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Glovo faces possible fine for misleading consumers says UOKiK

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The fast-track food delivery service Glovo could be fined up to 10 percent of its turnover for misleading customers, the president of the office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) announced on Tuesday.

Self-service ‘honesty shop’ where customers are trusted to not steal goods or cash is doing a roaring trade

With just a price list, the products on display and a cash box where shoppers leave their money, Daniel Wojtyński’s little self-service shop has become a hit with both locals and hikers.

Shopping centre traffic high despite pandemic - poll

Polish shopping centres will see a high number of customers this year despite the toll being exacted by lockdown restrictions on retail, a leading real-estate company has reported.

Start-up looking to revolutionise eco-shopping with vending machines to refill plastic bottles

Swapp also plans to go beyond the world of retail by putting its refill-o-mats in other buildings such as blocks of flats in a bid to shake up shopping and shrink the mountains of plastic waste the world produces each year.

Restaurant spending in August 43 pct higher than last year – analysts

In August this year, average weekly restaurant spending was more than 43 percent higher than a year ago, wrote Santander Bank Polska economists on Monday, after an analysis of transactions made with the payment cards of its customers.

The natural look: hand-made cosmetics on a roll

Once small, the market for hand-made cosmetics is increasing as people go green.

Fortunes of Gdańsk video-conferencing firm soar as world signs up for online meetings

Firm sees 300,000 meetings in just one month, and market is set to keep on rising as demand for online conferences shows no signs of abating.

Wish you were here? Warsaw man’s Wish most downloaded shopping app in 2019

Last year the app co-created by Warsaw-born Piotr Szulczewski and valued at about $11.2 billion, was downloaded 168.8 million times worldwide making it the most downloaded shopping app for the second year in a row.

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Hero Polish porter who fought off London Bridge terrorist collects bravery award from Princess Anne

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne presented Łukasz Koczocik with the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, which recognises exemplary acts of courage.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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