What People think about Indian kolonialne meble & handicraft?

I need some suggestions regarding this business in Poland. Your comments are welcome.

It's a non starter. India is associated in Poland (and Europe as a whole) with cheap products of a low quality.

Question - how much money are you looking to invest?

What you mean by cheap products with low quality? By your words about India i feel that India will take over china very soon.

Everytime i read your post and when it comes to India, I feel you dont quite like Indians and India.

There are plenty of outlets offering indian furniture and the market is over supplied. Indian food has taken off well and the Poles have taken to it like a duck to water. There is one type of outlet that I have not seen here and that is the vegertarian style with great kulfi and fantastic shakes. There is one in london called Diwnais on drummond street. Things have to be cheap here.

Let's be realistic here - India isn't well known for producing high quality goods. It's no slight against India as a country, just that she is competing with China at the bottom end of the market. Certainly, people aren't boasting about "yes, my new product x was made in India" - rather, India is just another place that can supply cheap goods.

I will say however, that China is far more set up for producing absolutely anything you want.


I actually quite like Indians and have no issue with the country - but I don't believe that the country is actually producing anything that's world class, apart from the IPL ;) I'm just realistic - India is competing with China when it comes to mass producing rubbish. The more expensive things that India produces just won't have a market in Poland.

But one suggestion - if you can find a way to open a cheap Indian restaurant in Poland, you'll make a killing. An all-you-can-eat Indian here would be stupidly successful - the market is almost non-existent, the competition charges high prices and if you could staff it with authentic staff (rather than just hiring any old Arab and pretending they're Indian) - you would be rolling in money.

Take it from me - 20zl lunchtime, 40zl evening, all you can eat Indian would do a roaring trade. But you would have to operate it like a British one, rather than a Polish interpretation - no funny rules, no weird clauses - just plain and simply "sit down, stuff your face, go home happy".

Trust me - Poznan is screaming out for an all-you-can-eat type place.

India is a self sufficient country ...produces everything in India only even if supplies don come from outside......

I totally agree with what you said :)

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