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Kroger and Walgreens stop selling e-cigarettes
Date: 2019-10-20 13:51:01

Kroger Co and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc have announced they stop selling e-cigarettes at their stores, as there is heightened regulatory scrutiny of the product, following reports of lung disease...

Gousto to create 700 new jobs in the UK in 3 years
Date: 2019-10-20 13:50:59

British online recipe box company Gousto will add more than 700 jobs over the next 3 years, as there is growing demand for food services that send precise ingredients for recipes directly...

New beauty concept by Carrefour
Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:12

Carrefour has opened the first in its new chain of beauty stores, Sources. The new store is located in Le Marais, Paris. To support the new concept, the retailer has...

Walmart’s Sam’s Club offers healthcare services
Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:10

The Sam’s Club business line of Walmart has teamed up with Huma and 98point6 to launch the ‘Care Accelerator’ programme, which offers a series of healthcare plans to members. The...

Walgreens starts on-demand delivery service
Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:07

Walgreens has joined forces with delivery company Postmates, to launch a new on-demand delivery service to shoppers in New York. Orders can be placed via the Postmates website or mobile...

FrieslandCampina and United Dairymen of Arizona enter into partnership
Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:54

FrieslandCampina has announced a partnership with American dairy cooperative United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA). With this step the objective is to increase the production of lactoferrin, a special ingredient required...

Edeka’s first organic supermarket opens in Hamburg
Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:37

German retailer Edeka has launched its first organic supermarket in Hamburg-Altona, under the name Naturkind. The supermarket offers a selection of fresh regional and seasonal organic food items. The store...

Spar opens its 150th Express store in Utrecht
Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:33

Spar Netherlands has opened its 150th Express store in Eemnes, in the province of Utrecht. The new store caters to the immediate or daily shopping needs of modern consumers in...

Lidl launches online shopping in Slovakia
Date: 2019-10-20 13:28:15

Slovakia has become the latest country where Lidl has launched an online store, but currently the site is non-food only. Lidl has been continuously accelerating its e-commerce developments. Since the...

Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland
Date: 2019-10-20 13:23:56

Until 2020 Aldi Süd plans to open 80 new stores in Italy, 600-800m² shops with dedicated sections for fruit and vegetable, wine, food and baked goods. In Switzerland the retailer...

Italy’s illycaffè wants to conquer the USA
Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:02

Illycaffè currently operates 23 units in North America and in the next 5 years they intend to open 200 new cafés in the USA. For illycaffè the US market accounts...

Kroger opens its first ‘food hall’ concept store
Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:00

Kroger has opened a 4,800m² store in the centre of Cincinnati, which features a 650m² dedicated food hall on the 2nd floor, seating up to 200 guests. By offering a...

Tesco tests checkout-free shopping
Date: 2019-10-20 12:56:07

Tesco has invested in Trigo Vision a checkout-free start-up company, to test cashierless technology at its Tesco Express store. Trigo Vision’s technology will make it possible for Tesco app users to...

Green light for the merger of Extreme Digital and eMAG
Date: 2019-10-20 12:52:55

On 17 October 2019 the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) approved of the merger of Extreme Digital Zrt. and eMAG (the Hungarian affiliate of eMAG that forms part of the South...

Everything, no matter from where
Date: 2019-10-20 12:46:29

On 14 October Ecommerce Hungary organised a conference on mobile apps. Because of the digitalisation and mobile first trends, today’s shopping habits are characterised by the ‘buying everything, no matter...

E-commerce is growing fast
Date: 2019-10-20 12:39:52

GfK has done a major online survey on the digital consumption habits of Hungarians in 2019. The answers given in the 1,500-respodent study have revealed that the number of regular...

Hungarian businesses have discovered online marketplaces
Date: 2019-10-20 12:33:25

GKI Digital’s estimation is that there are more than 4,500 enterprises in Hungary (mainly SMEs) that have some kind of connection with selling at online marketplaces. Net sales by these...

(HU) Harmadszor
Date: 2019-10-20 12:13:11

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Unilever makes more pledges
Date: 2019-10-20 12:07:19

Unilever has made a pledge to halve its ‘virgin’ plastic (that is non-recycled plastic) use by 2025. To this end the company will utilise more than 100,000 tons less plastic...

Magyarvíz takes steps to protect the environment
Date: 2019-10-20 12:04:39

Lajosmizse-based Magyarvíz Kft. is one of the biggest players in the Hungarian mineral water market. The company has reduced the weight of PET bottles, so in comparison with 2017, 10-12...

Smart malls are coming
Date: 2019-10-20 11:55:43

Between 2019 and 2020 about 4.4 million square metres of new mall floor space will be created in Central and Eastern Europe, which will answer the challenges of retail in...

Gluten-free and vegan products available in OMV VIVA shops
Date: 2019-10-20 11:55:09

From October seven new private label, additive-free snacks can be found on the shelves of OMV VIVA filling station shops. The four snack mixes are made from organic ingredients only,...

Consumers show interest in small neighbourhood shops
Date: 2019-10-20 11:48:36

A survey by Miutcánk – done with 850 internet users in early October in connection with the #ibuyitlocally campaign – points out that the majority of consumers, 95 percent like...

GKI’s business confidence index hits a nadir
Date: 2019-10-20 11:40:41

In October the GKI business confidence index decreased less than the margin of error, still it hit an almost 3-year nadir. Business expectations have been worsening since the beginning of...

Mastercard’s advisory division moves to Budapest
Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:21

Mastercard strategic consultancy business line, Mastercard Advisors brings one of its European centres to Budapest. As part of this move, the company plans to increase the number of advisors to...

Coca-Cola plans to use bottles made of paper and waste collected from the seas
Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:18

As part of the World Without Waste initiative that the company announced last year, Coca-Cola has teamed up with Danish paper bottle start-up Paboco. Paboco’s goal is to be the...

HUNGEXPO: Modernisation work has started
Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:16

On 30 September the revitalisation programme of Hungexpo ceremonially started. From HUF 55 billion exhibition halls A, B, D, G and F will be modernised by 2021, plus two new...

More expensive oilseeds
Date: 2019-10-20 11:30:43

According to data from the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (NAIK), the average production price of raw milk was HUF 100.48/kg in Hungary in September 2019. The export price...

SAP’s new head of communications
Date: 2019-10-20 11:28:37

Zsuzsa Halpert takes over the external and internal communication tasks of SAP, as integrated communication and PR specialist – in Hungary and five more countries in the South East Europe...

Deufol builds factory in Debrecen with 1.4-billion-forint state funding
Date: 2019-10-20 11:28:35

German company Deufol is building one of Europe’s most modern packaging and logistics plants in Debrecen, from a budget of HUF 7 billion. The company has 90 premises in 11...

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News and articles

Kroger and Walgreens stop selling e-cigarettes Date: 2019-10-20 13:51:01

Gousto to create 700 new jobs in the UK in 3 years Date: 2019-10-20 13:50:59

New beauty concept by Carrefour Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:12

Walmart’s Sam’s Club offers healthcare services Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:10

Walgreens starts on-demand delivery service Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:07

FrieslandCampina and United Dairymen of Arizona enter into partnership Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:54

Edeka’s first organic supermarket opens in Hamburg Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:37

Spar opens its 150th Express store in Utrecht Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:33

Lidl launches online shopping in Slovakia Date: 2019-10-20 13:28:15

Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland Date: 2019-10-20 13:23:56

Italy’s illycaffè wants to conquer the USA Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:02

Kroger opens its first ‘food hall’ concept store Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:00

Tesco tests checkout-free shopping Date: 2019-10-20 12:56:07

Green light for the merger of Extreme Digital and eMAG Date: 2019-10-20 12:52:55

Everything, no matter from where Date: 2019-10-20 12:46:29

E-commerce is growing fast Date: 2019-10-20 12:39:52

Hungarian businesses have discovered online marketplaces Date: 2019-10-20 12:33:25

(HU) Harmadszor Date: 2019-10-20 12:13:11

Unilever makes more pledges Date: 2019-10-20 12:07:19

Magyarvíz takes steps to protect the environment Date: 2019-10-20 12:04:39

Smart malls are coming Date: 2019-10-20 11:55:43

Gluten-free and vegan products available in OMV VIVA shops Date: 2019-10-20 11:55:09

Consumers show interest in small neighbourhood shops Date: 2019-10-20 11:48:36

GKI’s business confidence index hits a nadir Date: 2019-10-20 11:40:41

Mastercard’s advisory division moves to Budapest Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:21

Coca-Cola plans to use bottles made of paper and waste collected from the seas Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:18

HUNGEXPO: Modernisation work has started Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:16

More expensive oilseeds Date: 2019-10-20 11:30:43

SAP’s new head of communications Date: 2019-10-20 11:28:37

Deufol builds factory in Debrecen with 1.4-billion-forint state funding Date: 2019-10-20 11:28:35

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