Makro economics

Wholesaler Makro Cash & Carry has opened a Makro Business Development Center in Poland. Located on Al. Jerozolimskie in Warsaw near an existing Makro wholesale store, the facility will offer consultancy services to retailers as well as companies in the catering and hotel sectors. The center is the company's first investment of this kind in Poland.

"The center is another initiative from our company that follows a strategy of providing clients with a rich offer of services and partnership in business," said Uwe Hölzer, president of the managing board of Makro Cash & Carry Polska.

"From today on, our clients will not only be able to make use of the existing offer of programs, but also to participate in many new useful trainings, workshops and presentations in which experts from the segment will be involved," he added.

The MakroBusinessDevelopmentCenter will serve both as a training and exhibition facility, and will be a platform for the exchange of business and economic information through numerous conferences, panels and other initiatives. It will include, among other things, a "Jan Kowalski Shop," a test outlet whose exhibition space will amount to 120 sqm. The shop will serve to demonstrate modern layout and merchandizing strategies that have been designed by Makro Cash & Carry experts. According to the company, the solutions have already been implemented by approximately 800 of the firm's clients.

Makro Cash & Carry, a part of the Metro Group distribution network, is present in 29 countries, in which it has a total of 600 self-service wholesale shops. In Poland, the company is present in 27 locations and the total area of its facilities amounts to 253,000 sqm. Makro Cash & Carry employs a total of around 7,480 people in Poland.