- Poprad is well known to tourists who visit the Slovak Tatras
- There is one large shopping center in the city – Forum Poprad
- Customers can shop there in 120 stores, but interestingly, the most attractive spaces belong to Polish companies
- Apart from H&M, Reserved is the largest store in terms of area
- But that’s not all – the gallery is even dominated by brands from Poland. Not only the clothing ones
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Poprad is not a big city, it is inhabited only by approx. 50 thousand. residents. However, he cannot complain about the lack of tourists due to the proximity of the Tatra Mountains. The city is situated at the southern foot of the Tatra Mountains and from the center there is a beautiful view of Gerlach, the highest peak in the country.
Visitors to the city usually go to Forum Poprad. It is the only large shopping mall in the city, and in addition, it is located right next to the historic center.
Salon House in a Slovak shopping center
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Slovak gallery, but Polish brands dominate
It is estimated that the gallery is visited by about 6 million customers a year, including many Poles – after all, the facility is located near our border. Poles in Forum Poprad must feel at home – and this is how I felt. The reason is the number of stores of Polish brands. Even in my own country, I do not know a shopping center in which companies from the Vistula River would dominate so much.
There is, of course, a Reserved store in the Forum. It is not so surprising, after all, the brand of the Pomeranian LPP company is quite popular in our part of Europe. An interesting fact is that the Reserved store is one of the largest in Forum Poprad – next to the store of the well-known Swedish company H&M.
Our brands dominate the shopping center of our neighbors
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Next to Reserved, there is a Mohito store, it is also the LPP brand. The Gdańsk concern has other stores in Poprad – the House, Cropp and Sinsay brands.
However, this is not the end of the Polish clothing industry. In the Forum there is also a shop of the well-known sports company 4F and a CCC shoe store.
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Reserved Polish, and non-Polish Biedronka? Slovaks are surprised
Ziaja, one of the most recognizable Polish companies in this industry, has its own cosmetics store. There is also a Polish banking accent in the Slovak shopping center. This is because mBank has its stand in the shopping center. The company has been operating on the Slovak market since 2007, although it is not one of the main players in this country.
The store can also be considered a Polish accent Pepco. Although it is not a company registered in Poland, it is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. And Poland is a key market for the company and it has almost half of all its stores with us.
A visit to the Slovak city center was therefore very surprising. Among the largest clothing tenants, only three brands were from outside Poland – the already mentioned Swedish H&M, German NewYorker and German-Belgian C&A.
From the parking lot of the shopping center there is a view of the Tatra peaks
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Interestingly, there are not many Slovak or Czech brands there. The only larger boutique of the brand from the latter country is the Kenvelo store in Poprad – of course incomparably smaller than Reserved or Cropp stores.
I was wondering if Slovak customers are aware of how Poles have “mastered” their shopping center. The answers were different. – I had no idea that Reserved and House are from Poland, although of course it does not bother me. These brands are rather international in nature – admitted a young client who walked around the center with LPP brand shopping bags.
CCC showroom in a Slovak shopping center
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A middle-aged pair of Slovaks admitted that they are aware of the company’s pedigree. – And frankly speaking, instead of Tesco, which is in the Forum, I would prefer to have your Ladybug here – the woman replied with a smile. I explained that Biedronka, although it operates only in Poland and has a Polish name, is not really Polish. It has a Portuguese owner. – Interesting. And Polish Reserved, although it has such a non-Polish name – she concluded with a smile.
Author: Mateusz Madejski, journalist at Business Insider Polska