Events
Magazine: O2O has never been this comfortable before
Date: 2019-03-19 08:43:56
O2O – harmonised online and offline sales – has reached a new chapter: in December 2018 GH Lab opened a pop-up store in Mall of America in Bloomington (Minnesota), which...
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(HU) Melyek voltak 2018 legsikeresebb promóciói?
Date: 2019-03-18 19:23:07
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Beer Association: premium beers are becoming more popular
Date: 2019-03-18 11:55:07
Although only a small increase occured in the quantity of beer sold last year, the income of the members of the beer association has increased much more, because beer drinkers...
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Hungarians purchased with cards in a record number at the end of 2018
Date: 2019-03-18 11:47:31
The number of debit cards issued increased, while the number of credit cards declined in Hungary in the fourth quarter of last year – the National Bank of Hungary (MNB)...
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The sustainability theme week has begun
Date: 2019-03-18 11:40:08
The Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) announced its sustainability theme for the fourth time, this year. At the Monday opening ceremony held in the Parliament, Rétvári Bence, Parliamentary Minister of...
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Big Gift Survey: we buy gifts for our partners and children
Date: 2019-03-18 11:30:25
Almost everybody gives birthday and Christmas presents, but what are the other gift events in people’s lives, and to whom do they give gifts the most? These questions were answered...
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Beekeepers expect a difficult season
Date: 2019-03-18 11:18:50
Bross Péter, president of the Hungarian National Beekeeping Association (OMME) told Magyar Nemzet that although we are at the very beginning of the season, it can already be seen that...
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The Agricultural Marketing Center promotes Hungarian products in London and in Düsseldorf
Date: 2019-03-18 11:17:45
The Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) appears with independent stands at two international exhibitions. The Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) organizes the Hungarian appereance at the International Food and Drink Event (IFE)...
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Tokaji March Grand Taste with the wines of sixty wineries
Date: 2019-03-18 11:17:25
The visitors of the Tokaji March Grand Taste event can taste about 150 wines of more than sixty wineries in Hegyalja from Tokaj through Mád and Erdőbénye to Sárospatak in...
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Czech retail started the year well
Date: 2019-03-18 11:15:58
Retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 4.7 percent in January, compared to a year before, after the 3.1 percent in December – the Czech Statistical Office announced in...
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The foreign trade surplus of the Euro area decreased
Date: 2019-03-18 11:10:20
The trade surplus of the euro area in January decreased lower than expected, compared to the previous year – according to the first estimate of the European Union Statistical Office....
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IGD: five trends will shape retail in 2019
Date: 2019-03-18 10:16:00
IGD has identified five main trends that will shape retail trade in 2019. Having analysed the trends and events of 2018, they found that one of the most important trends...
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Food can’t be healthy if the ingredients are unhealthy
Date: 2019-03-17 13:43:20
Excessive use of pesticides and antibiotics in livestock farming, and poor management of fertilisers are all major threats to human health – a new report by the World Economic Forum...
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The people who decide
Date: 2019-03-16 07:45:25
Members of the Product of the Year jury must be recognised economic and marketing experts, who are also familiar with the domains of product innovation and brand building. These characteristics...
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Trade Marketing Manager of the Year awards presented
Date: 2019-03-16 07:29:55
This year’s Trade Marketing Manager of the Year awards were presented on 14 February, at the ‘I Love Trade Marketing’ conference. Ms Trade Marketing 2018 became Tünde Laurinyecz, senior trade and...
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21-22 May: trade fair for private label products in Amsterdam
Date: 2019-03-15 16:13:36
This year the representatives of private label product manufacturers and retailers will meet again on 21-22 May at the World of Private Label trade show in Amsterdam. There will be more...
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New offline concepts strengthen customer loyalty
Date: 2019-03-15 15:59:00
According to shopping experience surveys conducted by PSFK, retailers such as Chanel and Cartier have started offering cross-services – just like FMCG retailers do. In one of their New York and...
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Seventh heaven
Date: 2019-03-15 15:55:09
International retail chain 7-Eleven tries to be a part of our everyday lives that stores offer everything consumers might need in Taiwan. In addition to the usual hypermarket assortment, they can...
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Supermarket, c-store or filling station? All three!
Date: 2019-03-15 15:48:53
Retail chain Hy-Vee Davenport (Iowa) has introduced one of the latest innovative retail concepts. Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh is hybrid commercial complex that combines the product selection of a supermarket with...
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Dairy products drove food prices up
Date: 2019-03-15 11:25:07
In February the FAO food price index rose by 1.7 percent to reach 167.5 points. The index hasn’t been this high since August 2018, but it is still 2.3 percent lower...
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Hungarian CEOs: The lack of experts is the biggest problem
Date: 2019-03-15 10:50:16
For the 8th time, PwC Magyarország has interviewed 236 CEOs from 8 industries, in cooperation with the Confederation of Hungarian Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ). In comparison with last year, one fifth...
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Russia: the expansion in various channels promises growth
Date: 2019-03-15 09:23:52
Since the four biggest Russian FMCG retailers are expanding in the direction of new, growing sales channels, their share from the top 20’s sales will reach 74.3 percent by 2020...
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The situation is changing in the East
Date: 2019-03-15 09:18:20
LZ Retailiytics – a department of Lebensmittel Zeitung – has studied the FMCG market trends of Central and Eastern Europe. They found that the Russian market leader X5 group’s Pjatyorka...
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Retail sales augmented by 5.4 percent
Date: 2019-03-15 09:15:15
In January 2019 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 5.4 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was the same – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Prices increased by 3.1 percent in February
Date: 2019-03-15 09:06:06
In February 2019 consumer prices were 3.1 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with February 2018, food prices increased by 5.2 percent. Seasonal product prices (potatoes,...
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Cereal prices up 14 percent in just one year
Date: 2019-03-15 09:04:11
In December 2018 agricultural production prices were 5.8 percent higher in comparison with the level of December 2017 – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). This situation was the result...
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Half of Hungarians are already buying premium products online
Date: 2019-03-15 09:01:27
Nearly half of Hungarian consumers are already buying premium products online, and this proportion is getting closer to the 61-percent European and the 69-percent world average. What is more, 15...
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Nielsen: Despite the slight slowdown, domestic retail is leading in the region
Date: 2019-03-14 11:58:11
The slowdown in the European economy’s growth rate has also had an impact in Hungary: the growth rate of the continent’s retail sales declined by an average of -2.1 percent...
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The Spring Pork Consumption Campaign has been launched
Date: 2019-03-14 11:55:00
The Spring Pork Consumption Promotion campaign was launched. The Ministry of Agriculture support the campaign from the 440 million HUF framework intended for the marketing of pork. Feldman Zsolt Minister...
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The EP adopted a directive on unfair trading practices
Date: 2019-03-14 11:35:37
The a large majority of the European Parliament (EP) supported the new EU Directive on unfair trading practices – the EU Parliament announced. At the European Parliament’s plenary session in...
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