It is estimated that construction activity increased markedly in 2018-2019, overwhelmingly in the building construction subgroup, boosting construction output by an estimated CAGR of about 11% in the last few years. However, a reduction is imminent in 2020, according...

As indicated by the results of PMR’s latest report, entitled “Construction sector in Slovakia 2020. Development forecasts for 2020-2025”, the country’s construction output value underwent a 4.5% year-on-year reduction, following a combined 12% growth in 2017-2018. The contraction was instigated...

  The last few years have been a boom period for the housing market in Poland, with construction activity and sales of apartments setting new records. In 2019, home starts, building permits, and the value of approved mortgages all reached...

  As indicated by the results of PMR’s latest report, entitled “Cement market in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan 2020. Development forecasts for 2016-2021”, the cement production in the four countries increased by 5.5% to 81.6 million tonnes in 2019,...

  The year-on-year increase in price (13% in 2019, according to the National Bank of Poland) has not yet tempered the enthusiasm of buyers. Developers are not stopping to introduce new investments on the market, but still find it difficult...

After growing by less than 6% in 2019, construction activity in Poland will weaken further in 2020, although growth will remain respectable. But the situation will vary considerably among voivodships, as shown in a new report from PMR, "Construction sector...

  The market for thermal insulation materials in Poland has been booming on the back of a buoyant construction industry. 2019 will mark the third consecutive year of double-digit growth in its value, according to a new report from PMR,...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

  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...

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...

Online sales of dietary supplements increased rapidly in 2020, among online pharmacies, e-stores, and shopping platforms. The pandemic reinforced the already observed trend of increasing health care including vitamin and mineral supplementation, which resulted in increased demand for such products....

The online distribution of dermocosmetics on the Polish market is carried out by online pharmacies, e-stores, including online drugstores and perfumeries (rossmann.pl, hebe.pl, superpharm.pl, notino.pl) or internet portals. According to PMR forecast, the e-stores dermocosmetics market will grow at a double-digit rate...

The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in Poland has had an impact on virtually every aspect of economic and social life in Poland. Events related to the pandemic, restrictions introduced by the government to curb the number of infections and changes in...

In previous years, the sports nutrition market in Poland grew quite dynamically. Its growth was supported by the expansion of sports infrastructure and the fashion for healthy lifestyles, which translated into an increase in the number of Poles practising sport....

  According to the latest PMR forecasts, included in the report “Dietary supplements market in Poland 2020. Development forecasts for 2020-2025”, the sale of dietary supplements in Poland in pharmacies and outside of them (in shops, at petrol stations and...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  According to PMR data, the Polish pay-TV market was worth PLN 6.2 billion in 2019. This represents a 1% year-on-year increase. The next few years will bring a continuation of the increase in the number of IPTV subscribers and...

  The latest PMR research shows that one in three companies would be ready to pay a higher price for certified data centre services. However, almost two-thirds of companies assert that certification would not convince them to pay more for...

  Forecasts in the ninth edition of the PMR report “Data centre market in Poland 2020. Market analysis and development forecasts for 2020-2025”, issued in May 2020, indicate that the resources of the Polish data centre market will double by...

  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...

  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...

  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...