Hype on the Vistula
Poland is awash with foreign-owned hypermarkets. Will they survive?
IN A repeat of the megastore frenzy that gripped France 30 years ago, giant hypermarkets—this time all foreign-owned—have been springing up in Polish towns and cities. Lured by a lax planning regime in the early post-communist years, the big chains are shaking up a notoriously fragmented retail sector and pulling in crowds of shoppers.
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