Agora's Q1 results shows it fended off the competition

The company had a Q1 net profit of zl.14 million, up from zl.0.8 million, on sales of zl.303 million, up by 3%. Agora reaped the benefits of a smart move to enable readers to choose whether to buy a higher-priced copy with a DVD movie or not. On the one hand, DVDs helped drive revenue, but on the other, the option enabled cost savings on its DVD campaign. Asked about the plans of Polskapresse to launch a daily newspaper using the infrastructure of its regional titles, Wanda Rapaczynska, the Agora CEO, played down the possible competitive threat saying, "I do not know nor understand the details of this project." (Puls Biznesu p. 8; Parkiet, p. 10) R.M.