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Self-driving small cars ship goods purchased online in East China
Self-driving fifth-generation (5G) technology cars have been deployed in eastern China to streamline online orders, according to an article published on Monday in the China Daily website. Nearly half a...
Read moreAlibaba postpones its share issue
China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, is postponing its planned issuance of shares to Hong Kong amid rising political tensions over the Asian financial center – insiders told Reuters news...
Read morePalastic sushi attracts guests in Japan
Most of the restaurants in Japan have plastic food models of many of their dishes outside the restaurant or in their windows. There are some incredible models which look convincing...
Read moreThe irrigated area in Hungary should be fivefolded
To keep competitiveness of Hungarian plant production, the irrigated area in Hungary should be increased fivefold. Currently there is 100 thousand hectares of irrigated area in Hungary. According to Ligetvári...
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Magazine: Familiar flavours, new looks
Both sausage and salami sales increased in 2018: 1.4 percent more sausage and 1.5 percent more salami were sold than in 2017. Value-wise sausage sales were up 6.5 percent and...
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Felismerni a fontos és győztes kategóriákat
„Az eladáshelyi marketing forradalma” című nemzetközi sikert aratott könyv társszerzője, Toby Desforges angol kereskedelmi szakértő Közép-Európában először tartott előadást a szlovák kereskedelmi kongresszuson néhány hete, amelyről előző számunkban tudósítottunk. A...
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Spar Austria is now ahead of its Germans competitors
Spar Austria has a stable second position in the top 5 ranking of grocery retailers. LZ Retailytics forecasts that Spar will continue the dynamic growth....
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International food prices are slowly decreasing
On 1 August the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations reported that in July the price index of the most important produce sold in international trade had...
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Optimistic statistics, pessimistic expectations
Data from April and May indicates that a slowdown occurred in the Hungarian economy in the second quarter, in comparison with the first quarter of 2019. However, the loss of...
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There will be more wheat in the world market
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the British government has reported that data provided by egg packaging companies reveal that egg production was up 3 percent...
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Google Shopping arrives in Hungary
For both customers and retailers, the success of online shopping depends on how fast one can get from showing interest in a product to making the purchase. What shoppers want is...
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Few fake websites in Hungary
Ecommerce Foundation has published the results of a survey that was conducted via Scamadviser.com, a website that helps more than 2.5 million users every month to check whether a website...
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Strong customer authentication’s start won’t be trouble-free
The date is approaching fast: on 14 September strong customer authentication (SCA) rules will enter into force in Hungary. It can already be seen that the system’s launch won’t be...
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Instant payment – later
On 28 May 2019 the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) postponed the introduction of the instant payment system in Hungary, the new date is now 2 March 2020. MNB decided...
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Comfort matters more to consumers than protecting the environment?
A 1000-respondent representative online survey by NMS Hungary has revealed that environmental protection is important for 67 percent of Hungarians. At the same time, the concept of sustainability and sustainable development...
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Traditional Hungarian cottage cheese ‘rögös túró’ gets EU designation
The Milk Interbranch Organisation and Dairy Board has announced that the European Commission granted the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (TSG) label to ‘rögös túró’, a special cottage cheese made in Hungary....
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Cif ecorefill: smaller burden on the environment
Unilever has launched Cif ecorefill in the United Kingdom, a new packaging format that puts a much smaller burden on the environment. The ecorefill contains a 10 times concentrated formula,...
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Another first from Lidl: Organic bakery items baked in-store
Lidl Hungary is the first grocery retailer in Hungary to sell organic baked goods made in-store. The six new organic bakery items – baguettes, rolls, breads, etc. – are made...
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GVH gives green light to Media Markt and Tesco in Győr too
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has granted Media Markt permission to take over the electronics department of the Tesco hypermarket in Győr. In an earlier procedure GVH has already authorised...
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Five impulse buying strategies
In March American marketing specialist Katie Kochelek published an article on the Shop! website. The topic was 5 strategies that can be used to motivate shoppers for impulse buying. 1....
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More spectacular shop windows make shoppers more loyal
According to a recent study by Shop!, the shop window can be one of the best opportunities for a store and a brand to sell themselves instantly. In the offline...
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POPAI Hungary celebrates another victory
On 26 June the winners received the Shop! Global Awards of the international trade associations POPAI and Shop!, at the international trade exhibition GlobalShop in Chicago. Winners were announced in...
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Magazine: The 3rd GREEN BRANDS Academy: What makes a brand green?
At the 3rd GREEN BRANDS Academy on 5 June the speakers agreed: ecological operations make a brand green, but it is also crucial to inform the public – in a...
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Magazine: Profi, the local superstar can become the market leader in Romania
The experts of LZ Retailytics forecast that by 2023 the Profi chain will be the market leading FMCG retailer in Romania. They say this mainly has to do with the fact...
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Opten: Hungarian fish farming has started to grow
Following the downturn in 2017, the number of fishing and fish farming businesses has increased as the main activity started to grow last year, while the sector’s total net sales...
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Chamber of Agriculture: there will be poor apple harvest and strong demand
Hungarian apple growers expect strong demand, as this year’s harvest is expected to be lower than the 600-650 thousand-tonne multiannual average. It will be about 450-500 thousand tonnes – the...
Read moreAM: summer cereal and rape harvest is over
Harvesting of summer crops has been completed, and despite the harsh weather, Hungary will be adequately secured in the 2019/2020 season – the Ministry of Agriculture (MTI) announced on Thursday....
Read moreEconomist: GDP increased due to the good performance of several sectors
Due to the good performance of several sectors, Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.1 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period of the previous year...
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Deloitte: school start is the second largest shopping season
After Christmas, the period between July and September is the second largest shopping season, and parents have to go deep into their pockets because of the start of school –...
Read moreSolar energy can save the bees
In recent years, the number of honeybees and other pollinating insects has declined significantly worldwide due to the use of sprayers, parasites and bee habitat shrinkage due to climate change....
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