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The best stores honoured for the fourth time
The jury selected the winners of the SuperStore 2018 competition in 15 categories. This prize rewards points of sale created with the most innovative concept, honouring those solutions which meet...
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Navigare necesse est
History books claim that Pompeius said the above sentence to sailors who didn’t want to sail off from Sicily to Rome, because there was a storm. Generations later the so-called...
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Hungarian packaging designers are among the best in the world
Miklós Nagy, secretary general of the Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) told our magazine that packaging use had increased a little – but less than the 4-percent...
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Spaghetti to-go!
Smorgasburg in Brooklyn is one of New Yorkers’ favourite summer eateries. It is a bit like a continuous culinary festival. This is the place where the spaghetti doughnut made its...
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Belarusian retail chain Eurotorg enters the stock market
Belarusian retail chain Eurotorg is about to list its shares in the London Stock Market. The chain has a 19-percent market share in Belarus and it is five times bigger...
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Alibaba enters the wine market
Seeing the growing demand for imported wine, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will invest almost USD 290 million in domestic wine and spirits importer and retailer 1919.cn. In...
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Oilseeds dried in Nak
An agricultural logistics centre has been built in Nak with HUF 110 million provided by the Territorial and Settlement Development Operational Programme, where oilseeds are going to be processed. The...
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Special government support for the market entry of food products
Since 2014 the government has financed the food industry with HUF 230 billion from both national and EU sources. Thanks to this the level of investment increased and more processed...
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One billion packs of paper napkin a year
The paper napkin category represents a value of more than HUF 3 billion. Like-for-like value sales were down 3 percent in September 2017-August 2018 and volume sales dropped 8 percent...
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First Hungarian self-checkout system gets the green light
Laurel has been given the authorisation to market LAURA-SSC, the first self-checkout system developed by a Hungarian company. The new system runs the Laurel cash register software – which is...
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From the top online FMCG retail markets 4 will be European by 2023
According to IGD, calculating with a 20-percent annual growth, by 2023 the world’s top 10 online FMCG retail markets will produce a value of EUR 200 billion – and 4...
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Less optimistic Hungarian SMEs
According to K&H’s latest SME confidence index, small and medium-sized Hungarian businesses were 10 points less optimistic in the 3rd quarter of 2018 – the index was at 7 points....
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Cofidis: we are prepared for the Black Friday, but we do not build the castle of gifts
The Black Friday is strongly linked to Christmas: 83 percent of those, who participate in the action plan to buy Christmas gifts at that time. 40 percent of the total...
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Geo-blocking has entered into force! What shall we pay attention to?
On 3 December the EU’s Geo-blocking Regulation entered into force: it addresses unjustified online sales discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal...
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Prices were up nearly 5 percent
In October 2018 consumer prices were 3.8 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with October 2017, food prices increased by 4.6 percent. Seasonal product prices (potatoes,...
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Augmented reality in retail
Kosárérték.hu Magazin has analysed how augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) can be used in retail. According to Ákos Ződi, the owner of Szeged-based company CreatIT Solutions, in the...
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Rapid growth this year, slowing down next year
While most forecasts say growth is going to be at 4-4.5 percent this year, for next year experts foresee a 3-3.5 percent growth – with the exception of the Hungarian...
Read moreTesco extends the application period for its community-building application
Tesco extends the application period for its community-building application, the “You choose, We Help” program until 23 November 2018. For the program of Tesco, such charitable organizations and informal companies...
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New support for the organic farmers
There is no time for delay: “The Switch to Organic Farming, the Maintenance of Organic Farming” application has been published. The deadline for submission is very close: the electronic support...
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The Hungarian Food Bank organizes Christmas Fundraising between 23-25 November in more than 200 stores
The Hungarian Food Bank organizes organizes traditional Christmas Fundraising again in 2018. The food donations of the population are expected in more than 200 stores in nearly 120 settlements across...
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Billion HUF traffic is expected on the toy market this Christmas
Half of the nearly 45 billion HUF toy/game market is realized during this Christmas season, when Hungarian families spend an average of 6800 HUF for store shopping and 8300 HUF...
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Europe imports more eggs
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) informs that in addition to the current 18, five more Hungarian meat companies have been...
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The Internet Family House Rule has been published
I do not even know what the kid is doing when pushing the buttons of the phone. I did not want to buy a phone to her yet, but everyone...
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An avalanche that helps people
This year more than 100 tons of produce was harvested by the participants of the Food Avalanche programme of Civil Iránytű Foundation and Syngenta. Syngenta’s vegetable seeds were planted on...
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Two new wieners from Wiesbauer-Dunahús
Wiesbauer-Dunahús has put Premium Light and Premium Veal wieners on the market, targeting people who follow a healthy diet and gourmet consumers. The delicious new premium products are made from...
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FUZETEA – winter edition
Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország Kft. is putting a new limited edition iced tea on the market: FUZETEA Winter Plum is available in 0.5- and 1.5-litre variants. The new FUZETEA product can...
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Fifty-two percent would not spend more on Christmas gifts than last year
Though most people do not plan to spend more on Christmas gifts than last year, shopping will also burden their wallet. The majority of the respondents spend on average 10-50...
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Kellogg’s: that is how we have our breakfast
According to a recent national survey the majority of Hungarian adults agree with the dietitians and try to start the day with breakfast regularly, since • almost everybody is having...
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MNB: Households’ assets increased by 524 billion forints in the third quarter
Net financial savings of households (financing capability) amounted to 524 billion forints in the third quarter, which is 4.9 percent of the quarterly GDP, while in the year until September...
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