Polish retail sector shows mixed Q3 2026 financial results

Polish retail companies reported divergent financial results for the third quarter of 2026. Wittchen experienced a 10% year-on-year decline in consolidated sales revenue, with the B2B segment seeing a decrease nearly twice as large as the overall drop.

In contrast, the fashion platform Answear.com reported its highest sales in a year, with third-quarter revenues rising 9.9% year-on-year to 432.8 million PLN. The company's total revenue for the first nine months of 2026 reached over 1.24 billion PLN, an 8.9% increase compared to the previous year. Answear.com attributed this growth and improved profitability to product assortment optimization and the performance of its private label, AnswearLAB. Online sales specifically grew by 8.5% year-on-year during the third quarter.