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Buda’s largest shopping centre opens with thousands of square metres of green space

Colourful plant covers, ornamental grasses, shrubs and cool shade trees are covering nearly 4,000 square metres at Etele Plaza, which opens in September this year. The façade of Buda’s largest...

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Neutrogena and Old Spice build internal content studios

Experiments like internal studios speak to how marketers are working quickly to devise methods of engaging consumers and growing brand trust that step beyond traditional advertising. As people seek ad-free...

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Fidelity: China resurgence leads the way

During the 2008 global financial crisis, China unleashed a huge stimulus package and was very much deemed to be leading the global economy out of the situation. But that led...

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Electrolux research: we wash clothes as if there was no climate change

Nearly two thirds of Europeans (63%) continue to wash at 40°C or higher, despite over a decade of being encouraged to wash clothes at 30°C or lower, according to a...

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A Rediscovered Forgotten Species Brews Promise For Coffee’s Future

In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades – a plant they say may help secure the future...

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Experts see an increase in the price of meat as inevitable

The rise in feed prices worldwide has put livestock farmers in a difficult position, with rising meat prices inevitable, said representatives of producer organizations and agricultural companies attending the Portfolio’s...

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The job market developed favorably in the first quarter

The job market indicators of the first quarter of 2021 developed favorably, compared to the same period of 2020, but the rising job advertisement numbers of the fourth quarter of...

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All Nestlé packaging materials will be recyclable

100 percent of Nestlé’s packaging materials will be recyclable by 2025 – the company told MTI on Tuesday. From April, the company will launch a limited number of test paper-based...

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Last year, brewing and consumption fell in the Czech Republic

Year-on-year, the volume of beer brewed in the Czech Republic fell by 6.9 percent to 20.1 million hectoliters last year – the Czech Brewing Association announced in Prague on Tuesday....

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Every German resident spent more than a thousand euros less last year

The Germans spent 1250-1750 euros less last year than last year. Citizens withheld their spending mainly on services, according to a report by the IW Institute for Economic Research in...

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Don’t let go of children in need during an epidemic – charity coupons in Tesco stores

Tesco customers can support the Ecumenical Relief Charity’s Cloudless Childhood fundraising campaign by purchasing donation coupons between April 19 and May 16. Tesco will donate the proceeds from the sale...

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Fizzy times

András Palkó, marketing operations manager of Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország told our magazine that buying and consumption habits have changed in the soft drink market due to the pandemic. Still, in...

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Hungarian wine to receive prestigious international award

He won a gold medal at the Eurasian Wine and Distillate Competition (EAWSC) in Moscow, the furmint aszú of the 2013 King of Mád Demetervin Winery. The competition was organized...

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Heineken Aims For Carbon Neutrality By 2040

Heineken has announced its ambition to become carbon neutral by 2040, becoming the first global brewer to set this target. This announcement is the first in a series of refreshed...

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Organic Lager Now Being Brewed with 100% Solar Electricity

Michelob Ultra Pure Gold is now brewed with 100% renewable electricity from solar power. To mark the announcement, the certified-organic lager teamed with Colombian musician Maluma on a new song....

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Colourful, zero-waste packaging made from soap

German designer Jonna Breitenhuber has created a line of zero-waste personal care products that come in unusual packaging — made from soap In light of the millions of tons of...

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Nestlé Launches Dairy Free Milo in Asia

As consumers in Asia are including more dairy alternatives in their diet, Nestlé is launching plant-based versions of some of its most-loved brands in the region. That now includes a...

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Magazine: Yogurts make us healthier!

Last year was an adventurous one for the yogurt category. The high season was just about to start in March, but in the panic-buying that commenced due to the pandemic...

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György Jaksity: ‘In some sense it was us who created this situation’

Why is it a good decision to let the younger generations take leading positions? Are we able to decide rationally, or are we always influenced by our emotions? What kind...

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The Budaörs peach received EU protection

On Monday, the European Commission protected the name Budaörs peach (Budaörsi őszibarack), bringing the number of Hungarian geographical indications protected in the EU to 67. The use of geographical indications...

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New president at the head of the National Association of Hungarian Tobacco Growers

The assembly of the National Association of Hungarian Tobacco Growers (Madosz) elected Kenyeres Sándor the managing director of Nyírségi Dohánytermelői Group Kft. as the president of the organization – the...

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Entry to the Brillante distillery competition has begun

The organizers informed MTI about the Brillante – 2021 international distillery competition, which has been the accompanying event of the Gyula Pálinka Festival for many years. As written in the...

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Freight traffic at the Liszt Ferenc Airport was at a record level in the first quarter

Between January and March, the Liszt Ferenc International Airport handled 39.5 thousand tons of cargo, which is a 19 percent increase, compared to the same period of the previous year...

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MTSZ: Hungarian signatures for European initiative to save bees have been gathered

A sufficient number of 15,750 signatures have been collected from Hungary wthin the Save the bees and farmers! European Citizens’ Initiative – the Hungarian Association of Nature Conservationists told MTI...

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Trademark is the best indicator for being Hungarian-made

According to a 500-respondent representative survey conducted by InnoFood Marketing at the end of January 2021, for 84.2 percent of consumers it is trademarks that help to identify the Hungarian...

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Borsodi Brewery sold less beer, but retained its employees last year

Although the results of the Borsod iBrewery fell short, compared to the extremely successful previous, year, it was able to retain all the company’s employees despite the challenges caused by...

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That’s the way Hungarian women have breakfast

Hungarian women spend less time on breakfast than recommended, and although most people are looking for healthy and delicious breakfasts, “life usually intervenes”, according to a viblance poll, which asked...

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Less impulse buying, but the trends continue

Chocolate, wafer and biscuit sales were affected very much by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Sándor Sánta, president of Hunbisco, the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers, sweets basically disappeared from...

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Climate-neutral refuelling dor OMV-customers on Earth Day

On Earth Day in Hungary, OMV Hungária Kft. provides its customers with climate-neutral refuelling: in this context, the company pays for the total amount of fuel purchased in its network...

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Sydney to create ‘world-class boulevard’

Sydney is to invest $43.5 million converting the city’s downtown retail destination George Street into what it hopes will become a ‘world-class pedestrian boulevard’. New Italian style grocery comes here...

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