Agora and ComputerLand's e-commerce Centrum Handlu Internetowego

Agora and ComputerLand have created a new e-commerce company Centrum Handlu Internetowego (CHI), slated to start up in January 2001. Bogdan Wisniewski, currently vice president of ComputerLand's board, will serve as CHI president, while Anna Bialy, chief financial controller at Agora, will be vice president. Both Agora and ComputerLand have invested equally in forming the new enterprise with initial capital of zl. 6 million.They are both obliged to invest up to zl.15 million in the first year of CHI's operation. Agora will be responsible for the sale of CHI's offer, using its own sales network. ComputerLand will be responsible for designing and implementing software for the project and will provide web hosting services. According to Dorota Nowak, an Agora representative, CHI's offer will be addressed to small- and medium-sized companies seeking to reach new customers by offering them goods or services via Internet. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 13)