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Colruyt Group tests smart lockers for parcel delivery
Belgian retailer Colruyt Group is testing smart lockers for parcel delivery in 6 stores, which are called Bringme Box. The lockers – developed by intelligent logistics solutions provider Bringme –...
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Amazon sends free samples
As part of Amazon Sampling, the online retailer sends free samples of new and established brands’ products to shoppers. It is Amazon that selects the customers who receive the free...
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Starbucks: 10 new cafés instead of the planned 1,000
Instead of the formerly planned 1,000 new units, Starbucks has decided to launch between just 6 and 10 new cafés. The decision comes as the competition for a cup of...
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Lidl: less salt, sugar and fat in private label products
Lidl had made a pledge already in January 2017 to optimise the composition of several private label products: they cut the sugar content of Crownfield breakfast cereals by 35 percent;...
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Taco Bell tests a vegetarian menu
Taco Bell is testing a vegetarian menu that combines the chain’s old and new vegetarian offerings. With this step Taco Bell is trying to reach out to younger consumers who...
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Zewa Project reloaded
In the Zewa Designer Competition 16 in-store display designs, created by students of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, were competing. The brand celebrated the winners with a press...
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Turkey: EBRD loan for developing Migros
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced granting an EUR 60-million loan for modernising Migros stores in Turkey. Not only stores will be revamped from this sum,...
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Lidl-Müller partnership in the United Kingdom
Lidl’s strategy heavily builds on British farmers, so two thirds of their products in UK stores come from local suppliers. Last year Lidl entered into a partnership with Müller Milk&Ingredients:...
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Unilever buys ‘Vegetarian Butcher’
Unilever has acquired Dutch ‘vegetarian butcher’ company De Vegatarische Slager. The Utrecht-based ambitious manufacturer of meat substitutes established 4,000 points of sale in 17 countries in 11 years. Their products...
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Continente launches electronic invoice in Portugal
Continente is the first food retailer in Portugal to have introduced e-invoicing: by using this service shoppers receive invoices via e-mail in real time, at the time of purchase. The...
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Walmart tests self-driving cars
Walmart plans to speed up the home delivery of FMCG products by using self-driving cars – the model is being tested in Arizona, in cooperation with Udelv. In the current...
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Alibaba buys Berlin-based company data Artisans
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group paid USD 103.3 million for data processing and streaming company data Artisans, which has customers such as Uber, Lyft, eBay, Comcast, a Huawei and Kin....
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Two from three British shoppers chose Aldi or Lidl at Christmas
Two thirds of British households bought food and drinks in an Aldi or Lidl store before Christmas. According to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel, almost all retail chains saw...
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Carrefour: new store format in Italy and Belgium
In Portogruaro Carrefour Italia debuts with a new hypermarket that aims at making shopping simpler: they sell organic fruits and vegetables supplied by local farmers, ready meals to go, there...
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British Co-op to open 100 new stores in 2019
Co-op is investing GBP 200 million in opening 100 new stores in the United Kingdom in 2019. The development programme will create 1,500 new jobs. These shops will open at...
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Leclerc and Carrefour: new pick-up locations for pedestrians
‘E.Leclerc Relais’ is the name of Leclerc’s latest, 7th pick-up location for pedestrians in Paris, which opened on 9 January. Carrefour has also announced that before the end of January...
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Tesco uses robots for home delivery
Teaming up with Starship Technologies, Tesco started using robots for home delivery in the United Kingdom: from a Tesco Extra store 1,000 products can be ordered, which are delivered in...
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Alibaba to build a trade hub in Belgium
Alibaba, the biggest Chinese online retailer is to build its own 220,000m² base in Belgium, close to the Liége airport – reported Handelsblatt. The company will invest at least EUR...
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Good performance from Amazon Web Services
Last year more than half of e-commerce giant Amazon’s revenue came from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon launched this in 2006 to provide businesses with cloud-based IT services. In the...
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Hungarian wine producers closed a good year in 2018
Despite the extreme weather conditions, early harvest and yield restrictions, Hungarian wine producers closed a good year in 2018. The annual evaluation of the Dubicz Winery and Vineyard of the...
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Magazine: Winning cards
Mastercard was the sponsor of the prize game and the cooking contest. We asked marketing manager Péter Mondovics about the cooperation. How did Mastercard end up ‘on the dinner...
Read moreTesco does not plan to close stores in Hungary
Tesco does not plan to close stores in Hungary, the store chain will continue to invest heavily in its stores – Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. told MTI on Tuesday. In the...
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The sales revenue of the Regio Játékkereskedelmi Kft. grew by 16 percent last year
The Regio Játékkereskedelmi Kft. achieved net sales of 12.2 billion HUF in 2018, 16 percent more than in the previous year – the company told MTI on Tuesday. According to...
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McDonald’s encourages to read a new series of books of a world-renowned writer
Hungarian McDonald’s is launching a new initiative in January. Families can now choose books instead of games with the Happy Meal menu. In this year’s campaign, the restaurant chain caught...
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HFS Research: az EY garantálja a legmagasabb szintű robotizált folyamatautomatizálási szolgáltatásokat ügyfeleinek
EY is ranked number one in robotic process automation (RPA) services by HFS Research in its “HFS Top 10 RPA Service Providers 2018” list, based on HFS’ comprehensive assessment and...
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The prime minister inaugurated a water mill processing plant
For the Hungarian future successful small towns are needed and the government is also eager to strengthen Hungarian companies – Prime Minister Orbán spoke Viktor about this on Monday in...
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MARS launches a three-year leadership training program
One of the world’s largest confectionery, food and pet food companies MARS launches a three-year leadership training program called Mars Leadership Experience (MLE). The program is looking for ambitious graduates...
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The Sberbank would sell its stake in Croatian Agrokor
The largest Russian bank, Sberbank plans to sell 39.2 percent of its stake in the largest Croatian food producer and retail company, Agrokor. Sberbank’s press department with the Interfax Russian...
Read moreGVH: MediaMarkt can acquire control over Tesco’s electronics business in nine stores
MediaMark can control the electronics business in Tesco’s nine stores – the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) told MTI on Friday. According to the announcement, the GVH concluded that MediaMarkt’s acquisition...
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New CEO at Nielsen Market Research
From 1 January 2019, Szűcs-Villányi Ágnes performs the managing director duties of Nielsen in Hungary. Ágnes joined Nielsen’s manufacturer consulting team in 2004 and soon became a regional manager of...
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