GfK Polonia report states that there is plenty of room for more hypermarkets

The document estimates that shopping malls, supermarkets and discount shops' share of the sale of FMCG will rise from 36% in 2003 to 42% in 2005. The total number of all shops in the country rose by 1% in comparison with 2002, but it was modern distribution channels, like hypermarkets that developed most dynamically. Magda Zimna from GfK Polonia, emphasized that small shops develop in the city suburbs and small towns and villages where they are a way of combatting unemployment. However, the share of larger stores, such as hypermarkets, in the retail sale of FMCG is bound to rise to over 50% by the end of the decade. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) E.B.