US giant Amazon says to launch in Poland

US ecommerce giant Amazon said Wednesday it will launch a Polish-language site and began the process of registering companies that want to sell to Polish customers through its platform.

Poland, which has a population of 38 million people, is one of the last major European countries without a dedicated Amazon website.

Within the EU, Amazon has dedicated sites in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

Amazon’s German website already has a Polish-language section and the company employs around 18,000 people in warehouses in Poland and through the IT company Amazon Web Services.

“The next step is to bring a full consumer retail offering to Poland and we are making those plans now,” Alex Ootes, Amazon’s Vice President for EU expansion, said in a statement.