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Walmart testing a new mobile checkout service
Walmart has started testing ‘Check Out With Me’, a new service designed to save customers time. In the lawn and garden centres of more than 350 US stores, members of...
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Moody’s forecasts major growth for Aldi and Lidl
Aldi and Lidl, the two German discount store giants will increase their market shares and profits faster than most of their competitors – predicts the Moody’s Investors Service report. Their...
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Asda–Sainsbury’s merger
The merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda (a supermarket chain owned by Walmart UK) will establish the biggest retail chain of the United Kingdom. The two companies will keep their names...
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Amazon also delivers inside the customer’s car
Amazon Prime users can now also ask for in-car delivery, via the Amazon Key service. At the moment this service is available in 37 US cities. Amazon’s delivery people get...
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Retargeting.biz strengthens presence in e-commerce
Romania-based online retailer and marketing specialist Retargeting.bit is introducing their new solution to the markets of Central Europe, which makes the Google, Facebook and Instagram applications available to partners via...
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Tiszafüred: infrastructural development of the marketplace
The municipality of Tiszafüred invests HUF 186 million in the technological development of the local marketplace. Non-refundable EU money is used to build a 270m² indoor selling space. //...
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István Nagy wants further whitening in agriculture
Minister of Agriculture designate István Nagy told at his hearing that the main tasks in agriculture are reducing the workforce shortage, whitening the sector further, increasing the size of land...
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Food product tracking roadshow continues this autumn
From April 2018 until autumn food companies have the chance to learn about the tracking of food products. The Ministry of Agriculture and GS1 Hungary set up the National Food Tracking...
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Added value matters
Kaposvár-based meat company Kométa ’99 Zrt. manufactures artisan-quality products at industrial level. In 2017 their sales reached HUF 43 billion. In the last 10 years the company invested HUF 8 billion in development. Products...
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Sága’s renewal
Sága Foods Zrt. has given products a brand new packaging and logo – told Zsolt Keleti, CEO of the Sárvár-based company. This step forms part of the innovation and marketing strategy implemented...
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Boyden group’s new partner
Judit Szalókyné Tóth has joined the Hungarian office of Boyden Executive Search and Boyden’s global Consumer and Retail Practice Group as a partner. Ms Szalókyné Tóth has been working as a...
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Takács Géza remained the chairman of the Seed Alliance
Takács Géza remained the chairman of the Seed Alliance Interprofessional Organization and Product Board. Takács Géza started his career in 1974 at the seed plant of the Research Institute in...
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The message from Óvár: constant cheese quality
From the summer Óvártej Zrt.’s new production hall will ensure the constant good quality of products. Carlo Volpe, the CEO of the Mosonmagyaróvár-based cheese producer told: the new unit will have...
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More than 8,000 sweets packs for children in need
This May the Hungarian Food Bank Association compiled more than 8,000 packs from sweets and other delicacies, which were distributed among children at various Children’s Day events via partner organisations. The...
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L’Oréal’s sustainability programme goes well
L’Oréal has published its annual sustainability report. The results of the ‘Sharing Beauty with All’ programme show that significant progress has been made in the domains of sustainable innovation and the...
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Pöttyös birthday prize game starts
On 7 May the prize game of the 50-year-old dairy snack Pöttyös started and it will last until 15 July. In ‘Every 5th product wins or contains a code to play!’...
Read moreAccenture creating AI tools that lighten your workload
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are beginning to make business processes more efficient. As the Equifax breach demonstrated, companies working with sensitive data are increasing targets for cyberattacks. To combat...
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New Sprite zero cucumber already in shops
Coca-Cola Hungary has prepared for the hot summer days with a new, refreshing flavour: Sprite zero cucumber contains no sugar. The product can already be found on store shelves all over...
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P&G’s volunteers help to build a home
Habitat for Humanity and P&G Hungary are building a new home for a family with four children, which has spent months in a shelter. P&G takes part in Habitat for Humanity’s...
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New products in the Caola portfolio
As of April Caola Zrt. is the exclusive Hungarian distributor of the products of London-based company Freestyle Cosmetics Ltd. The British company’s products are present in 28 countries. Caola’s sales and marketing...
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Auchan’s new logistics centre almost ready
The construction of the Goodman–Auchan building complex reached its highest point. GSE Hungária Kft. is building Hungary’s biggest logistics centre in Üllő: the complex will be 87,200m² large, with 20,000m² of warehouse...
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Developing markets are the engine of Henkel’s growth
In the first quarter of 2018 Henkel’s sales revenue reached EUR 4,835 million. Organic sales growth was 1.1 percent. The performance of the Adhesive Technologies business area was the strongest, with a...
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Changes in the Ministry of Agriculture
Dr István Nagy has been appointed the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Mr Nagy will replace Sándor Fazekas in the ministerial seat. The new minister has been a member of...
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What challenges do modern filling stations need to face?
Having realised the changing face of customers needs, Shell will modernise the majority of their Hungarian petrol stations by 2020. Introducing the ‘deli by Shell’ brand also forms part of the...
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Billa opens 10 new stores in Bulgaria
Austrian supermarket chain Billa employs 4,500 people in Bulgaria. They plan to open 10 new supermarkets in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. The chain expects a 9-10 percent sales increase from...
Read moreMcDonald’s: the first quarter surpassed expectations
Both sales revenue and profit were higher for McDonald’s in the first quarter of 2018 than analysts had expected. This result is even better in the light of the fact...
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Lidl’s expansion continues
German group Schwarz Gruppe, to which Lidl and Kaufland also belong, calculates with EUR 100-billion sales revenue and continues its expansion policy. In 2018 they plan to open 300-350 new...
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Carrefour introduces the blockchain technology in Europe
Launching the blockchain technology is an integral part of the retail chain’s restructuring plan, ‘Carrefour2022’. Blockchain is a secure digital database that can’t be falsified, in which all information sent...
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Nestlé – Starbucks cooperation
Swiss food giant Nestlé is paying USD 7.15 billion to Starbucks for the rights to sell their products worldwide. Among other products, Nestlé will sell Starbucks coffee capsules and instant...
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AI-driven promotion from Auchan
Auchan, in conjunction with UntieNots, will soon launch a personalised promotion that will use artificial intelligence (AI) technology. To enable it, loyalty card holders first have to take part in...
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