Poles still visit shopping centers on Sundays

CBRE survey shows that for 61 percent of people, the ban on Sunday trading did not contribute to limiting visits to shopping centers in any way. Already 2 in 3 people admit that they go shopping as often as before, they just choose different days. Interestingly, 6 percent of consumers admitted that due to the ban on Sunday trading, they go shopping now ... more often.

“These results are not surprising if we consider that now shopping centers are more than just a place to shop. Extensive gastronomy and entertainment zones mean that customers can come to the mall at any time, even when the shopping zone is not open. Then they simply choose a cinema, children's play area or numerous restaurants,” Magdalena Frątczak, Head of the CBRE Shopping Sector. said.

In her opinion, the retail market in Poland has become saturated, as demonstrated by the results summarizing 2019. From January to December, the modern retail space market grew by only 280,000 sqm, which means the smallest increase in supply in the last 20 years.

“Development plans include at least 390,000 sqm of new space, most of it in the smaller centers, for which there is a much higher demand among consumers now,” Frątczak noted.

(WBJ)