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PENNY ranks first among TOP Employers
PENNY has been ranked first in the food retail category for the third time in the 2025 TOP Employers ranking of the international career platform WhereWeWork, which is based on...
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Coop Economic Group celebrated its 30th anniversary
The past 30 years of Coop have been characterized by adapting to the constantly changing business environment, development and innovation, but the group of companies has never lost sight of...
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This is how Coca-Cola and Budapest Bike Maffia support communities during the brand’s Christmas campaign
Coca-Cola is taking its legendary Christmas campaign to a new level this year, encouraging its consumers to stop in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and holiday preparations. This...
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Lidl customers helped with 158 tons of food at the Food Bank’s Christmas sale
An extraordinary collaboration accompanied this year’s Christmas fundraising campaign of the Hungarian Food Bank Association, which Lidl Hungary also joined. Between November 14 and 16, the Food Bank collected non-perishable...
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Food donations equal to the weight of a railway locomotive from Tesco customers in the most successful fundraiser in the country’s history
133 tons of food from 141 Tesco stores in three days, or nearly 140 million forints worth of donations to those in need in the area. The weekend campaign of...
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JYSK opens its 102nd Hungarian store in Törökszentmiklós
JYSK continues its dynamic expansion in Hungary: on November 19, it will open its 102nd domestic store in Törökszentmiklós. Expansion is part of the company’s DNA, which is also confirmed...
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Akcenta’s commentary on the MNB’s decision
Today’s decision by the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) to leave the key interest rates unchanged – the base rate at 6.50%, the overnight deposit rate at 5.50%, and the overnight...
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Stable growth with fewer contracts: the leasing market’s adaptability has reached a new level in 2025
On November 13, 2025, the Hungarian Leasing Association organized its annual professional conference, the Leasing Professional Day, at which key players in the domestic and regional markets evaluated and discussed...
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Samsung is gearing up for the holidays with special discounts
Samsung has announced its “Black Friday Weeks” promotion again this year, offering discounts on the company’s smart devices, televisions, monitors, and home appliances for the entire month of November. The...
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AI has started to pay off what it took: it can bring more and more visitors to websites
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Air France-KLM applies to acquire minority stake in Portugal’s TAP
Air France-KLM is interested in buying a minority stake in Portuguese airline TAP SA, the company’s CEO Ben Smith told Bloomberg. The French-Dutch company has become the first to officially...
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REGIO GAMES: billions in Christmas spending on the gaming market
According to a recent national research by REGIO JÁTÉK, Hungarian families with young children will spend an average of 88,000 forints on Christmas gifts this year, with more than half...
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Lidl cookbook published
Lidl Hungary is publishing another element of its well-known and deservedly popular series: the 11th Lidl cookbook titled “A pinch of laziness” is here. The volume is about what many...
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JYSK donates 3 million forints worth of furniture to the Oncology Institute
JYSK Hungary considers it important to help those communities and organizations that need support the most. JYSK’s philosophy is that everyone helps in what they do best, so the company...
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Shell Hungary and the Peter Cerny Foundation jointly raised awareness of the importance of premature birth rescue
On World Prematurity Day, Shell Hungary and the Peter Cerny Foundation raised awareness of the importance of premature baby rescue at a special event, during which participants were able to...
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Hungarian egg white slices were also bitten into in Vilnius and Riga
The Agricultural Marketing Center organizes B2B events to assist food industry companies that are already present in the market of a given country and primarily want to strengthen their business...
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Ocean Fish brand fishing products recalled due to bacteria
SPAR Hungary Trading Ltd. has initiated a consumer recall of Ocean Fish brand fishery products, as the presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria (the causative agent of listeriosis) was detected in...
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Chinese internet company Baidu reports third-quarter loss amid revenue decline
Chinese multinational technology company Baidu closed the third quarter of this year with an after-tax loss of 11.23 billion yuan ($1.57 billion) after a profit of 7.63 billion yuan a...
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The research data is in: it has been revealed what this year’s Christmas hit products are and how much we spend on them
The end-of-year rush in the tech market is not over this year either: nearly half of Hungarians plan to buy a larger-value electronic product in the last quarter. MediaMarkt’s recent,...
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Personal experience helps acceptance of workers with disabilities – research
A significant part of Hungarian society – through their own experience or circle of acquaintances – comes into contact with people with disabilities. The openness of society is gradually increasing,...
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Temu and Shein shipments in the EU will be subject to customs duties
European Union finance ministers have agreed to abolish the €150 duty-free threshold, which has allowed low-value parcels to enter the EU market without paying customs duties. The decision is a...
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This is how salaries will change in the future – an expert gave an opinion
Our everyday lives will fundamentally change – in a few years we will pay completely differently than we do today. According to Balázs Ángyán, CEO of Számlázz.hu, which provides financial...
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The government and MKIK announced tax cooperation
The government and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) have signed a new cooperation agreement in the field of taxation. According to the announcement on Monday, a package...
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Premium Gin Hungary appoints new brand ambassador
Premium Gin Hungary, which specializes in the import and education of Mediterranean, primarily Spanish premium drinks, has confirmed a new brand ambassador: Dávid Adorján Takács. The specialist’s task is to...
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The GVH is investigating possible phishing ads on the Google platform
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has initiated competition supervision proceedings against Google. Fraudulent sites misusing the name of MBH Bank may have appeared as paid advertisements in Google’s search engine,...
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Weerts Logistics Park’s investment in eastern Hungary receives BREEAM Excellent rating
The Weerts Logistics Park (WLP) development in Ebeş has been awarded the BREEAM Excellent rating, one of the highest international recognitions for sustainable buildings. The nearly 55,000 square meter logistics...
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Walmart Announces John Furner as President and Chief Executive Officer
Walmart Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has elected John Furner, 51, to succeed Doug McMillon, 59, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart Inc., effective February...
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We spend record amounts during Black Friday sales, wage transparency is more than compliance
Unlike previous years, Black Friday no longer consists of just one day in November, but consumers are bombarded with a series of promotions lasting several days or weeks. However, only...
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Lidl employees received the Grand Prize for Hungarian Commerce
Two Lidl Magyarország employees who have been working for the company for over 20 years have received prestigious professional recognition. Beáta Lampertné Pisch, a store employee at the Lidl store...
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Survey: 98 percent of Hungarians use the cashback system
Hungary is leading the way in the use of the mandatory return system (DRS), according to a recent international study covering 16 countries. The “Global Recycling Habits and Attitudes 2025”...
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