The number of vacant stores in Great Britain great to 11% over 6 months. Similar situation awaits Poland as trade districts see more closed stores and restaurants. Unity Group’s Head Business Development EMEA, Dominik Janes, predicts that retail companies will invest in online solutions. (content in Polish)

Despite particularly vivid shopping in March and April, when Poles have been stocking up in food, the grocery sector has seen the greatest number of closed locations. Unity Group’s managing partner, Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, notices that stores and retail chains become more active in online sales channels. (content in Polish)

Retail sales have beat year-on-year estimates (of constant prices) for July above market consensus. The growth, according to economists, limits the degree of the recession in 2020. Autumn is believed to bring even more buyers online with a spike in infections. Unity Group’s managing partner, Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, announces historic demand for e-commerce solutions. (content in Polish)

The Unity Group, which deals with the digital transformation of businesses and services for e-commerce, will grow by at least 15-20 percent this year. Companies need to handle the high number of online orders. According to Grzegorz Kuczyński, President of Unity Group, the pandemic has meant that e-shops have to deal with this traffic on a daily basis, which previously only happened several times a year. (content in Polish)

Despite dynamic growth of internet sales in the first months of the pandemic, the trend failed to maintain. Online commerce has notably weakened. Poles mainly resign from buying food and pharmaceuticals. Unity Group’s managing partner, Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, highlights the persisting overall greater level of e-commerce share in retail. (content in Polish)

Unity Group as an active member of ITCorner – Wrocław’s newest technology cluster of over 70 companies. The organization been working for years for local development of new technologies and trying to face the shortage of staff in this industry. The current situation has accelerated the decision to launch a new major at University of Lower Silesia.

During the discussion “In technology we trust”, leading figures of Polish economic life brought attention to the topic of business development in the conditions of crisis. The experts focused on the role of automation and digitalization. Unity Group’s managing partner, Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, also appeared at the event concluding a cycle published in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. (content in Polish)

Consumer behavior has changed radically under the influence of pandemics. Retailers have been forced into adapting to new needs. Those who have given customers an opportunity for safe shopping stand firm. Unity Group forecasts spectacular growth of the e-commerce sector as innovation is booming. (content in Polish)

According to GUS (Statistics Poland), online sales share in the local retail sector dropped to 9.1% in May. Despite that, Unity Group’s managing partner, Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, remains positive about predicted e-commerce market value. Analysis of online shoppers' customer profiles indicates that most of them will not return to malls. (content in Polish)

Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, almost 70 percent of people using the Internet did online shopping at least once a month. One in three respondents admit that at the beginning of this period they used e-commerce more often than before, and 6 percent made their first online purchases. (content in English)

In the first quarter of 2020, the e-commerce sector recorded a significant rise in revenue as a result of the lockdown. Although this market will continue to develop, it is possible that customers will return to physical stores. Unity Group forecasts that in 2020, Polish e-commerce will reach a value in the range of 100-120 billion PLN, and its annual dynamics in the coming years will exceed 20 percent. (content in Polish)

Unity Group estimates that the value of online commerce in Poland may exceed record-breaking 100 billion PLN before the end of 2020. It is going to see year-on-year increase of at least 20% until 2025, according to Piotr Wrzalik, Unity Group’s managing partner. In January this year – before the coronavirus even spread, the value of the e-commerce industry was cautiously predicted to grow to 70 billion PLN in 2020. (content in Polish)