#WAGES

Poland's manufacturing industry continues to face significant hurdles, despite slight improvements in recent months, while new data on wage inequality reveals a stark contrast between median and average salaries.

Higher wages and keener pricing are cutting into the margins of Poland’s biggest supermarket chain, Biedronka.

The primary catalyst for the heightened levels of consumption in Poland is the rapid increase in salaries, reported a Polish think tank on Tuesday.

Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has said that the country's real wages have increased by 12 percent since December when he took office.