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  • Globalworth has leased nearly 50.000 sqm in Poland this year

    Globalworth has leased nearly 50.000 sqm in Poland this year

    In the last 3 months the asset management & leasing department of Globalworth has signed contracts for a total area exceeding 28.000 sqm.

    Nearly 50.000 sqm of leased space in Globalworth buildings in Poland consists of new contracts, the prolongation of the existing lease contracts and the expansion of the leased spaces.

    Noteworthy is the very good leasing result in the second quarter of this year (28.500 sqm), which is particularly marked by the coronavirus pandemic.

    The companies that have decided to extend cooperation with Globalworth in Poland include, among others:

    • DXC – one of the largest end-to-end IT services companies (prolongation of the lease contract in Renoma in Wroclaw);
    • Rockwell Automation – global provider of solutions for the industry (expansion of the leased area in A4 Business Park in Katowice).
  • Auchan signs a strategic partnership with Glovo in Poland

    Auchan signs a strategic partnership with Glovo in Poland

    Following the success of the test launched a year ago in Ukraine, Auchan and Glovo have decided to enter into a strategic partnership in four European countries (Spain, Portugal, Poland and Ukraine).

    This partnership will allow Auchan to accelerate their digital outreach and food e-commerce policies for the benefit of customers in these countries, and enable Glovo to strengthen its position as the local leader in home delivery.

    Both partners are leaving the door open to expand their partnership to other countries, depending on future opportunities.

    The partnership was launched in Ukraine in May 2019 with 20 stores and in Portugal in April 2020 with 1 store in Lisbon.

  • The first Modivo store has been opened in Galeria Młociny Warsaw

    The first Modivo store has been opened in Galeria Młociny Warsaw

    Thus, the offer of e-commerce platform with premium fashion, belonging to eobuwie.pl, is now also available stationary.

    On two levels, over 2500 m2 of space and a dedicated mezzanine, 65 tablets are available for customers to place orders and view the offer. It will also be presented on 94 multimedia screens and mannequins in total.

    Modivo store is conceptually similar to what eobuwie.pl stores offer. The main focus is on customer shopping experience and premium service.

    Visitors will find many unique amenities in the fashion industry, including the ability to order items directly from the fitting room or digital product recommendations matching selected styles.

    Eobuwie.pl launched its own e-commerce with premium fashion in March 2019. Currently, Modivo is available not only in Poland, but also on 10 foreign markets.

    Until now, Modivo only functioned online.

  • Rondo Business Park Krakow to be managed by Globalworth

    Rondo Business Park Krakow to be managed by Globalworth

    Starting July 2020, Rondo Business Park – the office complex located in Krakow – will be managed by Globalworth team. A percentage of over 80% of the company’s Polish portfolio is represented by in-house managed assets. 

    Rondo Business Park is a complex consisting of three buildings with a total leasable area of nearly 20.000 sqm. Located in the northern part of Krakow, at Lublańska 38 offers over 450 parking spaces.

    The investment was designed by the well-known studio Ingarden & Ewý and is equipped with technical solutions and amenities that are standard for A-class office buildings. 

    Rondo received the award “Krakow my home” in the category of public utility architecture and the awards of the Marshal of the Małopolska Region in the competition for the prize of the Stanisław Witkiewicz Małopolska Voivodeship in 2008.

  • LOT to launch a new domestic Szczecin-Rzeszów route

    LOT to launch a new domestic Szczecin-Rzeszów route

    LOT to launch its flights on a new domestic Szczecin-Rzeszów route on 16 July. With the new flight it will take less than one hour and thirty minutes to travel the distance between the cities.

    Summer flights on the Szczecin-Rzeszów route will be operated twice a week by LOT’s Bombardier Q400s.

    The two flights per week on interregional Szczecin-Rzeszów route are part of the following timetable:

    • LO3517 19:25 – 20:55 SZZ-RZE Monday, Thursday
    • LO3518 19:25 – 20:55 SZZ-RZE Monday, Thursday

    Tickets for the flights on the Rzeszów-Szczecin route are already available starting at PLN 99 for a one-way flight without baggage. LOT’s current timetable of flights is valid until 31 August 2020.

  • Ryanair launches new route from Manchester to Poznan

    Ryanair launches new route from Manchester to Poznan

    Ryanair announced a new route from the United Kingdom to Poland, commencing 27 October as part of its winter 2020 schedule.

    The new route will operate twice weekly from Manchester Airport to Poznan.

    Ryanair is offering seats one-way from just £24.99, which must be booked by midnight, Monday (13 July), only on the Ryanair website.

  • Carrefour Polska has begun testing Tank&Go gas station

    Carrefour Polska has begun testing Tank&Go gas station

    Carrefour Polska has begun testing Tank&Go – the new service targeted at Carrefour gas station customers.

    The service enables to make a full contactless payment for fuel and is available in the „My Carrefour” mobile application. At the initial testing stage, selected clients of Carrefour gas stations in Warsaw and Krakow can use it.

    Carrefour Polska owns over 40 gas stations.

    How Tank&Go service works

    The service works as part of the “My Carrefour” mobile application. Its users will find in the application a new module – Tank & Go – prepared especially for the needs of the service.

    To use it, the customer should log in to the module, provide the necessary data of his car and activate Masterpass mobile payments. When on a Carrefour petrol station, the client simply selects the distributor, specifies the transaction amount, makes the payment and starts refueling.

    After its completion, the customer will receive an invoice to the e-mail address provided earlier and can leave the service station. The whole process takes place quickly and fully self-service.

  • Poland: 96.5% less tourists in April 2020

    Poland: 96.5% less tourists in April 2020

    In April this year, 86.4 thousand tourists were accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments and 326.2 thousand overnight stays were provided for them, Statistics Poland show.

    This was lower by 96.5% and 94.5%, respectively, as compared to April 2019. A decrease in the number of tourists was also recorded in May.

    Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the number of persons accommodated was lower by about 88.1%, according to estimates.

    In the total number of tourists accommodated, domestic tourists (74.6 thousand) accounted for 86.3%, which was lower by 96.1% than in the same month last year. The number of foreign tourists (11.8 thousand) in accommodation establishments in April this year decreased by 97.9%.

    The largest decrease was observed in establishments of Małopolskie Voivodship (by 99.1%), wheres the smallest one in establishments located in Podlaskie Voivodship (93.5%) and Opolskie Voivodship (93.6%).

    Most persons were accommodated in Dolnośląskie Voivodship (13.7 thousand) and Mazowieckie Voivodship (12.1 thousand). In comparison with April 2019, there were significantly fewer of them – by 95.2% and 97.1% respectively.

    The lowest number of tourists were accommodated in establishments located in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship (1.7 thousand) and Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship (1.9 thousand), and the decrease in their number compared to the same month last year was 96.2% and 97.6% respectively.

  • Over 1,5 million completed orders in the first year on ccc.eu store

    Over 1,5 million completed orders in the first year on ccc.eu store

    At the end of June, a year has passed since the launch of the CCC online store.

    The store has already completed over 1.5 million orders, has a level of even 13.5 million customer visits per month and is now available on five foreign markets outside Poland (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Austria).

    The ccc.eu platform is part of the CCC omnichannel sales model, which is one of the basic pillars of GO.22’s business strategy.

    The site offers convenient, quick online shopping, as well as additional functionalities such as checking the availability of a given footwear model and booking it in the store, or checking recommendations for the correct size (esize.me).

    CCC application is responsible in some months for up to 30% of the store’s turnover and will soon celebrate 2 million downloads.

    In total, the mobile channel (www and application) is responsible for 75-80% of traffic on CCC websites.

    CCC clients can search for products based in any photo

    In June, Messenger was added to the visual search service that allows customers to search for products from the CCC offer based on any photo (which until now was only available in the CCC application).

    CCC is the first fashion brand in Poland has also started using Google Voice Assistant, where the customer can, among others check the availability of products in stationary stores or find the nearest store.

  • LPP implemented an AI innovative solution to optimise the order picking

    LPP implemented an AI innovative solution to optimise the order picking

    LPP, together with PSI Polska, a producer of software for industry, implemented an innovative solution to optimise the order picking path using Artificial Intelligence in the Fulfilment Centre-type warehouse belonging to the Polish clothing company.

    LPP, the owner of Reserved, Cropp, House, Mohito and Sinsay brands, handling about 11 million orders a year, is one of the leaders of the e-commerce market in Poland and Europe.

    The dynamic growth of online sales, also in connection with the Covid-19 epidemic, poses an increasing challenge to meet the growing demand of customers for online shopping. Last year, the share of online sales in LPP operations was 12%.

    However, the pandemic has significantly changed the balance of power between the traditional and online channels. 

    The AI solution allows to generate lists of products needed to complete an order in real time, determine the shortest path and propose optimum use of resources, including equipment, trolleys and time of warehouse employees.

    This is done, among other things, through the use of the so-called genetic algorithm, which, through the application of evolutionary operators (such as crossing and mutations), allows to create an optimum picking list.

  • Polish Oil and Gas Company received its LNG delivery no. 100

    Polish Oil and Gas Company received its LNG delivery no. 100

    Polish Oil and Gas Company has received the hundredth supply of liquefied natural gas at the LNG Terminal Of President Lech Kaczyński in Świnoujście.

    The jubilee load came from Qatar. So far PGNiG has imported approximately 11 bcm of LNG after regasification.

    The methane carrier Al Safliya delivered about 90 thousand tons of LNG from Qatargas on Friday, July 3rd 2020. After regasification, this corresponds to approx. 120 mcm of natural gas.

    First LNG transport, almost five years ago

    The first two LNG loads that has arrived to Świnoujście at the turn of 2015 and 2016 were used for the technical start-up of regasification installations in the terminal.

    The first commercial delivery took place in June 2016.

    Since then, the number of deliveries as well as their volume have been gradually increasing from year to year.

    Among the hundred deliveries so far, 67 came from Qatar, 21 from the USA and 11 from Norway. In March 2020, one LNG load arrived from Trinidad and Tobago.

    In over four years, the total volume of natural gas imported this way amounted to approx. 11 bcm.

    Liquefied natural gas also has an increasingly clear share in PGNiG imports. While in 2016 it accounted for approx. 8 percent, in 2019 it exceed 23 percent.

  • LOT resumes flights to North America and Asia

    LOT resumes flights to North America and Asia

    LOT resumed on July 1st its international flights since the suspension of passenger flights in mid-March.

    LOT’s flight route network will include the first long-haul flights to Canada, South Korea and Japan, as well as flights to the UK, Albania, Montenegro and Ukraine.

    The first passengers flew on board LOT planes to Berlin, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Barcelona, Prague, Budapest, Vilnius, Kiev, Dubrovnik and Split yesterday.

    They will be joined by travellers flying to Vienna and Oslo.

    From July 3rd, the summer campaign #LOTnaWakacje begins and passengers can start planning their trips outside Europe as well.

    The Polish airline will take passengers to three cities in North America and Asia: 

    • Toronto – from three to seven times a week from July 1st; 
    • Seoul – from two to five times a week from July 3rd; 
    • Tokyo (Narita airport) – from two to three times a week from July 3rd. 

    All long-haul flights will be operated from Warsaw’s Chopin Airport.

    In addition, LOT will also launch a Budapest-Seoul connection, offered once a week, from July 20th.