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The emotional well-being of women is more affected by diet
Women may need much more key nutrition materials to maintain their emotional well-being than men need – a new study from New York State University researchers revealed. An increasing number...
Read moreTourism in France broke a record again
Last year, 87 million foreign tourists visited France – Christian Mantéi, head of the French state tourism development agency told Le Monde. “This year’s season is great, and the decrease...
Read moreMore money goes on holidays this summer according to a survey
Sixty percent of the Hungarians have the opportunity to spend longer or shorter holidays this year. According to the representative survey commissioned by the Budapest Bank, Hungarians spend 15,000 HUF...
Read moreCoffee helps information procession
It’s a well-known fact that a cup of coffee or two in the morning gives us the energy push we need to clear our minds and get busy on a...
Read moreHow to eat a pomegranate? – Video of te day
Pomegranates are delicious, but boy are they are troublesome to eat. Just like any troublemaker, you might need to give it a good SPANKING....
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Ecommerce Hungary has a new website
The new website of Ecommerce Hungary was launched in August 2018. Thanks to the new design and structure, a more active and effective communication becomes possible. It is needless to say that...
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Big Fish Payment becomes an independent company
From June 2018 Big Fish Payment is officially an independent company as a member of the 20-year-old Big Fish group. Since 2009 the company has become Hungary’s biggest payment integrator that...
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The Great Webshop Survey – this year’s results
In 2018 WebShop Experts and ShopRenter conducted a survey with the participation of 894 online shops, which revealed that the average conversion rate of respondents is 1.37 percent, 69 percent...
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Foodbank’s successful six months
Food Bank takes over leftover food from 100 manufacturers and 5 large retail chains. Every day they collect food products from nearly 270 shops. In the first half of the year the...
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SPAR is training the next generations
SPAR Hungary gives the chance to nearly 900 students in this school year to do traineeship at the company. Within the framework of this programme already 452 students passed their trade...
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New CEO for Pick Szeged
László Sutka has replaced Endre Nagy as the acting CEO of Pick Szeged. Mr Sutka started his career as an economic analyst at Pick Szeged Zrt. in 1998. Before being appointed as acting...
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NAK members decide to buy gas from NKM National Utilities
NKM National Utilities will provide nearly 50 members of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) with natural gas in the 2018-2019 period. The winner of NAK’s tender will provide NAK members...
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Lighter and greener bottles from Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Hungary cuts the weight of plastic bottles by 20 percent, at the same time increasing the share of their recycled components to 40 percent by 2020. The company has invested...
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Competition authority gives green light to Hungerit deal
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has ruled that Csányi Group’s buying of HUNGERIT Poultry Processing and Food Zrt. has no negative competitive effect on the domestic market. It turned out that in...
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SPAR going greener
SPAR’s operations are environmentally conscious in general, for instance last year the retailer collected and took care of the recycling of 40 percent of the waste they had produced. SPAR also...
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Hungarian artisan chocolate wins at this year’s culinary Oscars
The salty caramel truffle with walnut of Bonbonier Chocolate Manufacture won at the Great Taste Awards. With its bonbons and chocolates, the company collected 15 international prizes in the last 3...
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Hungarian communications director offered group level task
From August Valentin Tóth, public affairs and communications director of Coca-Cola Hungary, is responsible for Coca-Cola HBC’s group level CSR programmes. His main tasks will be working out the long-term strategy...
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Penny Market installs LPG cylinder vending machines
In July the Penny Market store in Érd installed Hungary’s first LPG cylinder vending machine. Thanks to the system developed by FLAGA Hungária Kft., it only takes a few minutes for...
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World champion products in dm drugstores
Footballer Lukas Podolski – who played for the German national team 130 times – and dm have teamed up to create a special new brand. The STRASSENKICKER range consists of four...
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Lacikonyha Magyarország: new managing director
As of June 2018 László Bruszt is the managing director of Lacikonyha Magyarország, a member of the Polish group Prymat. The new managing director believes that one of his most important...
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‘Onlife’ 15th E-commerce Conference, 5-6 June 2018, Visegrád (Part 2)
Visegrád was the host of the 15th Ecommerce Conference, which was organised by Ecommerce Hungary on 5-6 June 2018. There were nearly 50 presentations and workshops on the 2-day programme. Ecommerce Hungary...
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Gyulai Artisan Sausage wins two stars
Brussels-based The International Taste & Quality Institute rewarded Gyulahús Kft.’s Gyulai Artisan Sausage with two stars. The jurors, who come from the 16 most prestigious European culinary and sommelier organisations, evaluated...
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New marketing book: Value Creation 4.0
Akadémiai Kiadó has published the new book of the famous marketing expert Gábor Rekettye. The book’s title is Értékteremtés 4.0 (Value Creation 4.0) and it introduces the challenges, threats and opportunities...
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Cofidis Magyarország team up with eMAG
In early July Cofidis Magyarország joined forces with eMAG. At the moment eMAG is the biggest online-only retailer in Hungary, while Cofidis is a specialist of online loan services. //...
Read moreTesco donation to children in need
Tesco shoppers contributed to the Happy Childhood donation collection programme of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid with almost HUF 34 million. The money will be used to organise summer camps for abused...
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Because it is plastic…
This August the Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation started a campaign to stop using plastic straws. Joining the initiative, many cafés, bars and restaurants stopped serving drinks with plastic straws. Judit Vighné Boóc,...
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Premium draught beer to take away
Mug is a sports bar chain in Moscow. Recently they commissioned Ivan Maximov with redesigning the chain’s branding, who also came up with the idea of pint-sized paper cups for serving...
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Association of Hungarian Brewers: the director has left
In August Dr Attila Schillinger resigned as director of the Association of Hungarian Brewers. He has filled the position since November 2014 but now leaves for the USA to start his...
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Our best wines this year
This year’s National Wine Competition (OBV) broke previous records in terms of both the number of producers and entries: the 51-member jury evaluated 770 wines submitted by 223 wineries. Three grand...
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Wine in cans
Our magazine reckons that there would be nothing wrong with selling Hungarian wine in cans. This innovative product is already popular in many parts of the world. What is more, just like...
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