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Walmart cooks up healthy eating
Walmart this week debuted an educational interactive experience called The Hidden World of Waffles + Mochi to urge families to cook healthier meals. The culinary adventure is based on the Netflix children’s...
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Research shows how confident and happy we feel
Nearly 40,000 respondents were surveyed on women’s self-confidence. The results show that Hungarian women far underestimate their self-esteem in terms of confidence and happiness....
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Magazine: Pandemic reshapes the intimate hygiene market
According to Viktória Szabó, brand activation manager of Johnson & Johnson Kft., women spending more time at home due to the pandemic favoured sanitary pad sales to tampons. Although hypermarkets...
Read moreMilk Product Council: we should prevent the decline of Hungarian dairy products on the market
In the interest of the future of the Hungarian dairy sector, it is necessary to prevent domestically produced products from being pushed out of their own markets, the Milk Product...
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Analysts: the inflation increase in April was expected
It came as no surprise to analysts that inflation skyrocketed in April this year. Based on the outlook, several analysts have raised their forecasts for this year’s annual inflation above...
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Social Index 2020 ranked the most popular brands, based on online reviews
In 2020, car brands were the most mobile in the online community, with most posts on beauty forums and increased internet dialogue around grocery stores due to restrictions imposed by...
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Nébih has relaunched its catering program
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has gradually relaunched the Quality-Driven Catering Program with the alleviation of the coronavirus pandemic from mid-April, Nébih informed MTI on Wednesday. It was...
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EU forecast: growth prospects improved significantly
The growth prospects for the European Union and the euro area have improved significantly, according to the European Commission’s (EC) spring economic forecast. Although the rate of growth will vary...
Read moreCompanies focusing on technology investments have increased their advantage, according to a study
During the coronavirus pandemic, companies focusing on technology investments have significantly increased their advantage over their competitors, a new study by global service company Accenture found. According to a summary...
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The cost of a healthy diet is also the focus of the Food and Nutrition Report focusing on Europe and Central Asia
Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of moderate food...
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Ferrero supports impulse sales with Coca-Cola TicTac
Ferrero is bringing back its limited-edition Coca-Cola flavoured Tic-Tacs, in a move designed to support retailers in “capitalising on the huge success of last year. POPAI Hungary’s mother organisation Shop!...
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This is how refillable beverage bottles can help fight climate change!
From mid-2023, a deposit system for beverage packaging will be introduced again at home. As it stands, the system will encourage collection rather than refilling packaging, even though the reuse...
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Tips and advice for post-COVID facility operators – how to return safely to office buildings
Office building operators and facility managers are not in an easy position at this time. The epidemic has changed hygiene expectations, it is not easy to comply with the new...
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Recycling PET-bottles by the Tiszta River
Specialists and volunteers from PET KUPA, with the support of the Active Hungary Program, have launched a floodplain waste collection operation called Smiley Bag in several tisza settlements. By placing...
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Randstad Workmonitor: Work and life balance is a huge challenge right now
Working from home, which has been the daily life of hundreds of millions of people around the world for more than a year, is both the advantages and disadvantages of...
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Magazine: Emotionally the most effective FMCG commercials in 2020
2020 created challenges for the marketing profession as well. From the spring commercials that used to serve sales and brand building purposes were focusing on solidarity and on helping each...
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KSH: inflation was 5.1 percent in April
In April, consumer prices were on average 5.1 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Tuesday. Over the past year, the prices of...
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Varga Mihály: the government supports the investments of food industry companies with 1.5 billion HUF
Within the framework of the Economic Restart Action Plan, the government will contribute 1.5 billion HUF to the 2.6 billion HUF investment of three food companies from the still free...
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The GVH and Nébih have concluded a cooperation agreement
Rigó Csaba Balázs, President of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and Oravecz Márton, President of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), signed an agreement on more efficient cooperation, the...
Read moreZEW’s economic indicator shows improvement in the economic situation in Germany
In May, the economic sentiment index of the ZEW Economic Research Institute in Germany rose to its highest level in more than twenty years, compared to the previous month, indicating...
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Mother’s Day displays from Australia
The POPAI and Shop! chapters are watching each other on all five continents. This time we got a summary of the Mother’s Day -held on the second Sunday of May...
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Challenges in e-commerce: E-consumers in focus
The spotlight is on e-consumers and their personal data The e-commerce boom was made possible by retail businesses getting through to new consumer target groups, and at the same time...
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Retailers in 2021: Online presence in offline stores
In 2021 most shoppers still visit physical stores because they want to ‘experience’ the product. They want to see it, hold it in their hands and try it before spending...
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5G and agricultural drones: what today’s agricultural industry needs to know
Digital technology is a huge opportunity for agriculture because it makes environmentally friendly solutions possible while increasing efficiency. At the same time, however, it also imposes new demands on agricultural...
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Ministry of Agriculture: It is worth taking advantage of the possibility of proposals for development
The domestic food industry will have an unprecedented level of resources in the coming years, thanks to which serious developments await the sector. The possibility of tenders is worth taking...
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The financial situation of the population also favours discount chains
Over the past year, the epidemic has brought many changes to the lives of the Hungarian population, but the change in the financial situation has affected all areas. In its...
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Consumer spending is speeding up in Hungary
Households around the globe have accumulated $5.4 trillion in additional savings compared with 2019’s spending patterns, Moody’s has said. That equates to more than 6% of global gross domestic product....
Read moreWhat about a possible uniform minimum wage in the EU?
Austria and Hungary also see that, due to the differences between EU member states, it is not appropriate for Brussels to regulate the uniform minimum wage in the EU, it...
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Retailers now able to offer virtual visualization solutions in-store
Leading augmented reality (AR) and 3D creative platform Poplar Studio has partnered with Raydiant, the leading experience platform offering plug-and-play digital signage solutions, that enhance and transform the in-store experience...
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More and more containers full of goods end up in the sea
The number of cargo containers lost in the ocean and seas reached a seven-year record last year, according to the World Shipping Organization (WSC). From tyres to underwear to smartphones,...
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