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Euro area and EU GDP declined in the first quarter
In the first quarter of this year the gross domestic product of the euro area decreased compared to the previous quarter, the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat reported on Tuesday....
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Walmart maintains growth with online sales up 37%
COVID-19’s unprecedented impact on Walmart’s growth last year was tough to beat, but the retailer continues to report robust first quarter growth with e-commerce sales up 37%, market share gains in grocery...
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Research by Reacty: A year in the life of e-commerce
We ordered online more often in the past year, we paid cashlessly, we had it delivered by courier and the most popular category was clothing, but there was also a...
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The Dreher Beer Museum exhibition will be open again from June
On the first day of summer, the Dreher Beer Museum, one of the country’s most important brewery collections, reopens. The iconic pieces of the exhibition are already ready for departure...
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There’s a huge increase in GDP in Hungary, as if there was no covid!
In the first quarter of 2021, the performance of the Hungarian economy (seasonally and calendar-adjusted) was 1.9% higher than the previous quarter. This is a huge surprise, as it was...
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You have to take an unusual business move to bring you success
Why does a meat company make a vegan product and make you cold cuts? What is a European juice producer doing in the Brazilian jungle and a brewery giant in...
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Lidl Plus, Lidl’s unique innovation, has arrived
Lidl Plus, Lidl’s unique digital loyalty Hungary, is launched. The handy and easy-to-use mobile app not only gives shoppers extra shopping benefits and discounts, but also includes many useful features...
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We spent 1 trillion HUF in foreign webshops
There may be 14,468 Hungarian webshops, according to an MNB data. In 2020, we bought them 113 million times and spent more than 1.5 trillion forints on them. But we...
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Spar customers donated nearly 16,000 kilograms of dry food to pets
The two-day pet food collection operation organised by the National Animal Protection Foundation Hungary SPAR has been successfully completed. On 15-16 May 2021, the “Paw in Trouble” initiative in INTERSPAR...
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Staff uniforms made from recycled plastic bottles
The UK shopping centre’s first uniform order kept nearly 5,000 bottles out of landfill One of the UK’s major shopping destinations, Gateshead’s Metrocentre, has recently introduced new staff uniform suits,...
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Outdoor fun
What will this year’s barbecue season be like? Well, this time it not only depends on the weather, but also on the pandemic situation. Gábor Zab, domestic sales director of...
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(HU) Kaméleon-módszerrel szűrik ki a romlott haltermékeket
Német és kínai tudósok olyan anyagot alkottak, amely a kaméleon bőrét utánozva színváltozással jelzi, mennyire friss egy adott haltermék. Az okos csomagolás és –technológia, amely képes az ételromlást megállapítani...
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Magazine: Milk-like flavours with or without milk
Last year the market of plant-based drinks expanded dynamically in both value and volume. According to András Palkó, marketing operations manager of Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország, shoppers are increasingly conscious in...
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Promotional television commercials from a neuromarketing perspective
There is fierce competition between brands and service providers, and companies have great influence on the decisions of consumers. It isn’t an easy job to conquer the hearts of consumers,...
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Károly Gerendai: ‘I like to create, make plans and build’
Károly Gerendai told Szilvia Krizsó in the latest episode of the Future Talks podcast series that he had to do crisis management with his restaurants and other enterprises during the...
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Exciting 15 months from a market researcher’s perspective
On 15 April Trade Marketing Club (TMC) organised its popular market researchers meeting online. This year 145 participants registered for the free event. Zsuzsanna Hermann, one of the club’s founders...
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Shop! Global Awards award ceremony
At the end of April an online award ceremony was organised to present the Shop! Awards, the OMA awards to the winner of the North American POP competition and the...
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ZEWA Tringle is the Hungarian student champion
Dávid Gál’s Zewa Tringle display proved to be the best in the Student Design category of the Shop! Global Awards in 2020. The Hungarian leg of the contest was organised...
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Essity focuses on sustainability
At the May meeting of POPAI Hungary Réka Nagy, customer marketing manager of Essity Hungary introduced the international, regional and Hungarian sustainability efforts of the company. In the spirit of...
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News in brief
Edeka and Intermarché have left European purchasing alliance AgeCore, where they used to have a combined share of 60 percent. British frozen product specialist Iceland has launched a new store format, called Swift, which they...
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No trade show in May, but a green light for December
Normally the Private Label Manufacturers Association organises the ‘World of Private Label’ trade show in May. Because of the pandemic this year’s event will take place on 14-15 December, in...
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In April GKI’s business confidence index neared the pre-recession level
GKI’s business confidence index got close to the last March level in April 2021 There has never been this big a surge from one month to another as this April....
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Increasing cereal prices
According to the data of AKI PÁIR, in Hungary the producer price of milling wheat (excluding VAT and transport costs) was HUF 74.6 thousand per tonne (+29 percent), feed wheat’s...
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The Kométa by-product processing plant was handed over
The by-product processing plant of the Italian family-owned Kométa 99′ Zrt., Built for 1.4 billion HUF, was handed over in Kaposvár on Monday. Giacomo Pedranzini, Managing Director of Kométa 99...
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AM: one can also apply for support for crop storage, dryers and cleaners
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) is announcing a tender for the support of crop storers, dryers and cleaners with a budget of 50 billion HUF within the framework of the...
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In March, producer prices for vegetable products increased and producer prices for meat products decreased in Germany
Producer prices for plant-based food products rose in March due to high demand, while meat prices fell in Germany, according to a report released on Monday by Destatis, the federal...
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Harrods celebrates 150 years of chocolate
Harrods celebrates 150 years of chocolate with the opening of the much-anticipated Chocolate Hall; concluding the final chapter of the four-year restoration of the Food Halls in Harrods’ Knightsbridge store. The...
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Blokkk.com: several stores had to close during the pandemic
Can’t find your favorite store? It may have closed: In 2020, the shutters of 3,744 stores were permanently closed. And maybe there were people who waited until Christmas to see...
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Pentecost can give a boost to trade
Before the long weekends and holidays, the traffic in the shops usually picks up, but this year’s Pentecostal traffic can be strengthened mainly by the gradual easing of protection measures...
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