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Magazine: Tasks and sharing
What I saw in the Future Store at the Sirha trade show made a great impression on me. The progressive technological solutions presented there aim to serve the purpose of...
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Environmental protection and digitalisation are the greatest challenges
Between 13 and 15 November 2019 the Hungarian Cosmetics and Household Chemicals Association (KOZMOS) organised its annual conference. Our magazine interviewed István Murányi, general secretary of KOZMOS. How long does...
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Magazine: The message of urgency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has recently published a report, according to which the EU won’t be able to meet the majority of its own environmental objectives in 2020. Ester...
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In a storm of changes: Food trends in 2020
Grocery stores need to invest and develop faster than they would like to if they want to keep up with consumption changes and their competitors. However, this situation seems to...
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Magazine: Consumption trends in 2020
A study by Euromonitor International analyses the 10 trends with the biggest influence on the FMCG sector. As regards consumption habits, the two main themes in 2020 are likely to...
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Magazine: Changing market environment and new trends in FMCG retail
Efficiency creates a competitive advantage for retailers, with the focus shifting to flexible supply systems, third-party home delivery and international purchasing cooperations. Experience and self-expression are becoming more important for...
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Food-to-go trends in 2020
IGD has defined five main directions in the 2020 food-to-go trends: 1. adapting to changing consumption trends, 2. healthy food, 3. sustainability, 4. time- and money-saving solutions in shopping, 5....
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Magazine: Year of the Rat
Our traditional trend analysis at the beginning of the year makes an attempt at systematising the large volume of information available on food in 2020, the Year of the Rat...
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Pek-Snack: Special portfolio, high quality products
Pek-Snack Kft.’s new managing director talked to our magazine about the company’s plans. You were appointed managing director of Pek-Snack after working for multinational companies for more than 25 years....
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Magazine: The world economy in 2020
Euromonitor International’s Global Economy in 2020 study reveals that forecasts downgraded the global GDP’s annual growth to 2.9 percent for 2019 and 3.1 percent for 2020. Emerging and developing economies...
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Nespresso: At home in the television show Mokka
Mokka, a morning television show on TV2 has been the market leader for years (Source: Nielsen Audience Measurement). In this programme, experts talk about the most important topics of the...
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Shell enters the e-mobility sector in Hungary
The transportation sector is responsible for 30 percent of the world’s energy use. Shell is investing in low-carbon fuels and e-mobility to help reach the climate goals agreed on in...
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Magazine: Waiting for a breakthrough
In Hungary online FMCG sales are way below the international average. Online FMCG retail started in 1998-1999 in Hungary and shoppers could only choose from the product selection of a...
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Comfort or protection?
The ideal situation is if the question above doesn’t have to be asked when discussing workwear. All kinds of work clothing should be in accordance with the given season, take...
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A 25-year success story: INTERSPAR celebrates a quarter of a century in Hungary
SPAR has played a pioneering role in establishing the hypermarket format in Hungary. It was 25 years ago that the first Hungarian INTERSPAR store opened in Győr. Today there are...
Read moreAsia: The epicentre of innovation
A study by Lux Research claims that China, Japan and South Korea spent USD 613 billion on research and development in 2018; with this combined budget these countries finished 2nd,...
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2+2 instead of 11+10
On 15 February a new register of trades entered into force. This document lists 174 vocations in 25 sectors. There are 3 vocations named for retail trade: shop assistant (3...
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Strong competition in recruiting workers
The experts of GKI Digital noticed a paradigm shift in the competition of FMCG retailers for shoppers. At the same time, supermarkets and discount stores located close to where people...
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Less luxury, more health?
In an 821-respondent representative survey, NMS Hungary was trying to find out what Hungarians are expecting from the year ahead of us, and how their expectations can influence their shopping...
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Advertising expenditure is likely to grow both in Hungary and at world level this year
According to a 59-country annual forecast by Dentsu Aegis Network, global expenditure on advertising will be worth USD 615.4 billion in 2020, which is 3.9 percent more than last year....
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Retail trade 2020: Revolutionary changes
A forecast by IGD has identified 10 areas that grocery retailers need to focus on if they want to be successful online. These are the following: understanding shoppers, integrating omnichannel...
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Shoppers could use more time
In December 2019 new online supermarket Kifli.hu conducted a representative survey among Hungarian internet users. This revealed that 50 percent of Hungarian consumers visit grocery stores or specialist food shops...
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Blockchain: A safe supply chain
According to a report by the World Economic Forum, 2020 will be the year of blockchain’s breakthrough if the governments and central banks pay enough attention to this technology. The...
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Retail chains and their followers
Ynsight Research and Silberstein & Partners set up a research team to study consumer opinion about FMCG retailers in social media and on the internet in general. They used the...
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Retail trade in Germany: Vacancies and few applicants
No less than 50,000 jobs are unfilled at Germany’s 50 biggest retail companies. In order to help them recruit new workers more successfully, Cologne-based EHI Retail Institute surveyed the human...
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Which way is the labour market going?
Seemingly the situation didn’t change: 1. In Hungary 50,000 more people retire per year than the number of workers entering the labour market. 2. Western Europe is also increasing salaries...
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Sirha Budapest 2020: The biggest Hungarian celebration of everything food
Our magazine asked Klára Tihanyi, exhibition director of Sirha Budapest 2020 about the food, baking and confectionery, HoReCa, packaging and gastronomy trade fair. ‘In 2018 about 300 exhibitors from 17...
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Magazine: The Trade Parliament was in session (Part 1)
This year our magazine organised the Business Days conference in Tapolca under the name Trade Parliament, between 16 and 20 September. A record-breaking 750 FMCG experts and decision-makers came to learn...
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Magazine: Tasty holidays!
Market players in the spice category are preparing for the end-of-year holiday season with great fervour. This is the time of the year when families diverge from the routine dishes eaten...
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