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Magazine: Impacts and trends in 2021
At the ‘I Love Trade Marketing’ online conference of Trade Marketing Club Gábor Tolnai, head of division of Kantar-Hoffmann used the findings of the Kantar Global Business Compass study to...
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Digitalisation doesn’t reduce demand for workforce, instead it increases it
A survey by ManpowerGroup – they interviewed 26,000 workers in 40 countries – has revealed that the coronavirus pandemic speeded up the digitalisation process at 38 percent of companies, and...
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Re-opening is scheduled now
Hungary’s vaccination regimen performs outstandingly in Europe as planned. The vaccination process has not stopped during the holidays, with the number of vaccinated people expected to reach 2.5 million by...
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(HU) Brutális zuhanás a boltokban: összesen mínusz 10%
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An estimated 20 billion capsules? Yes!
An estimated 20 billion capsules are used worldwide each year, of which about 14 billion are sold by Nespresso. For example, according to an article in The Guardian last year,...
Read moreNearly half of last year’s foreign food trade surplus was by cereals
Last year, the foreign trade surplus of cereals in Hungary increased by a quarter, 1.412 billion euros, which accounted for 44% of the total foreign trade surplus in food, according...
Read moreAM: sustainable fish farming on Lake Balaton
This year’s fish plantations have also started, more than 3 tons of carp, for example, have already reached Lake Balaton. It is planned that this will be followed by another...
Read moreMLBKT: the Purchasing Managers’ Index declined in March
The seasonally adjusted value of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in March fell by 48.7 points from the 49.0 points in February, the Hungarian Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Company (MLBKT)...
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The Digital Agricultural Academy is established
Led by the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences (MATE), the Széchenyi István University of Győr (SZE), the University of Veterinary Medicine (ÁTE) and the Digital Welfare Program (DJP)...
Read moreFidelity: Lower optimism in Eastern Europe
Given that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected different regions to varying degrees and that different countries have taken different measures to curb it, it is no wonder that the prospects...
Read moreRomanian retail sales increased by 1.5 percent at the beginning of the year
In the first two months, according to raw data, the volume of Romanian retail sales increased by 1.5 percent compared to the same period of last year. According to the...
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Trader Joe’s supports customers with cognitive & intellectual disabilities
Trader Joe’s, a national chain of neighborhood grocery stores, announced a collaboration with MagnusCards by Magnusmode, a free app dedicated to making the world a more accessible place for people with cognitive...
Read moreMany large U.S. corporations have not paid taxes for years
More than two dozen large U.S. corporations have not paid a penny in taxes to the federal coffers for the third year in a row, even though they are all...
Read moreVaccine recipients can be exempted from restrictions in Germany
Those vaccinated against a new type of coronavirus disease in Germany can be exempted from pandemiological restrictions, but only from the 15th day after the last dose, according to Bild...
Read moreCzech GDP fell by 5.6 percent last year
In the Czech Republic, gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 5.6 percent year-on-year last year, the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) announced on Friday. This is the biggest economic downturn since...
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Forecast for 2021
Due to better-than-expected Q4 data last year and relatively favourable economic expectations at the beginning of this year—despite the third wave of the pandemic and mixed data—GKI raised its growth...
Read moreThe opening hours of the shops are changing
A long weekend of four days awaits us, which is why the opening hours of the stores will change a lot. In addition, the mandatory 19-hour closing with an evening...
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GLAMOUR-DAYS to come soon: 6 important things to keep in mind for safe shopping
Despite the coronavirus, we don’t have to give up Glamour Days, we can buy in many stores or even online with huge discounts in the spring, and this year let’s...
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Ham, eggs, health – How to make a healthy Easter breakfast?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This is even more true for the Easter period, when breakfast has a special tradition: with ham, eggs, cake. How can...
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There is a growing lack of personal connection for those working from home
For the fifth time, Erste Bank asked its employees how they are experiencing the changes in their work environment due to the pandemic. The result shows that, over time, slightly...
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The NAK is prepared to wait for the single application period
From 7 April to 17 May this year, single applications can be submitted without penalty. The National Chamber of Agriculture was prepared to help some 110-120 thousand members in obtaining...
Read moreThe Food Bank has opened a new warehouse in Miskolc
The new premises of the Hungarian Food Bank Association in Miskolc have started operating. The aim of the local Food Bank is to bring help closer to the needy in...
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Digital currencies: The evolution of money is transforming traditional economic frameworks
Sweden could become cashless by 2023, and China could introduce the world’s first digital central bank money as early as the 2022 Winter Olympics. Nearly 50 percent of euro area...
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The grace period ends, a penalty of half a million forints may be at stake
From the beginning of January, NAV also extended the electronic reporting obligation to invoices issued to individuals, organizations without a tax number and foreign partners. The grace period for the...
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World Economic Forum: Gender equality is far from over
The new type of coronavirus pandemic is delaying the time needed to achieve equality between men and women by more than an entire generation – privatbankar.hu quotes the report of...
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Drew Barrymore launches cookware brand at Walmart
Walmart has partnered with Drew Barrymore for an exclusive product launch. Beautiful Kitchenware products will be available at Walmart.com starting Monday (29.March) and at Walmart stores nationwide on April 19. Barrymore,...
Read moreHalf of spring barley and wheat have already been sown in Zala County
Half of the spring barley and wheat have already been sown in Zala county, and spring sowing has also started in the triticale and oat fields – the county president...
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We believe video games are a hobby for men, even though half of domestic gamers are women
There is still a picture in Hungary that gamers are young boys, living unhealthy lifestyles, although half of the players are women and more than a third are over 40...
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Festive traffic in stores lags behind the traffic of the previous years
Turnover in stores will increase during the Easter period compared to the usual, but the festive upswing this year will not be as great as before the pandemic, the Secretary...
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Candy makers: more sweets will be consumed this Easter
According to the preliminary data, confectionery manufacturers are expected to sell a few percent more Easter seasonal sweets than the 822 tons of last year, and a 3-4 percent increase...
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