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Amazon launches a Dash Smart Shelf for businesses that automatically restocks supplies
Amazon is launching its new Amazon Dash Smart Shelf today. The Dash Smart Shelf is also even more automated than the Dash buttons, as it uses a built-in scale to...
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Spectacular results in Manna’s ABC network as a result of the new IT system
Manna’s ABC stores were digitized for Laura’s cash register between 2017 and 2019. “We can report on successful cooperation, as all our stores use a modern and efficient sales system...
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Vegan next level meat at Lidl
Only plant-based meat substitutes have been added to Lidl’s product range. The new 100% vegan products developed under the supermarket chain’s “Next Level Meat” brand provide alternative and climate friendly...
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Nesquik cocoa powder without added sugar debuts in Hungary
Nestlé is launching a new cocoa powder made from 100% natural ingredients without added sugar, Hungarian costumers will be the first in the world who can purchase the product from...
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The money sending service of Moneytou, Mastercard and Rakuten Viber has started
From today, users can quickly and easily send money to each other using a Hungarian-developed service available within the Viber application. The service, based on Mastercard Send technology, was announced...
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The LEGO Group donates 1 million LEGO® kits to children in need
As part of the Build to Give campaign, the LEGO Group donated more than 500,000 LEGO® sets to children worldwide last year. During this year’s festivities, the company wants to...
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Weekday is using robotics to create “custom-made” jeans unique to your body shape
Weekday is using robotics to create custom-made jeans for its customers, scanning shoppers’ bodies to determine the perfect fit. H&M’s subsidiary Weekday invited 100 customers to take part in its...
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Morrisons launches scheme to sell £10 worth of food past its best before date in £3 food box
Morrisons is to start using the food waste app Too Good to Go, which will help customers purchase products as part of a new discount box scheme. The supermarket will...
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Walmart China to open 500 new stores
US retailer Walmart is planning to launch 500 new outlets in China within five to seven years. The expansion will more than double the firm’s presence in the territory in...
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GoVolcanic – World Meeting of Volcanic Wines in Budapest
The wines of more than forty Hungarian and international wine cellars operating on volcanic sites, as well as lectures and masterclasses by several domestic and foreign wine experts await the...
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French LVMH luxury group acquires the Tiffany jewelry company
The French LVMH luxury goods group has agreed on a purchase price of 14.7 billion euros (16.2 billion USD, 135 USD per share) with US-based jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co....
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Henkel extends partnership with Plastic Bank
Henkel extends its collaboration with the social enterprise Plastic Bank for another five years. Following the achievements of the partnership launched in 2017, Henkel will support ongoing projects in Haiti,...
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Amazon opens pop-up store on China’s Pinduoduo until year-end
Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it will open a pop-up store on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo Inc that will run until the end of December and carry a selection of...
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Boots Introduces Compostable Pharmacy Bags
British health and beauty retailer Boots has started to replace plastic pharmacy bags with compostable bags, the Retail Gazette reports. By March 2020, the retailer aims to replace around 10...
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Smurfit Kappa Unveils Sustainable Packaging For Multipack Beverages
Smurfit Kappa has introduced a range of sustainable packaging alternatives to replace single-use plastics in bundling beverage cans and bottles. The new corrugated packaging options offered by the company are...
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The Christmas Market was opened in Bratislava
The Christmas Market was opened in Bratislava was opened early Friday evening by turning on the decorative lighting on the common Christmas tree of Bratislava. The fair, which has been...
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Changing trends, changing products
In every industry it is a great challenge to be in line with the constantly changing trends. KALL Ingredients Kft.’s main goal is to become the leaders of innovation in...
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Coop Sweden To Introduce Paper Bags For Fruit And Vegetables
Coop Sweden has announced plans to replace single-use plastic bags for fruit and vegetables with paper bags by the spring of next year. The initiative will help the retailer to reduce the...
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Billa Launches Own-Brand Festive Food Range
Austrian supermarket chain Billa has launched a new range of own-brand food items for the festive season. Some of the products in Billa’s Christmas range include almond brittle gingerbread, cinnamon almonds, and...
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Coca-Cola to replace plastic shrink wrap with paper packaging across Europe
Coca-Cola and its European bottling partners will remove shrink wrap from its can multipacks, to be replaced with a €15m (£12.8m) investment into a paper-based packaging solution by the end...
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Auchan is participating in the Food Bank’s Christmas Fundraising Campaign with 23 stores this year
Beyond previous years, Auchan is participating in the Christmas Fundraising Campaign of the Hungarian Food Bank Association with 23 stores this year. In addition to the November joint action, the...
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This year’s Lidl cookbook is based on recipes from seven domestic celebrities
The latest, fifth volume of Lidl Hungary’s Successful Cookbook Series has been published – The Lidl Kitchen Introduces: The Chef Helps Again. With nearly 450,000 copies in the cookbook of...
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Revival in the world of industrial auctions
More and more large companies are deciding to sell their redundant industrial assets through online auctions. Kocsis Csaba, Managing Director of Intergavel The largest domestic player in the market, Intergavel...
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A Chinese company acquires stake in Rail Cargo Terminal-BILK Zrt.
The Ocean Rail Logistics S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco Shipping Group, has acquired a more than 15 percent stake in the Rail Cargo Terminal-BILK Zrt., which is a Hungarian...
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A book of tales and a Discovery Game
Eszter Benedek, managing director of Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. revealed at the company’s marketing forum in Kecskemét that they will come out with a Discovery Game campaign in 2020 –...
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