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  • Poland’s Standout Grocery Retail Year

    Of the eleven European grocery markets tracked in McKinsey and EuroCommerce’s State of Grocery Retail Europe 2026, Poland came out on top for value growth – up 5.6% year-on-year, well ahead of the European average of 3.4%. And since 2019, it’s grown a cumulative 55.2%, also the highest of any market in the report.
    That growth isn’t just on paper, Poland’s modern retail footprint expanded 4.4%

  • Potager Farm: 2,000 Plants, One Store, Eight Weeks

    Potager Farm's sales this year have already come close to matching the whole of 2025's sales total – with several months still to go.
    Part of that is a single, concentrated example of what direct retail can look like at pace. Within eight weeks, Potager Farm sold almost 2,000 plants directly into one grocery store's shelves. That's not a slow, steady trickle of stock – it's evidence that when

  • What the Deli Counter Tells You About Rental Value


    German grocery operators are amongst the largest and most successful in Europe, and once you walk into a store, it’s easy to see why. Their stores are built for more than just completing a weekly shop and it's a format that many Irish retailers are now following.
    Large bakeries at the entrances enticing customers in with the smell of fresh baking bread throughout the day, a vibrant farmer

  • Greenman Energy: Revenue Passes €1.5m

    Greenman Energy's charging network has now exceeded €1.5 million in cumulative revenue, up from the c.€1.3 million milestone reported earlier this summer.
    The growth is coming from two directions: an EV hyper-charger footprint that is expanding across Greenman OPEN's portfolio, and a steadily growing base of customers charging directly through SPARK, the mobile app GME launched in June. Neithe

  • What is an ELTIF? A Guide for Retail Investors

    If you have been researching investment funds recently, you may have come across the term ELTIF. It stands for European Long-Term Investment Fund, and it is worth understanding what it means, because it determines what a fund can invest in, how it is regulated, and what that means for you as a retail investor.
    What is an ELTIF?
    An ELTIF is a regulated fund structure created by the European

  • Data Driven Insights at Property Level

    edyfi has begun piloting a new layer of analysis across the OPEN portfolio: using number-plate recognition sensors to understand not just how much energy a property uses, but how its physical space is actually being used.
    The first results, from one property currently being trialed, are notable. Over four months of data, even on the single busiest day observed, the car park reached at most aro

  • Spotting Patterns to Enhance Efficiency

    Three years of sales data now sit behind the retail partnerships of Potager Farm, the vertical farming venture backed by Greenman OPEN, and a pattern has emerged that repeats with striking consistency: demand dips every summer, right around the school holidays, before climbing back through autumn and building toward a stronger spring.
    It shows up in 2024. It shows up again in 2025. And it's al

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