013
Retail sales edged up by 0.1% year on year (at current prices) in March, an improvement compared with the 0.8% annual drop recorded in February, according to data from the Central Statistical ...
View ArticleDirect sales sector up 2% in 2012
The combined revenues of direct-selling companies operating in Poland amounted to just under PLN 2.67bn (€650m) in 2012, which represents an increase of about 2% compared ...
View ArticlePBS: 75% of Poles shop at discount stores
Three-fourths of Poles shop at discounters in general, while 26% shop exclusively in such retail chains, according to PBS, a market research firm. Sixty-three percent of Poles buy ...
View ArticleIRG SGH: trade sector conditions index rises in Q2
The Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) indicator of business conditions in the retail and wholesale sector improved by 6.8 points in the second quarter of 2013 as compared with three ...
View ArticleSentiment in retail sector increases in May but remains in negative territory
The composite indicator of retail sentiment stood at -6 points in May, up from -8 in April, according to a monthly survey by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). Of the surveyed companies, ...
View ArticleRetail sales down by 0.2% y-o-y in April 2013
In April 2013 retail sales in Poland decreased by 0.2% as compared with the same period of the previous year (at current prices), the Central Statistical Office (GUS) announced. The ...
View ArticleGUS: better consumer sentiment in May 2013
The current confidence index (BWUK), which gauges present trends in private consumption, gained 2.3 points from April to stand at -27.9, the highest since July 2012. The figure is ...
View ArticleRents in Krakow’s prime high street locations comparable to Warsaw
Monthly rents for fashion and accessories stores with floor area of about 100 m2 in Krakow’s prime high street locations are hovering at between €80-95 per square metre ...
View ArticlePayment bottlenecks dogging trade sector
No fewer than 91% of companies from the retail and wholesale distribution sector in Poland report encountering payment bottlenecks and more than one in three (35%) admit they have ...
View ArticleRetail sales up by 0.5% y-o-y in May 2013
Retail sales at current prices rose by 0.5% y-o-y in May, following a 0.2% y-o-y decline the month before, according to data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). The result slightly ...
View ArticleBankruptcies up by 10% y-o-y in June, but lower in retail sector
Bankruptcy numbers in Poland bounced back up in June following a decline in May, according to latest data from Euler Hermes, the global provider of credit insurance solutions. In ...
View ArticleLower royalties for airing of music at stores in Poland
Most retailers stand to pay lower royalties for playing copyrighted music at their stores in Poland, under a new joint tariff agreed by eight music and video rights management associations, ...
View ArticlePoland to abolish requirement to price-tag all merchandise
Retailers will no longer have to stick price labels on each item in stock, generating annual savings for the sector of approximately PLN 500m (€118m), under an amendment to ...
View ArticleRetail sales up by 1.8% y-o-y in June 2013
Retail sales at current prices rose by 1.8% y-o-y in June 2013, a slight acceleration compared with the previous month, according to data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). ...
View ArticlePMR: IT investments by retail sector remain stable in Poland
The expansion of retail chains and gradual replacement of small stores by larger retail facilities keener to invest in IT and the growing trend of automation of the sales process (e.g., ...
View ArticlePIH warns of high costs for retailers of new cash-register receipt requirements
From 1 October 2013 onwards, all receipts printed by cash registers in Poland will have to be sufficiently detailed so as to allow for the unambiguous identification of each item, ...
View ArticleMore bankruptcies in wholesale sector in July
Twenty wholesale companies declared bankruptcy in Poland in July 2013, the highest monthly figure in years for this sector of the economy, according to latest data from Euler Hermes, ...
View ArticleNIK: Customers of online stores well protected
Poland’s system for the protection of the rights of online shoppers is functioning well, offering free legal information and advice and handling consumer complaints diligently ...
View ArticleRetail chains continue expansion into Polish petrol market
In terms of the number of petrol stations, retail chains have 2.5% of the market in Poland, but in terms of value shares, retail chains account for approximately 6-7% of the Polish retail ...
View ArticleClothing and footwear accounted for 17% of all consumer complaints in 2012
The country’s 371 municipal and district consumer-rights ombudsmen in 2012 provided 444,391 pieces of legal advice to consumers in Poland, an increase of nearly 11% compared ...
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