For each other and for the shoppers!
The main task is protecting the sector
![Eppel János, VOSZ](https://trademagazin.cdn.webgarden.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ErtUztl_EuropaiKeresk_opt1-e1670342820537-230x300.jpeg)
János Eppel
president
VOSZ
The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) has organised a programme to celebrate Europe’s Day in Commerce for the 18th time. It was also the day when the best representatives of the retail sector were honoured with the most prestigious award of the trade.
VOSZ president János Eppel was the first speaker of the day. In his speech he stressed: the importance of commerce and the GDP it generates have strengthened recently. He talked about the role VOSZ plays in interest representation, and talked about the transformation taking place within the ranks of VOSZ, triggered by the organisation’s recent process reviews.
More than half a million taxpayers
![Krisán László, VOSZ](https://trademagazin.cdn.webgarden.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ErtUztl_EuropaiKeresk_opt2.jpg)
László Krisán
president
VOSZ
László Krisán, president of VOSZ’s retail department told: the event seeks to put retail trade in the limelight, the sector that employs 500,000 people in Hungary and is the state budget’s biggest VAT and tax contributor. He informed that in August 2022 retail volume sales were 2.4% higher than one year earlier if adjusted for calendar effects. Unfortunately consumer pessimism and the problems arising from the war will bring bad times for retailers, with rising costs and the purchasing power of Hungarians decreasing.
Greater responsibility, better opportunities
![Dr. Nagy István, agrárminiszter](https://trademagazin.cdn.webgarden.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ErtUztl_EuropaiKeresk_opt4_c.jpg)
Dr. István Nagy
minister of agriculture
Minister of Agriculture Dr István Nagy told: the ministry has greater responsibility now than before, which includes not only food production but also the complex task that follows the manufacturing process. This also means better opportunities for taking the ministry’s policy goals closer to consumers, at the same time getting more direct feedback from people on the sector’s performance.
Next on the agenda was a roundtable discussion, moderated by Attila Prosits, president of the Hungarian Council of Shopping Centres (MBSZ) and managing director of Gránit Invest. The participants of the discussion were Gabriella Heiszler, president-CEO of SPAR Magyarország, Katalin Neubauer, secretary general of the Hungarian National Trade Association (MNKSZ), András Berendi, CEO of Roland Divatház, László Krisán, president of VOSZ’s retail department and CEO of KAVOSZ, and Géza Tóth, CEO of CO-OP Hungary.
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At the roundtable reduction of overheads, price cap, inflation, labour shortage and digitalization were discussed
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Award winners on Europe’s Day in Commerce in 2022:
Klauzál Gábor Certificate of Honour
MAKK György, az Alföld Pro-Coop gazdasági igazgatója
Mrs. KOVÁCS Madarász Katalin, a COOP Szolnok boltvezetője
FAZEKAS Zsolt, a Vöröskő ügyvezető igazgatója
TATÁR Tibor, az FR Management Partnership ügyvezető igazgatója
HEISZLER Gabriella, a SPAR Magyarország elnök-ügyvezető igazgatója
BURGER Ottó, a CBA vezérigazgatója
For Hungarian Retail Grand Prize:
BESSENYEI Julianna Mária, a 25. Univer ABC boltvezetője
BUZÁS Jánosné, a Nyírzem Zrt. egységvezetője
Mrs. MATICSKA Kozma Julianna, az 581. COOP szuper boltvezetője
Mrs. TÓTH Dobi Hilda, a 101. COOP szuper boltvezetője
CSEPELI Szilvia, a SPAR Magyarország zöldségosztály-vezetője
CSENDES Katalin, az Invitech ITC Services szenior ügyfélmenedzsere
Mrs. BODOROVSZKY Tóth Viktória, az Auchan Magyarország vevőszolgálati hostess-pénztár hosztesze
KECSŐ Pálné, a dm eladó-pénztárosa
HORVÁTH Józsefné Ica, a Mázsa Goal4 boltvezetője
TIMKÓ Renáta, a Tommy Hilfiger Westend értékesítője
BEBESI Anett, a Tesco Global Áruházak pénztárosa.
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This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2022.12-01
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