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Lidl: reusable bags for fruits and vegetables
Date: 2019-08-20 20:09:14
Lidl has announced that it has introduced reusable net bags for fruits and vegetables in all its 119 stores across Denmark. The initiative is expected to cut the consumption of...
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JusteBio products sold in Auchan stores in Portugal
Date: 2019-08-20 20:05:50
French organic retailer JusteBio has announced that its products will be available in Auchan hypermarkets in Portugal. JusteBio entered Portugal in 2018, operating its own flagship store in Lisbon, where...
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FrieslandCampina to increase the number of GMO-free milk suppliers
Date: 2019-08-20 20:03:11
FrieslandCampina has announced plans to increase the number of dairy farms supplying VLOG milk from 400 to more than 600. The decision follows a surge in demand in the German...
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App-based payment in 30 Co-op UK stores
Date: 2019-08-20 20:00:23
British convenience retailer Co-op is to extend the trial of its app-based pay-in-aisle technology: 30 stores are planned to be enabled for shoppers to scan and pay with their mobile phones by...
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Carrefour opens ‘bee hotels’ in Poland
Date: 2019-08-20 19:57:48
Carrefour Polska has opened its first bee hotels in Wroclaw. The bee shelters are placed on the roof of its hypermarket. Initiated in association with the company Pszczelarz Kozacki, the...
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Tesco to reduce the size of Polish hypermarkets
Date: 2019-08-20 19:53:28
According to media reports, Tesco is planning to downsize its hypermarkets in Poland to so called ‘compact hypermarkets’. Tesco is making this move due to the strong performance of its...
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Ecommerce Hungary programmes in the autumn
Date: 2019-08-20 19:47:09
Free participation for Ecommerce Hungary members! 26 September 2019: ECOMMERCE Online Marketing Meetup: Participants will discuss how to build an advertising portfolio that reaches the right target group and...
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Few fake websites in Hungary
Date: 2019-08-20 14:44:37
Ecommerce Foundation has published the results of a survey that was conducted via Scamadviser.com, a website that helps more than 2.5 million users every month to check whether a website...
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Strong customer authentication’s start won’t be trouble-free
Date: 2019-08-20 14:44:34
The date is approaching fast: on 14 September strong customer authentication (SCA) rules will enter into force in Hungary. It can already be seen that the system’s launch won’t be...
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Instant payment – later
Date: 2019-08-20 14:44:31
On 28 May 2019 the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) postponed the introduction of the instant payment system in Hungary, the new date is now 2 March 2020. MNB decided...
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Comfort matters more to consumers than protecting the environment?
Date: 2019-08-20 14:41:37
A 1000-respondent representative online survey by NMS Hungary has revealed that environmental protection is important for 67 percent of Hungarians. At the same time, the concept of sustainability and sustainable development...
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Traditional Hungarian cottage cheese ‘rögös túró’ gets EU designation
Date: 2019-08-20 14:32:35
The Milk Interbranch Organisation and Dairy Board has announced that the European Commission granted the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (TSG) label to ‘rögös túró’, a special cottage cheese made in Hungary....
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New BAT factory in Pécs
Date: 2019-08-20 14:19:30
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó was also present when British American Tobacco (BAT) opened their new production plant in Pécs. The new factory was built from more...
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Cif ecorefill: smaller burden on the environment
Date: 2019-08-20 14:16:07
Unilever has launched Cif ecorefill in the United Kingdom, a new packaging format that puts a much smaller burden on the environment. The ecorefill contains a 10 times concentrated formula,...
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Another first from Lidl: Organic bakery items baked in-store
Date: 2019-08-20 14:09:52
Lidl Hungary is the first grocery retailer in Hungary to sell organic baked goods made in-store. The six new organic bakery items – baguettes, rolls, breads, etc. – are made...
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GVH gives green light to Media Markt and Tesco in Győr too
Date: 2019-08-20 14:09:50
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has granted Media Markt permission to take over the electronics department of the Tesco hypermarket in Győr. In an earlier procedure GVH has already authorised...
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7.7 million forints donated to Food Bank
Date: 2019-08-20 13:58:02
Thanks to the shoppers, Tesco and Mars collected HUF 7.7 million for the Hungarian Food Bank Association between 16 and 30 May. Shoppers could help by buying the designated Mars...
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Isobar Budapest’s new business development director
Date: 2019-08-20 13:54:01
Since August 2019 János Arany has been the regional business development director of Isobar Budapest (Dentsu Aegis group). His arrival marks the start of a new era for the company,...
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Cif announces winners
Date: 2019-08-20 12:56:10
Cif’s global campaign for a cleaner world arrived in Hungary this spring. First they cleaned the station building of the MÁV Children’s Railway in Hűvösvölgy, and later playgrounds, schools and...
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Dreher is brewing experiences
Date: 2019-08-20 12:03:10
Dreher Breweries is 165 years old this year. Our magazine interviewed CEO Gábor Békefi on this occasion. What would you like to highlight from the company’s successful history? – What...
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Five impulse buying strategies
Date: 2019-08-20 10:25:25
In March American marketing specialist Katie Kochelek published an article on the Shop! website. The topic was 5 strategies that can be used to motivate shoppers for impulse buying. 1....
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More spectacular shop windows make shoppers more loyal
Date: 2019-08-20 10:17:41
According to a recent study by Shop!, the shop window can be one of the best opportunities for a store and a brand to sell themselves instantly. In the offline...
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POPAI Hungary celebrates another victory
Date: 2019-08-20 10:02:13
On 26 June the winners received the Shop! Global Awards of the international trade associations POPAI and Shop!, at the international trade exhibition GlobalShop in Chicago. Winners were announced in...
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Magazine: The 3rd GREEN BRANDS Academy: What makes a brand green?
Date: 2019-08-20 07:56:46
At the 3rd GREEN BRANDS Academy on 5 June the speakers agreed: ecological operations make a brand green, but it is also crucial to inform the public – in a...
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Magazine: Profi, the local superstar can become the market leader in Romania
Date: 2019-08-19 07:48:38
The experts of LZ Retailytics forecast that by 2023 the Profi chain will be the market leading FMCG retailer in Romania. They say this mainly has to do with the fact...
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Opten: Hungarian fish farming has started to grow
Date: 2019-08-16 11:30:20
Following the downturn in 2017, the number of fishing and fish farming businesses has increased as the main activity started to grow last year, while the sector’s total net sales...
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(HU) Mindenki vitte a Szigeten a Drehert
Date: 2019-08-16 11:29:45
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Chamber of Agriculture: there will be poor apple harvest and strong demand
Date: 2019-08-16 11:25:15
Hungarian apple growers expect strong demand, as this year’s harvest is expected to be lower than the 600-650 thousand-tonne multiannual average. It will be about 450-500 thousand tonnes – the...
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AM: summer cereal and rape harvest is over
Date: 2019-08-16 11:20:58
Harvesting of summer crops has been completed, and despite the harsh weather, Hungary will be adequately secured in the 2019/2020 season – the Ministry of Agriculture (MTI) announced on Thursday....
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The Farmer Expo was opened in Debrecen
Date: 2019-08-16 11:18:29
With the participation of three hundred exhibitors, the largest agricultural and food trade fair in Eastern Hungary, the Farmer Expo was opened in Debrecen. At an exhibition on the university’s...
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