Featured
Pockets rattling with change
Tünde Turcsán, managing director of CPS GfK-YouGov gave a presentation at this year’s Business Days conference of Trade magazin. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11 Consumer...
Read more
We can be cautiously optimistic
Dr Ákos Kozák, co-founder of the Equilibrium Institute gave a presentation at this year’s Business Day, titled “The Promised Land: a report on the Hungarian economy”. This article is available...
Read more
Supplier and buyer goals align, but challenges and plans vary by channel – We were learning together (Business Days 2024 Part 1)
From Tuesday the students of the FMCG Open University had the chance to dive into the science of retail trade. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11...
Read more
Challenges of the HoReCa market do not disappear, they only change – We were learning together (Business Days 2024 Part 1)
Almost 1,100 “students” enrolled at the FMCG Open University, to learn from the best professors from different departments of the FMCG sector at the Trade Campus, in Hotel Pelion in...
Read more
With moderate optimism
Ákos Bősze, HoReCa business development executive of METRO presented the results of the wholesaler’s 1,000-respdonent survey at the Business Days conference. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin...
Read more
Value for money reigns, but we would spend more if…
At the Business Days conference Anita Mekler, a PwC Magyarország partner shared the results of the “Voice of the Consumer” study. This global survey – for the first time –...
Read more
Premium FMCG products starting to sell in tobacco shops
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11 There was a scissors effect in the relative value sales growth of domestic retail chains and tobacco shops in 2022,...
Read more
Selective shopping is the new way to control disposable income
Andreas Christou was one of the presenters at Trade magazin’s Business Days conference this year, speaking about the performance of domestic chains. This article is available for reading in Trade...
Read more
Race against time
With the rise of e-commerce, there are great changes taking place in the freight transport industry, especially for logistics companies. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10...
Read more
Main rules for selling food online
Online trading is subject to registration with the notary of the municipality. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 In the case of selling food and drinks,...
Read more
Smaller footprint, bigger impact
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 Natural solutions According to Anna Keinänen, market intelligence manager of Metsä Board, e-commerce had already been growing fast before Covid...
Read more
New players, new strategies
According to the GKID’s first report for 2024, although the economic situation has improved somewhat, people remain cautious and consumption hasn’t increased significantly. This article is available for reading in...
Read more
Offline and online – hand in hand
Modern consumers increasingly expect the harmonisation of online and offline channels: they want fast, convenient and personalised shopping options. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 Domestic...
Read more
In 2024 the growth of Hungarian e-commerce is already driven by import
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 When we talk about the “Hungarian e-commerce market”, it is important to add what we mean by “market”. A few...
Read more
Gift sets: the stars of Christmas
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/8-9 Péter Tóth, trade marketing manager of L’Oréal Magyarország says consumers are largely influenced by prices and discounts, primarily because of...
Read more
The end of the year is likely to taste well
Volume sales of spices are stable. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/8-9 “Consumers are responding to the growing challenges by restructuring and choosing carefully where to...
Read more
Traditions and trends
In the Christmas period there is a great opportunity for manufacturers and distributors to introduce new products and make existing ones more attractive through promotions and special packaging – and...
Read more
Sweet future with cocoa – or without it
On 4 July the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers hosted a press event in the Mozart Hall of Novotel Budapest City & Budapest Congress Centre. This article is available for...
Read more
Boosted by cocoa
Although the food inflation in Hungary has eased by now, the global cocoa market is still demand-driven. This predicts that the end-of-year festive season’s star sweets, Santa Claus figures, Christmas...
Read more
This Christmas shoppers will be using technology to hunt for the best deals
In the 2023 Christmas season online sales are estimated to have reached USD 1.17tn globally, a 3% increase from the previous year. This article is available for reading in Trade...
Read more
Supporting the sense of responsibility in players overrides profit expectations!
Our magazine sat down for a chat with Zsófia Bánhegyi, chief commercial officer of Szerencsejáték Zrt. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/6-7 – Szerencsejáték Zrt. underwent great...
Read more
Realising what has been planned
Imre Nemes has been the president of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) for almost a year, and our magazine asked him about experiences, results, priority projects and plans...
Read more
Bringing industry players together is crucial
Our magazine has interviewed Balázs Győrffy, president of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK). This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/6-7 – NAK is the main umbrella organisation...
Read more
A good day to die hard
Perhaps the least interesting question is what actually happened in 2023. Business as usual, you could say, since Covid abnormal is the “new normal” – we will get through this...
Read more
Tamás Éder: “Tackling extra burdens is the most important task in the next period”
In the food industry the need to improve efficiency is becoming more and more important, but reducing the EPR fee is also a priority. Tamás Éder, president of the Federation...
Read more
Katalin Neubauer: “Continuity and active market presence are essential for successful retail work”
In 2023 the biggest challenge for the Hungarian retail sector was high inflation, which significantly reduced purchasing power, opines Katalin Neubauer, secretary general of the Hungarian National Trade Association (MNKSZ)....
Read more
Representing interests – irrespective of company size
In the following interview Dr Tamás Kozák, secretary general of the National Trade Association (OKSZ) analyses the biggest challenges and successes of the Hungarian retail trade sector in 2023. This...
Read more
Everyone should have their own Tesco!
In spite of the record inflation and growing burdens, Tesco has achieved great results in many areas in 2023, said Zsolt Pálinkás, CEO of Tesco Magyarország. “Our biggest success story...
Read more
No surprises? Yes, there are!
At first glance not much has changed in the top 10 since last year, but a closer look at the numbers will reveal a thing or two… This article is...
Read more
Dr Beáta Olga Felkai: “One of the Hungarian presidency’s priority topics will be the fight against food loss and waste”
Dr Beáta Olga Felkai, deputy state secretary for food chain supervision and trade policy at the Ministry of Agriculture has given us an insight into the challenges, government responses and...
Read more
