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Holiday spending trends: affordable gifts, experiences and premium foods take center stage
Date: 2025-12-02 12:22:23
According to the Mastercard Economic Institute Forecast, smaller gifts, experiences and premium food will be the most important spending categories in Europe this holiday season. According to SpendingPulse data, retail...
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A surprising turn on eMAG: more people are ordering PCs on installments than refrigerators this Christmas
Date: 2025-12-02 12:21:20
The Christmas season has been in full swing at eMAG since November: in the second half of November, the top sales charts were dominated by categories that are typically intended...
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It took just one day for vegans to stop looking like hippies – this is what the Vegan Summit Budapest was like
Date: 2025-12-02 12:13:19
With over 1,000 participants, Hungarian star performers, and a summit held in an elegant venue, the first-ever Vegan Summit Budapest kicked off on November 22nd, aiming to bring together and...
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The Elyn’s Lab brand has launched a total of nine new products this year.
Date: 2025-12-02 12:10:24
For Elyn’s Lab, 2025 was a year of innovation. The brand introduced a total of nine new products to the market this year, of which the tinted lip balm, available...
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Christmas plastic dumping: why and how to reduce waste during the holidays?
Date: 2025-12-02 12:07:53
Christmas is one of the annual peaks in plastic waste production. Gift wrapping and plastic containers from holiday food orders accumulate in huge quantities during this period, while Hungary is...
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Kifli.hu launches a groundbreaking, entirely AI-powered Christmas campaign titled “Almost Missed Moments. But Not Now!”
Date: 2025-12-02 12:07:42
A Christmas campaign video created entirely with artificial intelligence was presented by the Kifli.hu parent company, Rohlik Group. The campaign, titled “Almost. Not this time,” is built around the true...
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Companies are getting tired, individual entrepreneurs are getting stronger – October company trend in light of the new tax package
Date: 2025-12-02 12:05:56
According to the October company trend, partnerships are still under pressure, while there is a recovery among sole proprietorships. The newly adopted 11-point tax and administration reduction package modifies several...
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Master Good stands by Hungarian golf as the main sponsor
Date: 2025-12-02 11:57:58
At the annual general meeting of the Hungarian Golf Association last week, the board presented the work of the past six months in detail. Since the election of the new...
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Energy efficiency revolution in domestic shopping malls
Date: 2025-12-02 11:51:49
The Energy Working Group of the Hungarian Shopping Centers Association (MBSZ) has prepared its latest energy efficiency survey and publication, which presents in detail how the sector has responded to...
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EY: There is a climate plan, but little real action
Date: 2025-12-02 11:46:12
While many companies have climate plans, actual action is lacking. According to recent research by EY, the majority of the world’s largest companies are not sufficiently prepared to limit global...
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JYSK installs new solar park in Poland – the Ecser center in Hungary is also becoming greener
Date: 2025-12-02 11:46:12
JYSK is further expanding its renewable energy investments in Europe: the company’s largest solar park has started operations in Poland, while in Hungary, the solar power plant at the distribution...
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Mondelez’s Székesfehérvár factory is 30 years old
Date: 2025-12-02 11:40:40
The Mondelēz factory in Székesfehérvár celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year. For three decades, the factory has been producing chocolates and biscuits that are popular throughout Hungary and Europe, such...
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The Chamber, which was renewed a year ago, is providing more and more help to businesses
Date: 2025-12-02 11:37:15
Last November, the renewed leadership of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) was elected with a two-thirds majority. The new president is businessman Elek Nagy, who had previously...
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Stuffed cabbage is the most Christmassy dish of Hungarians
Date: 2025-12-02 11:34:32
Half of Hungarians are obsessed with fish soup at Christmas, and even more with stuffed cabbage. The majority would be fine without Zserbó and gingerbread, but a holiday is not...
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The nominees for the Restaurant of the Year award are now awaited.
Date: 2025-12-02 11:31:02
The Hungarian Restaurant Association (MVI) has announced the “Restaurant of the Year” award again this year, and is accepting nominations from its members for the next recipient until January 20,...
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Industrial production is still declining in Hungary, but it is growing in the EU
Date: 2025-12-02 11:30:16
Industrial production in the EU grew by 1.8% in July 2025 compared to July 2024, according to a recent analysis by GKI. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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To get a higher salary, you need to understand and use AI
Date: 2025-12-02 11:28:22
Workers who use generative AI on a daily basis experience higher pay, greater job security, and productivity—while a third of the global workforce regularly feels overwhelmed. PwC’s 2019 Global Workforce...
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The Hungarian Intellectual Property Office provides a patent accelerator to Széchenyi István University
Date: 2025-12-02 11:23:09
The Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and Széchenyi István University in Győr have expanded their strategic cooperation agreement, as part of which the institution has become available with a “patent accelerator...
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New FAO publication reminds us of the finite nature of food production resources
Date: 2025-12-02 11:23:02
Feeding an estimated 10 billion people by 2050 will require bold and smarter decisions about how the world manages land, soil and water, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
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Giving is Joy! – We can join the Christmas fundraising now with donation cards
Date: 2025-12-02 11:18:45
This year, the joint Christmas fundraiser of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR Hungary, the Adni Öröm! campaign, will be launched. In the first phase of the non-perishable food...
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Hungarian exports are gaining new momentum: medium-sized companies are increasingly managing exchange rate risk and opening up to new markets
Date: 2025-12-02 11:16:13
Hungarian exports continue to strengthen, with medium-sized enterprises playing an increasingly important role. Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) already account for more than half of Hungarian exports, available data...
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Record stability, conscious salary planning, and thoughtful benefit practices in domestic SMEs
Date: 2025-12-02 10:59:48
Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises are showing outstanding stability in the labor market this fall: 82 percent of them do not plan to change their employee headcount in the next...
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Morrisons tests Instacart’s smart shopping cart
Date: 2025-12-02 10:56:33
In early 2026 British supermarket chain Morrisons will begin testing smart shopping carts developed by Instacart that use AI in one of its stores. This article is available for reading...
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International POP events
Date: 2025-12-02 10:56:06
The end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 will bring a number of Shop! and POPAI events for POP enthusiasts. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin...
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The Business Ethics Award was presented
Date: 2025-12-02 10:29:01
The Business Ethics Awards were presented for the twenty-sixth time, and this time ten companies received the recognition, bringing the total number of companies that operate responsibly and fairly in...
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METRO Trading Ltd. recalled fishery products due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
Date: 2025-12-02 10:18:48
METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. has recalled fishery products due to microbiological non-compliance, as the presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria was detected in the products it distributes during an official inspection –...
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The Joy of Giving! charity campaign has begun
Date: 2025-12-02 10:10:14
The joint Christmas fundraising campaign of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR Hungary, the Joy of Giving! charity campaign, has started. In the first phase of the non-perishable food...
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UNICEF Hungary’s Young Ambassador participated in the COP30 climate summit
Date: 2025-12-02 10:02:03
Benedek Vázsonyi, UNICEF Hungary’s Young Ambassador, represented Hungarian children and youth as a member of the Hungarian delegation at this year’s UN climate conference, COP30, which was held in Belém,...
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Tomatoes that stay fresh for two months? Indian innovation could open a new chapter for smallholder farmers
Date: 2025-12-02 10:00:15
A bold and promising technological innovation has emerged from southern India that could fundamentally change the way we store fresh vegetables. Researchers in the state of Karnataka, one of India’s...
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Lack of Guidance, Not Interest, Holds Back SMEs from AI Adoption
Date: 2025-12-02 09:57:36
Team.blue, one of Europe’s leading digital service providers, has released a new report highlighting how small businesses across the continent approach digitalization and artificial intelligence. Based on a survey of...
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