Magazine: May the (work)force be with you!
Surveys show that retail sales continue to grow. This is a good thing, but at the same time the trend creates an ever-bigger challenge for all members of the supply chain:...
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Magazine: Researching the future
During my university years at the end of the 1980s one of the most interesting seminars was future studies. Unfortunately I decided to take another course instead. Today I am aware that...
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Business Days 2017: focusing on the channels (Part 2)
On Thursday Trade TV continued the broadcast, but before work started in the macroeconomic section, Trade magazin’s editor-in-chief Zsuzsanna Hermann and István Matus, member of Chain Bridge Club’s board of...
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Magazine: Where is the pantry key?
László Hovánszky managing director METSPA Nowadays everybody is cooking. It is trendy to eat delicious food, to try new flavours and to search for and exchange recipes. Some culinary bloggers have become real celebrities....
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A postcard from Tapolca
We analysed every retail channel at the annual conference, but perhaps we should have focused more on the labour market. If the rumours are true that the government wants the proportion...
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‘We are always late with everything…’
The article’s title is a quote from the great Hungarian poet Endre Ady and the words he put on paper nearly 100 years ago are still true today. Wages are in...
Read moreDigital future
In the last few years retail sales were expanding and this year the sales growth will be around 4 percent. What is more, sales in online retail surged by almost 30...
Read moreTrend reversal
Almost every day we can read something about the dairy market: sometimes there isn’t enough milk, other times there is too much. The appearance of China as a buyer turned...
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Magazine: Let’s fight for having enough workers!
The last few years have been characterised by workforce shortage. Both the government and the market have reacted to this problem: the former introduced a minimum wage and a guaranteed...
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Geopolitical and economic visions for the period after 2020
One again Trade magazin and Chain Bridge Club have organised their popular Business Dinner event. This year the topic was Hungary’s future in the EU, mass migration’s influence on the Hungarian...
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Knowledge is power – and we should be aware of this
On 25 May 2017 Chain Bridge Club and Trade Marketing Club organised their annual Business Dinner. Guests included former Minister of Foreign Affairs Géza Jeszenszky, former president of the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB)...
Read moreAll is well if it ends well
At the end of the year what we can see is that consumption in Hungary is growing faster than ever in recent years, retail sales have been increasing by around...
Read moreTrust and investment
At the end of the Business Days conference in Tapolca I asked myself the question: Who is going to invest in the food industry? Just before the conference the government...
Read morePalóc Kft.’s bankruptcy
When a few weeks ago CBA’s bastion in North East Hungary, Palóc Kft. went bankrupt, most people in the trade blamed the government, saying this was the result of their...
Read moreBecause doing good makes you feel good
In 2003 the Chain Bridge Club was established with the objective of doing something for the future of the food industry. Well, the goal basically remains the same with the...
Read moreDoes technology really change everything?
I have seen how FMCG retail chains work and I have also worked in production. Now I am in retail informatics. Technology companies are the engine of development all over...
Read moreSport as an inspiration
US basketball player Kobe Bryant scored 60 points in his final game to end his 20-year NBA career in style. We can learn a lot from exceptional athletes about leading...
Read moreWords fly away, writings remain
Having a conscious communication strategy is an important prerequisite of long-term success for businesses in many fields. I am trying to keep up with the speed of the infocommunication industry...
Read moreTurn of the year
2015 was a good year in Hungarian retail: the retail index has been growing for two years and consumer confidence has reached a 5-year peak. The mandatory Sunday closing of...
Read moreEnd of the year
In 2015 the majority of FMCG companies saw their sales increase. Consumption was growing and FMCG sales were moving in the plus 3-3.5 percent range in comparison with 2014. Manufacturers’...
Read moreThe circus ring and neurons
It won’t be easy for the 10th Business Days conference in 2016 to surpass the level of this year’s event. For instance we learned about how the methods of neuroscience...
Read moreAfter 25 years in the FMCG sector a debut in the building material industry
An international building material manufacturer (Baumit) has been looking for a commercial director with FMCG experience to manage strategic challenges in the field of sales. I decided to give it...
Read moreTobacco products from a single distributor
Tabán Trafik Zrt.’s consortium has been given the rights for operating the new central tobacco product supply system in controversial circumstances. This story may continue in Brussels, but at the...
Read moreEvents took a refreshing turn
2014 brought a turnaround in the soft drink market: after many years of contraction sales expanded, by more than 5 percent in the soft drink and fruit juice segment. Annual...
Read moreGrowing competition for talents
The latest Randstad Award study reveals that the Hungarian FMCG industry isn’t the most attractive sector any more: services and the automotive industry draw more job seekers. In the top...
Read moreOne and only chance
This is a one and only chance for horticulture! In the 2014-2020 EU budgetary period the sector is one of the areas entitled to receive special support. Despite this it...
Read moreBack to six from seven
From 15 March 2015 shops stay closed on Sundays in Hungary. Who is this good for? Perhaps for families, but definitely not for the families of those 15,000-20,000 people who...
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