Strong domestic and foreign investors are announcing major projects in the field of online commerce. Agrokor, even before the launch of the ‘Croatian Amazon’, announces the enhancement of Konzum’s online store, which has been rebranded to Konzum klik.
eBay, Mall.cz… are also preparing to conquer Croatia. The share of e-commerce in Croatia is only one percent, so a rapid growth in turnover of 40 percent per year is expected by 2020, writes Matilda Bačelić in the new Lider.
We also write about negotiation tactics after the parliamentary elections in Croatia. Three coalitions are using all possible negotiation methods. The most common criteria by which coalition members are guided are proportionality, equality, and necessity. However, in the Croatian case, it is ‘all or nothing’ on the table, even when weighing the prime ministerial positions, claims Gordana Gelenčer.
In the topic of the week, we deal with real estate. Surviving builders have found salvation in tourism or in specialization and construction according to the ‘best buy’ system. Real estate agents do not yet notice a market recovery, but they observe that quality properties in attractive locations achieve prices very close to those before the crisis. These are isolated islands, but, more importantly, these apartments are the most purchased, reveals Edis Felić.
You can also read about how there are 360 accredited bodies in Croatia that deal with quality control. However, accreditation only confirms that the results of a particular control body and/or laboratory are reliable and that they follow a series of rules. Compliance with these rules is rarely checked, writes Ksenija Puškarić.
In the new issue of Lider, we also bring a detailed report from our conference 48 hours. At the meeting of mayors and entrepreneurs in Tuheljske toplice, there were about three hundred participants, including a hundred representatives of local government authorities.
One of the topics we address is wind farms, where the business has long recognized that Croatia has enough wind, but unfortunately, the state has not recognized this. Large investors bypass us due to the relatively small power of projects and complicated legislation, so the market is divided between smaller and medium-sized investors, of which only some are domestic.
In the world block, you can read about the consequences of the latest escalation between Turkey and Russia, as well as about the cessation of publication of FHM, a well-known men’s magazine.
Read here.
