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Although the COVID-19 pandemic has partially paralysed stationary trade, it has not harmed the natural cosmetics segment, which grew in 2020 at a rate several times higher than the overall cosmetics market, according to PMR’s latest report “Natural cosmetics market...

On 7 October, as every year, an industry meeting was held among nearly 150 representatives of management boards of key contractors, developers, investors, building materials manufacturers, as well as organizations associated with the Polish construction market. The main and natural...

Despite negative assumptions, the value of the IT market in Poland in 2020 proved resilient to the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis caused by it. PMR estimates that last year IT spending in Poland grew by 6% to PLN 49.2bn....

Spurred by the pandemic, the e-commerce market in Poland grew by a record 45% in 2020 and reached approximately 15% of the country’s retail sales, according to a new report from PMR. Such growth is hard to maintain, and we...

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has partially paralysed trade in physical units, it has not harmed the bio food segment, which grew in 2020 at a rate several times higher than the overall food market in general, according to PMR's latest...

The sharp increases in construction materials prices observed in recent months coupled with uncertainty as to how prices might behave in the coming quarters have considerably raised the level of risk for general contractors and investors. Predicting and estimating project...

The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions in socio-economic life, are one of the main factors contributing to a strong increase in the number of mental problems in Polish society. As shown by the PMR survey, in 2020 and the first...

Investor interest in the Polish data center market is not weakening. Buildings, expansions, hall adaptations and purchases of attractive plots - preferably with permits and power allocation. Cloud regions of the largest hyperscalers, pandemic, remote working, business continuity and accelerated...

In the years 2021-2026, discount stores will be the fastest-growing channel on the grocery market in Poland, according to PMR's latest forecasts included in the report "Retail food products in Poland 2021: Market analysis and growth forecasts for 2021-2026". The...

The HoReCa market was worth PLN 25.9bn (€5.1bn) in 2020, registering a decline of 30.9%. This was the first decline in the value of this market in more than a dozen years.

The HoReCa market, defined as the hotel catering (Ho), restaurant catering (Re) and catering (Ca) markets, was worth PLN 25.9bn (€5.1bn) in 2020, registering a decline of 30.9%. This was the first decline in the value of this market in...

PMR estimates the value of the telecommunications services market for the business and carrier segments in Poland at nearly PLN 15bn. In 2020 the market recorded growth mainly due to higher interconnect revenues of mobile operators - the effect of...

The coronavirus pandemic was the defining event of 2020 for all corners of the economy, but few sectors were hit as badly as HoReCa. Dine-in service banned for a total of more than four months, restrictions on seating capacity in...

The coronavirus pandemic was the defining event of 2020. Its most profound consequence was to accelerate customer migration to online channels. Covid and e-commerce are the recurring themes in our pick of top five trends in fashion retail in Poland in 2020....

What trends shaped home & garden retail in Poland in 2020? A pandemic-induced surge in online shopping was the most prominent one. But there were others that helped to define the year. We have picked five trends that we think...

In 2020, the e-commerce market in Poland will boast the highest growth figure for approximately a decade, and this will, combined with low forecasts for total retail sales, result in a significant increase in the proportion represented by online sales....

The fashion retail market in the five CE countries (i.e., Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia) expanded by 9.5% in 2019, reaching €10.8bn. However, in 2020, the market is expected to plummet by about 10%. These are the key...

Closed shops, fear of contagion, rising unemployment, and no clear prospect of a return to normal – the coronavirus epidemic is changing consumer patterns in Poland in important ways, according to a new report from PMR, “The impact of coronavirus...

Closed stores in shopping malls, consumers staying at home for all but essential reasons, and an economy headed for recession: the blow that the coronavirus crisis will deal to the non-food retail market in Poland in 2020 will be a...

2019 marked another successive year in which there was an increase in the value of the DIY retail market in Poland. The COVID-19 epidemic in 2020 suddenly interrupted a healthy period on the market. According to forecasts in PMR’s latest...

Closed stores in shopping malls, consumers staying at home for all but essential reasons, and an economy headed for recession: the coronavirus crisis will deliver a serious blow to the cosmetics retail market in Poland in 2020. Three scenarios for...

On 14 March 2020, an epidemic threat state was introduced in Poland and a number of restrictions were announced to stop the spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV2, Covid-19) in the country. Overnight, the HoReCa industry found itself in a completely different...

For two weeks now we have been bombarded with a steady stream of news about how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting grocery retail. Large-format stores are grappling with increased traffic and stockpiling, and deliveries from e-stores are taking much longer...

The BIO food market in Poland was worth PLN 1.1bn in 2018, according to the data contained in PMR's latest report "BIO food and natural cosmetics market in Poland 2019". Certified BIO food is still a small segment, accounting for...

The value of the OTC product market in Poland, understood as sales of medicines and dietary supplements designed for special dietary medical reasons, came to more than PLN 14bn in 2019 (pharmacy and non-pharmacy sales). This represented a year-on-year increase...

The coronavirus pandemic will have a negative effect on the private healthcare market, and this is reflected in the newest PMR forecasts for 2020, published in the report entitled “Private healthcare market in Romania. Market analysis and development forecasts for...

The laboratory diagnostics services market in Poland (the public and private subdivisions combined) was worth almost 7 billion PLN in 2019. This represented an increase of around 5% year on year. According to the latest PMR report, “Laboratory diagnostics services...

Online sales of OTC products – medicines, dietary supplements, and dermocosmetics – amounted to almost PLN 1.3bn (€303m) in 2018, according to a new report from PMR, "Online OTC products market in Poland 2019. Market analysis and development forecasts for...

Care for the elderly in Poland remains concentrated in social care homes (DPS), which are part of the public system. But demand for private nursing homes has been growing – and so has supply, according to a new report from...

The market for dietary supplements in Poland totalled PLN 5.4bn (€1.2bn) in 2018. It was the second year in a row during which it grew at a modest rate of below 5%. In 2020-2024, market growth will average 5% a...

Sales of biologic medicines in Poland – including originators and biosimilars, outpatient and hospital ones – will exceed PLN 4.8bn (€1.1bn) in 2019. It will mark an impressive increase on 2018, a consequence of positive reimbursement developments, according to a...

According to the latest PMR data, the telecommunications services market for the B2B and carrier subgroup in Poland was worth PLN 14.3 billion in 2019. In the last three years the market has been moving horizontally, with the trend suggesting...

According to the latest PMR estimate, the share of bundled telecommunication services as a proportion of the Polish market in terms of the total number of telecommunication services in the country is constantly growing. PMR forecasts calculate that the trend...

In 2018, mobile operators in Poland generated combined revenues of PLN 25.8bn (€6.1bn), a 3% decrease on the year before. Mobile currently accounts for 58% of the Polish telecommunications market, but its share will rise to 60% by 2024 due...

According to PMR's data, in 2018 the value of the Polish pay-TV and VOD services market reached nearly PLN 7 billion, growing by 4% annually. The positive market situation is primarily due to dynamically growing revenues in the VOD segment,...