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Unemployment rate is unchanged in the OECD member countries
Unemployment remained unchanged in December, with unemployment averaging 5.1 percent in OECD member countries. According to the OECD website, there were 32 million 563,000 unemployed in the OECD area in...
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Mise en place at the Oscars – Video of the day
We follow Wolfgang Puck and over 200 of the best chefs from his restaurants around the world to see how they have been catering the Oscars Governors Ball for the...
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YOOM™ tomato wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2020
Our exciting new purple YOOM™ tomato has won the prestigious gold award at the industry-leading Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards 2020 in Berlin, Germany. YOOM™ stands out as an innovation with its...
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Hungarian hotel performance is outstanding in international comparison
Hungarian hotels closed last year in international comparison well: Hungary has the second highest Revpar in Central Eastern Europe after Austria – the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MSZÉSZ)...
Read moreThe growth rate of air passenger traffic slowed down last year
Compared to 2018, the growth rate of air passenger traffic has fallen slightly last year, but flight utilization has reached record levels, according to a statement, published on the International...
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ALMA -The International School of Italian Cuisine
Each young chef was carefully picked by ALMA -The International School of Italian Cuisine, where each of their signature dishes were assessed according to the same 3 criteria, the Golden...
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(HU) Borvirág Borklub az MKVM-ben a paksi Fabro Pincészettel
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Lidl Belgium Introduces Digital Loyalty Card
Lidl Belgium has announced that it has rolled out its first customer loyalty card through the Lidl Plus app. The loyalty programme will allow shoppers to receive their cash register...
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Coca-Cola Products Removed From Colruyt Shelves
A number of Coca-Cola products have been temporarily removed from the shelves of retailer Colruyt, after the Belgian operator said that it had not reached agreement with the soft drink...
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Supermarket ‘dark stores’ dealing with online-only orders are “the future model of grocery in the UK”
UK supermarkets are increasingly converting shop floor space into areas for online order fulfilment in their largest branches as rents continue to rise. ‘Dark stores’, areas attached to supermarkets which...
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Magazine: Consumer perception of innovations
In the 2nd quarter of 2019 nominal value sales were up 7.7 percent from the level of the 1st quarter. The market share of discount supermarkets reached 28 percent –...
Read moreAsia: The epicentre of innovation
A study by Lux Research claims that China, Japan and South Korea spent USD 613 billion on research and development in 2018; with this combined budget these countries finished 2nd,...
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2+2 instead of 11+10
On 15 February a new register of trades entered into force. This document lists 174 vocations in 25 sectors. There are 3 vocations named for retail trade: shop assistant (3...
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Strong competition in recruiting workers
The experts of GKI Digital noticed a paradigm shift in the competition of FMCG retailers for shoppers. At the same time, supermarkets and discount stores located close to where people...
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Less luxury, more health?
In an 821-respondent representative survey, NMS Hungary was trying to find out what Hungarians are expecting from the year ahead of us, and how their expectations can influence their shopping...
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A milestone
In 2019 Csaba Koch won the Winemaker of the Year Award of the Hungarian Wine Academy. By now the former hobby-winemaker has built a wine empire in the Hajós-Baja wine...
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Consciousness and experience
In 2020 Péter Andrusch won the ‘Restaurateur of the Year’ award of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI). How long have you been in the restaurant business? – I stared...
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Advertising expenditure is likely to grow both in Hungary and at world level this year
According to a 59-country annual forecast by Dentsu Aegis Network, global expenditure on advertising will be worth USD 615.4 billion in 2020, which is 3.9 percent more than last year....
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Retail trade 2020: Revolutionary changes
A forecast by IGD has identified 10 areas that grocery retailers need to focus on if they want to be successful online. These are the following: understanding shoppers, integrating omnichannel...
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Shoppers could use more time
In December 2019 new online supermarket Kifli.hu conducted a representative survey among Hungarian internet users. This revealed that 50 percent of Hungarian consumers visit grocery stores or specialist food shops...
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Blockchain: A safe supply chain
According to a report by the World Economic Forum, 2020 will be the year of blockchain’s breakthrough if the governments and central banks pay enough attention to this technology. The...
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New managing director for FÉSZ
As of 1 January 2020 Attila Vörös is the new managing director of the Federation of Responsible Food Manufacturers (FÉSZ). Mr Vörös earned a degree in economics at Corvinus University...
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New business model in e-commerce
Webshippy launched a new service in 2020, called Dropshippy. Drop shipping is a business model, in which a retailer can operate an online shop without keeping goods in stock or...
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More digital information in the agri-food sector too
On 12 February the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) hosted a conference at Szent István University in Gödöllő, titled ‘Digital Information Services and Technological Development’. Experts talked about 5G, IoT,...
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Auchan makes French operations simpler
Auchan has announced 677 redundancies, which is about 17 percent of the total number of workers at its head office. The redundancies are part of a plan to save EUR...
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Retail chains and their followers
Ynsight Research and Silberstein & Partners set up a research team to study consumer opinion about FMCG retailers in social media and on the internet in general. They used the...
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Retail trade in Germany: Vacancies and few applicants
No less than 50,000 jobs are unfilled at Germany’s 50 biggest retail companies. In order to help them recruit new workers more successfully, Cologne-based EHI Retail Institute surveyed the human...
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Which way is the labour market going?
Seemingly the situation didn’t change: 1. In Hungary 50,000 more people retire per year than the number of workers entering the labour market. 2. Western Europe is also increasing salaries...
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