Records in the residential construction market as well as renovations had a positive impact on the overall DIY market in Poland (total sales of products necessary for construction and renovation, decorative products, garden products and tools, where the end customer is both an individual and an institution or a company), which increased by 5.2% to…
Amazon has officially entered the Polish market in March 2021, but only the launch of Amazon Prime can be considered a real entry, which is able to “stir up” the Polish e-commerce market. Can the position of Allegro and other leading players be threatened as a result? The launch of amazon.pl in March 2021, except…
Castorama Polska, the DIY retailer, announced on 10 June that it has launched an online marketplace with home improvement services, called NeedHelp. For the moment it is a pilot, available to customers in two cities, Warsaw and Siedlce, with plans to expand to other cities. Available at castorama.needhelp.com, it connects customers who need assistance with their…
In March, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK) approved Netto’s acquisition of the Tesco chain. What does this transaction mean for the grocery market in Poland? Rebranding action Over the next 18 months, 301 Tesco shops will leave the hypermarket and supermarket segment and move to the discount segment. Netto is now facing…
The grocery market has not suffered from the coronavirus the way other parts of Polish retail have – we forecast that it will still grow by about 2% in 2020. But the pandemic’s impact on the industry has nevertheless been huge. Of the five trends that (in our view) defined the year in grocery retail,…
For years, industry observers had speculated about events that might accelerate the slow-to-take-off online grocery market in Poland. The consensus was that one or both of the following things probably needed to happen: major innovations in logistics technology that made deliveries cheaper and quicker at the same time, or more large grocers launching online shopping….
PSB Mrowka is one of the fastest-growing DIY chains in Poland. Its store count increased by nearly 40% between 2016 and 2020. Even the coronavirus pandemic has not stopped its rapid rise. Speaking to a webinar held by PMR, Jaroslaw Dobrogoszcz, director of retail at Mrowka’s parent, PSB, admitted, however, that the virus’ resurgence is…
In 2025, discounts will account for more than one third of the value of sales on the grocery retail market in Poland. Such forecasts are based on PMR’s latest report entitled “Grocery retail market in Poland 2020. Market analysis and development forecasts for 2020-2025”. Poles love discounts The results of the PMR consumer survey clearly…
In Czestochowa, the first shop of the Russian network Mere was opened, operating in the form of a hard discount. All goods are sold there on pallets or straight from boxes. Does such a concept have a chance for success on the Polish market? The discount segment is increasingly saturated, but still with good forecasts…
PMR presents a set of infographics from the report: DIY retail trade in Poland 2020. Market analysis and development forecasts for 2020-2025.
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