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The Milk Product Council and the Hungarian Product Nonprofit Ltd. are organizing a campaign targeting consumers
Due to the increasingly serious milk market crisis, the Milk Interprofessional Organization and Product Council and the Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. are organizing a campaign targeting consumers – the participants...
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Davos 2026: the risk premium has appeared on store shelves
On 19-23 January 2026 the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Nearly 3,000 participants from more than 130 countries attended, including some...
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Chemical cocktail or safe food?
Confiscated African and Asian fruit shipments and detection of pesticides banned in Europe in southern European vegetables – the food alerts at the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026...
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Fewer employers plan to raise wages this year than last year
Employers’ wage development plans for this year are more cautious than last year. While on average nearly two-thirds of companies planned wage development in advance for 2025, only 55% of...
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Five WorldStar Packaging Awards 2026 for Rondo!
The international success story of Rondo Ganahl AG continues: In 2026, the group’s innovative packaging concepts received a total of five WorldStar Packaging Awards. Customized packaging concepts from several locations...
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The era of wage transparency is approaching
New European Union rules will fundamentally change how we advertise jobs, set salaries, manage salary secrecy, and address the gender pay gap. The author is Dr. Gergely Torma, attorney-at-law (DRG...
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Customer experience significantly influences competitiveness – the new professional platform of the Hungarian Customer Experience Association has been launched
For the first time, the Hungarian Customer Experience Association (HCXA) organized the CX Day – Hungarian Customer Experience Conference, which kicked off in Budapest with a full house and more...
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Focusing on fair competition and ethical advertising
The joint online workshop of the Advertising Self Regulatory Board (ÖRT) and the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) was held amid record interest. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Péter Oszkó also sees the future in the Hungarian labor market
After Sharks, a well-known economist has also joined: Hungarian HR-tech startup targets 1 million employees After Sharks’ investors, another heavyweight business player has voted in Giggle. Péter Oszkó’s venture capital...
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New EU study examines gender differences in deep tech investments
Egy új, EU által támogatott tanulmány rávilágít a befektetések nemek közötti különbségeire Európában, különös tekintettel a deep tech szektorra, arra az innovációs területre, amely kulcsszerepet játszik Európa hosszú távú versenyképességében,...
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Chocolate rabbits might be smaller now, but they are yummy
One of the “specialties” of the seasonal sweets category is that trends arrive here with a delay. This is why inflation still had a very strong influence last Easter. This...
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Uber targets $1 billion boost with 2026 European expansion
Uber plans to expand its food-delivery business into seven new European markets in 2026, launching services in markets including the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania, a company spokesperson told Reuters...
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Sodastream transforms into a full beverage brand
Sodastream has announced a major rebranding initiative as it shifts from a traditional sparkling‑water maker to a comprehensive beverage brand. The PepsiCo subsidiary unveiled a new logo, refreshed colour scheme...
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SPAR International and Veesion partner to enhance retail security with AI
SPAR International is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Veesion, a global leader in AI-powered retail loss prevention. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in strengthening instore security across...
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NAV: a large quantity of smuggled cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol was found in a house in Debrecen
Tax inspectors found 26,286 boxes of cigarettes of various brands without Hungarian stamps, more than 10 kilograms of cut tobacco and 285 liters of alcohol of unknown origin in a...
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How to spend Valentine’s Day around here
Valentine’s Day is all about gift-giving and attention, which is also clearly reflected in bank card transaction data. K&H examined customers’ spending habits in the first two weeks of February:...
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OKSZ on the extension of the margin stop decree
The government – without any professional consultation – extended the margin reduction, i.e. the margin stop decree, until the end of May, which clearly indicates the unpredictability of the regulatory...
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PwC Consumer Loyalty Survey now available for pre-order
Loyalty has become one of the most stable sources of growth, but most companies do not exploit the full potential of loyal customers. PwC Hungary is conducting extensive research on...
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KSH: in January, consumer prices exceeded the values of the same month of the previous year by an average of 2.1 percent
In January 2026, consumer prices were 2.1 percent higher on average than a year earlier. Consumer prices rose by an average of 0.3 percent in one month, the Central Statistical...
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Oversized packaging not only deceives the customer, but also violates the principles of the circular economy
It often happens that a half-kilo meat product almost getting lost in a disproportionately large plastic tray. Although the indicated weight is correct, the visual appearance is deceptive: the product...
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Hungary also fits into the global commercial impact of Valentine’s Day
Many people associate Valentine’s Day with emotions, gifts and romantic dinners, but in practice it has now become one of the most important seasonal shopping impulses of the year. A...
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Return comes first: this is how Hungarian households renovate today
Half of Hungarian households are currently thinking about some kind of housing project: moving, renovating or modernizing. Today, a home is not only a living space, but also a series...
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January inflation data paves the way for February interest rate cut
Consumer prices in January exceeded the level of a year earlier by 2.1% in Hungary, which is 0.1 percentage point lower than our expectation and 0.3 percentage point lower than...
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Hays Hungary: Hungarian companies expect a much more cautious increase in staff numbers this year
Hungarian companies are expecting a much more cautious increase in staff numbers this year compared to previous years: while in 2025 47 percent of the companies surveyed planned expansion, by...
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SMEs expect a profitable year in 2026
Businesses are expecting financial performance to exceed inflation this year. According to the latest data from the K&H SME Confidence Index for the fourth quarter of 2025, companies are forecasting...
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European Court of Auditors: EU Commission proposals affecting the common agricultural policy may cause uncertainty
In the European Union’s 2028-2034 budget, the European Commission’s proposals concerning the financing of the common agricultural policy (CAP) may cause uncertainty and unpredictability and delay the disbursement of funds...
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Walnuts are available at incredible prices
The price of walnuts has increased significantly in Hungary, while the sector is facing increasingly serious challenges. The poor harvest, extreme weather and increasing import pressure are simultaneously worsening the...
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The Ministry of Agriculture pays special attention to supporting the horticultural sector
The Ministry of Agriculture is supporting farmers who suffered frost damage last spring with several tools and new tenders, said Imre Hubai, the State Secretary responsible for agriculture at the...
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V4+ agricultural chambers protest European Commission plans
The Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Latvian and Lithuanian agricultural chambers demand a decisive change of direction from the European Commission. Do not make it impossible for producers, do not risk...
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Society identifies with the krőzus tax for a reason, but reality demands a more sensible implementation
Will residents of the inner districts of Buda really be targeted by the new wealth tax? According to Blochamps’ analysis, the one-billion-forty-dollar “rich threshold” no longer represents exceptional wealth, but...
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