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EBay pledges $100M to help small businesses move online
On Thursday, eBay announced the launch of “Up & Running,” an accelerator program aimed at helping retailers without an e-commerce presence transition to selling online. The e-commerce platform is pledging...
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H-E-B sells meals from local restaurants amid COVID-19 pandemic
With the foodservice sector hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Texas grocer H-E-B is helping out local restaurants by selling their meals in its stores. Under a pilot program, H-E-B...
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Carrefour Italia Rolls Out Pre-Packaged Kits With Essential Goods
Carrefour Italia has introduced a new service that provides free home delivery of pre-packaged kits containing essential food and non-food products. The service, dubbed as ‘Gli Essenziali‘, is available throughout Italy...
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Magazine: Future Store: More visitors than ever before
Trade magazin first built its 150m² Future Store 10 years ago. This year at Sirha Budapest 2020 no less than 25 partners already introduced their products and services on 650m²,...
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RetailZoom: “Does Size Matter?” – how the size of domestic chains influence shopper experience
Since the pandemic, all domestic chains have sky-rocketed in sales. Large store formats (400-1000 m2) became trailblazers meanwhile XL store formats (1000 m2 – 2500 m2) such as Supermarkets and...
Read moreAnalysts: retail could jump in March
The record increase in retail sales in February was driven by the coronavirus epidemic, and this indicator is one of the few to be positively affected. Consumption will certainly continue...
Read moreThis is how MOL fights the coronavirus
In the first days after the start of production, Mol Lub shipped 110,000 liters of Mol Hygi hand and surface disinfectant to various parts of the country to help curb...
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The contracted loan amount reached 2,450 billion HUF within the framework of the Széchenyi Card Program
Within the framework of the Széchenyi Card Program, 408 thousand loan applications were accepted from the beginning of 2002 until the end of March this year, the number of concluded...
Read moreMoneytou helps Viber users reduce cash flow with free transactions
The NeoPay Kft., the provider of the Moneytou payment option operating under the Viber messaging application took over related traffic costs for users until 31 May. The aim of the...
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The euro area is performing at two-thirds
The first data on the frozen eurozone economy has arrived – index wrote. The numbers are quite worrying, with the exception of the pharmaceutical industry, internet service and the food...
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Maci coffee also helps the front line
The Multi-Cikória Ltd. helped healthcare workers with Maci coffee and Maci chocolate coffee in several hospitals, ambulance services and the Red Cross. The company donated nearly 3,000 products worth over...
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Google has posted a change in travel and relocation habits
On Friday, Google released changes in travel and relocation habits in 131 countries around the world caused by official measures to fight against the spread the coronavirus pandemic in March...
Read moreSmaller shops will open after Easter in the neighboring countries
Smaller stores in Austria could open after Easter – Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced at a press conference in Vienna on precautionary measures about the coronavirus situation on Monday. “We have...
Read moreRomanian retail sales increased by 12.5 percent in January and February
According to raw data, the volume of Romanian retail sales increased by 12.5 percent in the first two months of this year, compared to the same period of last year...
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This is how the employees of a store in Madrid party
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the streets of Madrid are also depopulated, with few people moving out of the apartment. A store employee, on the other hand, was thinking of...
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P&G Joins Forces with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Network to Provide Emergency Relief and Serve European Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic
Company will make available an initial 10 million USD in everyday household products, health care services and sanitizers for frontline workers and impacted families. Today the Procter & Gamble Company...
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Doroti Pack Kft. uses robotics to increase the efficiency of partners
Doroti Pack Kft.’s latest innovation is the automatic loading system for DorPack and other packaging machines, a robot that ensures fast and cost-effective product loading for partners in the food...
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Greencore Reports ‘Marked Reduction’ In Food-To-Go Business In UK
Convenience foods firm Greencore has reported a ‘marked reduction’ in demand for its food to go categories in the UK, since the British government escalated measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak...
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Three ways social-distancing could change the future store experience
Over the last few weeks we have seen retailers implement a range of social-distancing initiatives, including floor stickers, plexiglass guards and limiting the number of shoppers in store at any...
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Magazine: Winners of the Innovation Product Competition
On 4 February 2020 – after the opening ceremony of the Sirha Budapest trade fair – the award presentation of the Sirha Budapest Innovation Product Competition took place. Trade magazin...
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POPAI-news: If there is goods, everything is good
POPAI and Shop!* chapters keep in touch and the member organizations are constantly informing each other about the consequences of the virus situation, with particular regard to the development of...
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Nébih: Easter hams are safe, but marking errors have occurred
From the food safety point of view, the Easter hams inspected during the product test of the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) complied with the regulations, but minor quality...
Read moreThe turnover of retail stores increased by 10.9 percent in February,
According to raw data, retail sales in February were 10.9 percent higher and calendar-adjusted 11.3 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Friday....
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What does the extraordinary tax and contribution discount mean?
In order to mitigate the economic impact of an emergency situation caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the Government issued a decree on 18 March providing almost complete individual contribution exemptions...
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SPAR takes over employees from other sectors
SPAR has taken over almost 900 new workers from other sectors in the last two weeks, providing immediate job opportunities in its national network for jobseekers. SPAR attaches great importance...
Read moreThe Weinhaus Kft. has expanded its site and capacity in Bócsa
Weinhaus borászati Kft. has expanded its capacity at its Bócsa site with more than seven hundred million forints with a hall and warehouse, energy development and equipment acquisition, the company’s...
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