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Hungary was successful at the World Expo

During the World Expo, held between May 1 and October 31 in Milan a total of about 130 kinds of program elements were realized in the Hungarian Pavilion. On 17...

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Nearly sixty percent of the light garlands are faulty

This year, 58.8 percent of the tested christmas light garlands did not meet the product safety requirements which is almost 30 percent less than last year's 87.5 percent – Vermes...

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Trivago: Hungarian hotels are filling up for New Year's Eve

According to the data of the trivago.hu hotel price comparison portal, Budapest is among the most popular New Year's destinations in Europe, and soon no rooms will be available for...

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Less food wasted

According to a survey conducted by The British Retail Consortium, while in 2013 British retail chains produced 200,000 tons of food waste, in 2014 they only generated 180,000 tons. Data...

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Alibaba vs. Amazon

The Alibaba group plans to invest more than USD 80 million, mainly in developing their smartphone app for ordering groceries. Groceries ordered via smartphone above the sum of USD 50...

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Auchan: 1-billion-euro development project

Auchan France announced that they intend to invest EUR 1 billion in developing their hypermarkets. A large part of this sum will be spent on refurbishing existing stores. Wi-fi network,...

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Lidl and Aldi expand faster

Aldi plans to open 93 new stores and Lidl intends to build 78 new units in the United Kingdom, twice as many as earlier. At the moment the market share...

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Magazine: Something natural, prepared quickly and simply

The price of frozen vegetables and fruits depends on vegetable and fruit prices, which are shaped by weather conditions. This year the summer was very hot and dry, therefore in...

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Nielsen: seven percent increase in the household chemicals and cosmetics retail

Compared to January-October 2014, the retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics increased by 7 percent to 290 billion HUF in the first ten months of the year. In terms...

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The Kopint-Tárki expects a 2.9 percent growth for this year

The Kopint-Tárki modified its growth forecast for this year to 2.9 percent from the previously forecasted 3 percent. For next year, a slightly lower 2.4 percent of gross domestic product...

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The SPAR modernized its network with a multi-billion HUF investment in 2015

The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. renovated another four of its stores. The number of the company’s modernized stores increased to thirteen this year. The company has spent more than 3...

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METRO has also joined to the good to be good campaign

METRO provided nearly seven million HUF to the International Children's Safety Service within the the good to be good campaign. At the December events of the Foundation METRO provides gift...

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Star Wars fever in the Auchan

The plush toy figurines of the Star Wars film's main actors arrived to the Auchan stores. The representatives of the dark and bright sides can be found on the shelves....

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Exclusively Hungarian honey can be bought in the Lidl

Due to the strategic decision of Lidl Magyarország, since 2009 only Hungarian honeys can be found on the shelves of the chain. In addition to serving key customer needs, the...

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Tesco has received the Disability Friendly Workplace recognition again

Tesco has received the Disability Friendly Workplace recognition for the third time this year. The Disability Friendly Workplace Award recognizes the company's commitment to people with disabilities. The supermarket chain...

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Praktiker: turnover doubled from LED bulbs and lamps

The lighting supply was thoroughly reshuffled with the appearance of affordable energy-saving light bulbs. The demand moved towards LED lights – according to Praktiker. The modern energy awareness, not only...

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The Romanian Parliament adopted the smoking ban

Smoking is completely banned in Romania at enclosed public areas, after the House of Representatives adopted a law on this issue on Tuesday. The bill was also voted by the...

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Bocuse d'Or: Twenty chefs to compete at the Grand Continent Finals in Budapest

Fifteen of the twenty competing chef's names are already known. In five countries the national finals have not been completed yet. The Continent Finals of the world's most prestigious cookery...

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Meat Wholesale, Pest County, 2015 – Video of the Day

A meat wholesale business in Pest County was checked in early December by the officers of the NÉBIH’s Featured Affairs Directorate. During the procedure, a total of more than 22...

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Scan&Go: a fast, comfortable, easy-to-track and fun way to shop in Tesco stores!

Tesco’s latest service to make the life customers easier is Scan&Go. There is no more unloading at the checkout and customers can track their spending while shopping. Scan&Go is very...

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Dreher Breweries: top performance in risk avoidance

The Hungarian Credit Management Association awarded the Credit Management Team of the Year prize to the claim and risk management team of Dreher Breweries. In the last 5 years the...

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Coca-Cola Caravan: on the road again

Coca-Cola’s Christmas Caravan hits the road again, travelling across the country with a Coca-Cola Pop-up Store on board. This year the caravan will turn up on the main squares or...

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EuroFamily to become more efficient

Laurel has commenced a big project with the EuroFamily store chain, which consists of 36 retail outlets. Laurel has to harmonise the Laura cash register software with the recently introduced...

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‘How to do what?’ launched

Hungary’s most popular culinary website, NoSalty started its ‘How to do what?’ website. The new page intends to build a community of NoSalty users, who can help each other with...

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LeasePlan is an international market leader with its 1.5-million-vehicle fleet

LeasePlan’s Dutch parent company, LeasePlan Corporation announced that the size of its international fleet reached 1.5 million vehicles. This is a record number in the market that strengthens the company’s...

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SMEs can take an express train

Zsanett Ducsai-Oláh, the CEO of Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) talked to Trade magazin about their Export Express programme, which is supposed to assist SMEs in entering foreign markets. She...

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Magazine: What kind of yogurt ice cream do we want?

In a two-year period Jono Yogo opened five self-service yogurt-ice cream parlours. The latest one is located in the Auchan store in Budaörs and opened right where Chillbox – a...

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GfK: households spend 20 percent more on fast moving consumer goods in December

An average household spent 74 thousand HUF on food and household chemical goods in December last year, which was 20 percent more than the monthly average of 61,500 HUF –...

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