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Retail sales up more than 5 percent
In July 2018 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 5.4 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 5.3 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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It is key to reward skilled workers and professionals
The latest Cofidis Loan Monitor survey has revealed that it is difficult for Hungarians to find specialist doctors (84 percent), electricians (82 percent), painters (80 percent) and home appliance repairers...
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Faster growth than expected, but it is losing speed
In the 2nd quarter of 2018 the Hungarian economy grew faster than expected – and faster than most EU member states – but if calculated with the EU methodology, the...
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One word is enough
On 6 September members of the Trade Marketing Club gathered to listen to presentations about unusual promotion campaigns, special product displaying ideas and new-type communication strategies. Each strategy presented started...
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The shopping centre of the near future
International shopping centre Westfield has presented its vision about the store of the future with the title Destination 2028. In Westfield’s concept the relationship between people and nature dominates. The...
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Our waste, our responsibility
Bottletop on Regent Street in London is the first zero-waste shop in the world. The interior is fully 3D-printed, using materials from 60,000 PET bottles, 75 car tyres and 3,500...
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Innovation focuses on food-to-go
Food-to-go services are one of the top trends in the domain of retail innovations. Offline retail trade can use not only digital solutions to keep customers, but also various services...
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FMCG sales are growing dynamically online too – 15th E-commerce Conference, 5-6 June 2018, Visegrád (Part 3)
On the second day of Ecommerce Hungary’s conference the FMCG sector was analysed at a roundtable discussion, which was moderated by Zsuzsanna Hermann, our magazine’s editor-in-chief. She pointed it out...
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New poppy seed production plant in Tiszavasvári
Sotiva Seed Kft.’s poppy seed cleaning plant in Tiszavasvári was built from HUF 170 million. Managing director Gyula Sotkó told: in the future they would like to do all stages...
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Why should both manufacturers and wholesalers enter the website of the year competition?
In this year’s website of the year competition there are individual categories for trade companies – called e-commerce and trade – and manufacturers – named B2B and brand site. Participation...
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Can an e-commerce association be the solution in competing with giants such as Amazon?
One of the reasons why Central Europe is a popular cross-border e-commerce target is that giants such as Amazon or Alibaba aren’t expanding in the region yet. This situation is...
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Once again Extreme Digital has the No.1 spot on the e-top list
GKI Digital published the ranking of Hungary’s 10 biggest online retailers for the fourth time this year. In 2017 the 10 companies featured in the list made up for 37...
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Those who buy Hungarian onion help our farmer
In the spring of 2017 NAK set up an onion working group with the aim of making the Hungarian onion sector more competitive. NAK organises talks between farmers and retailers,...
Read moreTesco launches part time job scheme
Tesco’s ‘Fixed to be fix’ part time job programme offers flexible conditions to those who like their work time calculable. They can ask for 5 hours per week or only...
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SPAR reopens three stores
SPAR has invested HUF 810 million in modernising two former CBA stores in Budapest and one Erdőkertes. SPAR’s head of communications Márk Maczelka informed that the trading areas of the...
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Coccolino: renewal both inside and outside
Coccolino’s large-scale relaunch project has come to an end. In 2018 the fabric softener brand got a new design and improved formulas. Brand manager Judit Benczik told: new products had...
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Stable sales growth for Auchan
In the 2017 fiscal year annual gross sales of Auchan Hungary’s 20 stores and 18 petrol stations increased by 3.7 percent – the company announced at a press conference on...
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Costco adopts Apple Pay in the USA
In the USA Costco has begun accepting Apple Pay following its recently completed deployment of contactless payment equipment throughout its network of 750 stores. The company also is planning to offer...
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Kroger to get rid of plastic bags by 2025
US retail giant Kroger Co. has announced that they would stop using plastic bags in all of their 2,800 supermarkets by 2025. Kroger’s annual single-use plastic bag output is 6...
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Co-op expands rapidly
British supermarket chain Co-op opened 21 new stores in 2018 and asked for building permits for 34 new shops. Sales by Co-op jumped 7.8 percent this year, with the retailer’s...
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Flipkart buys artificial intelligence startup
Flipkart – the biggest online retailer in India – has acquired an artificial intelligence startup, called Liv.ai. Liv.ai developed software that transforms speech into text, in 10 different languages spoken...
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Hypermodern Amazon store in Korea
Amazon has signed a cooperation agreement with the retail chain Hyundai Department Store, within the framework of which by 2020 they are going to build a store using futuristic technological...
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Carrefour optimises logistics operations in Poland
Carrefour’s Polish affiliate has announced that the company’s vehicles had driven 2 million kilometres less last year, after the introduction of a new transportation management system. Thanks to thy system...
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Lidl’s digital adventures in Europe
Finally www.lidlonline.es has arrived to Spain. At the moment the service is only available in Madrid. In Italy Lidl has teamed up with culinary website Tasty, making cooking videos together,...
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7-Eleven opens fully automated store in South Korea
7-Eleven is opening its first fully-automated stores in South Korea. The store is designed as a 10-metre long express train, and consists of five vending machines with 200 products, which...
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X5 Group opens new distribution centre in Moscow
X5 Retail Group, the No.1 FMCG retail company in Russia, has announced the opening of their 13,500th store, which is actually a distribution centre where orders coming from the website...
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Walmart strengthens presence in the virtual world
Recently Walmart has filed two patents regarding virtual reality shopping. They describe a system in which users wear a VR headset and sensory gloves to get an in-store experience in...
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Funding applications can be submitted for modernising marketplaces in Pest County
From September municipalities can apply for funding to modernise marketplaces in Pest County. Within the framework of the HUF 2-billion government programme municipalities can get sums from HUF 10 million...
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Abattoir of the Hajdúnánás social cooperative opens
The abattoir of the Hajdúnánás Preserving and Building Social Cooperative was built from a budget of HUF 78 million, from which 40 percent was contributed by the municipality and 60...
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Campaigns popularising Hungarian food products
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) promotes Hungarian produce and groceries in many ways. As part of the ‘From Hungary to our homes’ programme a lifestyle page was created on...
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