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Tesco to cut jobs and close more stores in Poland - daily

Tesco to cut jobs and close more stores in Poland - daily Darek Delmanowicz/PAP

The British supermarket group Tesco has announced plans to cut jobs, close its online store and a few other hypermarkets in Poland, the Puls Biznesu daily wrote on Wednesday.

Thousands of new online shops open during pandemic - daily

During the first half of the year almost 5,500 new online stores were registered in Poland, and slightly over 2,000 were deleted, wrote the Rzeczpospolita daily on Wednesday, quoting a Bisnode Polska survey.

Over 50 pct of Poles for return of Sunday shopping - poll

Fifty-one percent of respondents to a poll commissioned by CBRE, an international advisory and commercial real estate investment company, want shops in Poland to be open every day, including Sundays.

More Poles buying online amid epidemic - study

Every sixth Pole is making online purchases amid the coronavirus pandemic and e-shopping is gaining popularity, primarily among the inhabitants of large cities, according to a study prepared by Santander Consumer Bank (SCB).

Wrocław women blow socks off the Irish with their cheery sock designs

Produced in Poland and sold across Ireland, Joanna Zalech and Aleksandra Kiełdanowicz have now produced over 100,000 socks since starting their business just three years ago – and even the Irish PM wears them!

All fired up: Warsaw’s former power plant lives again as cutting-edge mixed use project

The former power station, boasting flats, shops and restaurants, adds to the growing glory of the city’s Powiśle district.

Consumer loans surge but economists warn of future ‘consumption collapse’

Figures released by the Credit Information Bureau, the days from May 4 to May 10 saw a 62.1 percent increase in the number of loans on the previous week, and an 8.3 percent rise on the same week last year.

Poland works on safe rules for eventual reopening of shopping malls

The Polish government is working on terms under which shopping malls might eventually reopen for business, Deputy PM and Minister of Development Jadwiga Emilewicz told PAP after a video conference with industry representatives, attended by PM Mateusz Morawiecki.

Epidemic restrictions relaxed from Monday

Current epidemic restrictions in Poland will be relaxed as of Monday, the government said on Thursday, changes will include the reopening of forests and parks to the public.

Allegro hits top-10 of biggest e-commerce sites in the world

Polish firm is sole Europe-only operator to make the list, but it may have got too big for its own boots.

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The opening of the 2x3.5-metre cell where Pilecki awaited execution at the hands of the Soviet-installed communists coincides with the 75th anniversary of his execution at the prison in 1948.

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