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FBI: Social, search platforms linking consumers to fraud sites
Fraudsters are pulling off e-commerce scams using popular social media platforms and search engines. According to a new bulletin from the FBI, an increasing number of consumers have not received...
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Amazon Starts Preparations To Launch In Sweden
Amazon.com Inc has started preparations to launch in Sweden, marking its first step to establish a local presence in a Nordic country. Swedish customers can already shop on Amazon through...
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Mercadona To Buy 850 Tonnes Of Local Figs In 2020
Spanish retailer Mercadona has announced that it is to buy 850 tonnes of figs from local producers in 2020. This is 30% more than the 650 tonnes of fresh figs...
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Magazine: So far surviving has been the goal, now the objective is restarting
Our magazine interviewed Katalin Neubauer, secretary general of the Hungarian National Trade Association (MNKSZ) about the state of play in retail trade and the influence of the coronavirus pandemic. How...
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Eggs are getting more expensive
The price of packing eggs in Hungary increased by more than 12 percent to 27.1 HUF per piece in the first twenty-eight weeks of 2020, compared to the average price...
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From now we can also buy online from Auchan all over the country
From August 3, you can buy from the Auchan online store all over Hungary, and the company will deliver the ordered products anywhere in just one day. With this move,...
Read moreMondelez Hungary participates in the sustainable wheat production program
Hungary participates in the Mondelez International sustainable wheat production program. The Harmony wheat grown in this way was harvested in Hungary for the first time at the end of July....
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Conscious customers will benefit from the new feature of the Rossmann webshop
Rossmann Online Drugstore now offers a new feature to customers interested in conscious shopping: 22 new product rating categories have been created, which can already be found in the descriptions...
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The Media Union Foundation’s social campaign to reduce food waste is launched
In Hungary, 68 kg of food per person goes to the bins every year, and more than half of the food waste comes from households. In order to reduce these...
Read moreThe harvest was completed in Békés county
Autumn barley harvest became better than expected in Békés County, despite the very unfavorable spring weather, but the autumn rapeseed produced the weakest harvest in recent years, the secretary of...
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(HU) Elindult a StarStore 2020 Közönségdíj verseny – Szavazzon kedvenc üzletére a Trade magazin oldalán!
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The little joys of our lives, or what makes Hungarians happy
A relatively new trend in psychology is positive psychology, which, true to its name, explores the paths and methods that lead to happiness and fulfillment. Generally speaking, both happiness and...
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AM Secretary of State: they would like to increase the desire to keep sheep and goats with support
The Lamb Days promoting lamb will take place on August 7-8, the Gastronomic Cultural Union Cluster will be formed with agricultural and tourism participants, and sheep farmers will be able...
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Gamified promotion to boost foot traffic
PetSmart the pet supplies, accessories and products retailer is campaigning on Snapchat using a quiz promoting reptiles and using an augmented reality (AR) lens. One of the principal features...
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Let’s package the world in green materials!
Degradable and compostable BIO plastic can be the solution to environmental problems – says Izabella Bauer, sales manager of BS Plastic™. Why are packaging materials essential in today’s busy pace...
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The number of employees in larger stores fell by 22,000
And there were 17,000 fewer shop assistants in stores in May – blokkk.com wrote. May was the lowest point in the number of people in the stores. The number of...
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Tesco helps to fill two thousand school bags
Tesco customers can support the Ecumenical Relief Organization ‘School Start Together’ fundraising campaign by purchasing donation coupons between August 3 and September 6. The customers can buy 250 HUF coupons...
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The Kecskeméti Konzerv Kft. has expanded its production capacity
The Kecskeméti Konzerv Kft.h expanded its capacity with equipment, IT tools and software in avalue of more than eight hundred million forints – the managing director of the company told...
Read moreHEPA: export promotion program will be launched to support SMEs entering foreign markets
An export incentive program will be launched to support the entry of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) into foreign markets, after HEPA (Hungarian Export Promotion Agency) Hungarian Export Development Agency...
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Hedonist survivors or family homeowners
A special age group belongs to today’s 30s: they are the generation of the digital transition. The last to have a childhood in the analog, offline world, but their memories...
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The Farmer Expo will be held in Debrecen with fewer exhibitors
With fewer exhibitors and smaller built fairgrounds, but the Farmer Expo will be held in Debrecen between 18 and 21 August at the campus of the university in Böszörményi út...
Read moreMLBKT: The Purchasing Managers’ Index rose in July
The seasonally adjusted value of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in July was 50.8, which shows that respondents reported more favorable developments compared to the previous month, after a four-month...
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The British oil company sells complete kitchens
A British oil company put kitchen and restaurant equipment, refrigerators and numerous special, colorful office equipment up for auction in Hungary due to a move. The list of hundreds of...
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Euro area inflation rose in July
Euro area inflation rose more than expected in July, according to preliminary data from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office. In July, when disease control measures in Europe were largely...
Read moreGDP: fell significantly in the EU and the euro area in the second quarter
In the euro area, gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 12.1 percent and in the EU as a whole by 11.9 percent in the second quarter, compared to the previous...
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Design revamp of the iconic American QSR
Vivid lights, digital displays, mobile ordering, quick, contactless ordering and payment – redesigned visuals and experience at Sonic drive-in. The classic roller skates waiters stay on place. On the Insights...
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Mineral waters going greener
According to András Palkó, marketing operations manager of Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország, mineral water volume sales were up 4.6 percent in 2019 and value sales augmented by 7.2 percent in the...
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Appeninn Plc.: 9.8 billion HUF loan agreement for the development of a five-star hotel in Szántód
Szántód Balaland Family Ingatlanfejlesztő Kft., which is indirectly owned by Appeninn Vagyonkezelő Holding Nyrt. signed a 9.84 billion HUF long-term investment credit facility agreement with the International Investment Bank to...
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After the crisis – a moment of opportunity
Now that most of us have probably left the instant crisis management phase behind and are heading in the direction of settling into the ‘new normal’, we can start realising...
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Face masks no friend to facial recognition systems
Even the top facial recognition system gets it wrong nearly half of the time when identifying a person wearing a facial mask. That’s the prime finding a U.S. federal study...
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