{"id":2437,"date":"2026-06-15T16:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/retailer-exploits-legal-loophole-to-open-every-sunday\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:14:35","slug":"retailer-exploits-legal-loophole-to-open-every-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/retailer-exploits-legal-loophole-to-open-every-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailer Exploits Legal Loophole to Open Every Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An E.Leclerc store in Radom has begun operating seven days a week by registering as a reading room, effectively bypassing Poland\u2019s restrictive Sunday trade ban starting June 14, 2026.  <\/p>\n<h4>A Clever Workaround for Sunday Trade Bans<\/h4>\n<p>The prohibition on Sunday retail in Poland is increasingly viewed as a fiction by some operators. A popular supermarket chain has identified a strategic loophole in the regulations, announcing that one of its locations will now be open seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p>The specific case involves the E.Leclerc store located at Toru\u0144ska 1 in Radom. Since June 14, 2026, customers have been able to shop there daily by utilizing a legal exemption intended for entities engaged in reading-related activities.<\/p>\n<h4>The Reading Room Strategy<\/h4>\n<p>To operate legally, the retailer established a &#8220;Reading Corner&#8221; inside the market. Customers become members of the newly formed Readers&#8217; Club by completing a brief form at the customer service desk, granting them access to the library collection while shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Following this organizational change, the store proudly announced its new operating hours on social media. The market is now open every Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.<\/p>\n<h4>The 2026 Sunday Trading Calendar<\/h4>\n<p>Under current Polish law, Sunday trade is heavily restricted, with only eight Sundays in 2026 designated as &#8220;trading Sundays&#8221; where all stores and shopping malls may remain open. This schedule is designed to facilitate shopping during pre-holiday and seasonal transitions.<\/p>\n<p>Planning is essential for consumers, as there are six months in 2026 without a single trading Sunday. Breaking the trade ban during these periods carries severe penalties for retailers, and the next nationwide trading Sunday is not scheduled until June 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An E.Leclerc store in Radom has begun operating seven days a week by registering as a reading room, effectively bypassing Poland\u2019s restrictive Sunday trade ban starting June 14, 2026. A Clever Workaround for Sunday Trade Bans The prohibition on Sunday retail in Poland is increasingly viewed as a fiction by some operators. A popular supermarket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}