A shop of the Swedish Jula chain was opened in Galeria Echo in Kielce on the 12th of June. It finalizes the revitalization of the facility, which involved arranging the hypermarket and the fashion sections.

Jula in Galeria Echo is the twelfth supermarket of the Swedish chain on the Polish market. The shop offers over 14,000 products in 8 departments – tools and machines, construction materials and paints, electric and lighting, occupational health and safety clothing and products, garden, leisure, automotive products and household equipment. “The opening of the Jula supermarket in Galeria Echo is an effect of our strategy which is aimed at making the offer of our shopping centres more attractive. We respond to customers" needs by extending the product range in the centres managed by our company and creating new functions in them. We carry out such activities not only in Kielce but also in Galaxy in Szczecin, Pasaż Grunwaldzki in Wrocław and the Echo shopping centre in Bełchatów. The introduction of the Jula brand to Galeria Echo is also connected with arranging the hypermarket and fashion sections. The former one includes: Tesco Extra, Jula, Duka, Home&You as well as service outlets. The latter one focuses on fashion, entertainment and gastronomy,” says Marcin Materny, director of Echo Investment"s Shopping Centre Department. The Jula supermarket in Galeria Echo has an area of over 3,000 sqm and it is located on the 0 level near the entrance facing Świętokrzyska Street. Jula is a Swedish family chain offering anything needed for the renovation of a house, garden or garage. Its range of products also includes household appliances and audio & video equipment as well as a lot of accessories for people who spend their free time actively, including: fishing, trekking and cycling enthusiasts. The company employs a total of app. 2,400 people in 72 shops in Sweden, Norway and Poland. Jula shops have an area of 3,000 sqm. Galeria Echo is one of the largest shopping and entertainment facilities in Poland in terms of the number of shops. Its total area amounts to 159,000 sqm, 70,000 sqm of which is earmarked for lease. Apart from 300 shops and retail outlets its customers can also enjoy an extensive entertainment zone including a 12-track bowling alley and the biggest fitness centre in the region as well as a multi-screen Helios cinema.  A huge fun room with an area of 300 sqm has been prepared for the young ones. Its multi-storey car park for 2,300 cars is the showpiece of the facility. There has been a system of directing cars to empty spaces used in the car park as well as a special function of reminding a customer about the location of their parked car. The design of Galeria Echo"s extension was created in the Detan architectural studio of Kielce whereas the design of the facade and the interior was executed by Warsaw"s architectural studio Open Architekci. Detan sp. z o.o. / OPEN Architekci / Echo Investment"s team of architects. 

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