Events
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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A business is making steaks without meat using a 3D printer
An Israeli startup that produces food using 3D printing technology promises the same quality, or even indistinguishable, plant-based meat steak – origo wrote after Bloomberg. Redefine Meat founders were motivated...
Read moreBiometric fingerprint reader on credit cards
Swiss-based payment technology firm Cornèrcard, Gemalto and Visa have developed a credit card that already has a biometric fingerprint reader – origo wrote. As stated on Cornèrcard’s official website, “With...
Read moreBusiness sentiment in Germany improved slightly in November
As expected, business sentiment in Germany improved moderately in November, according to a survey conducted by the University of Munich’s Ifo Economic Research Institute. Ifo’s November business sentiment index increased...
Read moreRecord growth in European smartphone sales in the tirrd quarter
The European smartphone market achieved the highest 8 percent third-quarter sales growth in its history – according to a survey by market research firm Canalys. With its eight percent growth,...
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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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Magazine: What an experience!
Mastercard has prepared a customer experience study in connection with the Retailer of the Year 2019 award. The company wanted to find out what Hungarian retailers can do to win...
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New markets may open up for Hungarian poultry, according to the head of the product board
New markets may open up for Hungarian chicken and turkey farmers in Europe, so the sector needs to be developed from EU and state sources – the President and CEO...
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Consume fish during the Advent period
A marketing campaign to promote fish consumption awaits the visitors to the Advent Feast at the Basilica at St Stephen’s Square in December. The marketing campaign offers visual cuisine, recipes,...
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Soil prices continued to increase last year
Agricultural and forestry land prices increased by 11 percent last year, land rents increased by 6.5 percent. Farmland sales totaled 72,000 hectares, nearly the same as last year. Last year,...
Read moreThis year, love boxes are being collected in Nagykanizsa
Like in the past three years, this year, schools, companies, institutions and churches are organizing love boxes for children in need in Nagykanizsa, and organizers are expecting three to four...
Read moreThe 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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The United States is the best for female entrepreneurs
The United States slightly overtook last year’s top-ranked New Zealand in Mastercard’s 2019 lineup, which ranked what is the best country for female entrepreneur in the world – origo wrote...
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Growth in the private sector in the euro area almost stopped in November
Growth in the private sector in the euro area came to a complete halt in November as the dominant service sector expanded much less than expected, and the manufacturing industry...
Read moreConsumer sentiment has improved in the United States
Consumer sentiment in the United States improved in November, according to a routine monthly survey by the University of Michigan, indicating that despite increasing uncertainty, consumers are optimistic and continue...
Read moreOECD: global economy is slowing faster than expected this year
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has worsened its forecast for global economic growth this year. According to the OECD’s biannual forecast, this year’s global economic growth...
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Vietnamese entrepreneur owns the most expensive whiskey collection in the world
Rare Whiskey 101 (RW101) estimates that the whiskey collection owned by Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan is worth 10.8 million pounds, or nearly 4.2 billion HUF. The Vietnamese businessman has a...
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Bonduelle: new recommendations say plant-based food is the way forward
The new dietary recommendations of France, Canada and the international EAT-Lancet project are unanimous: eating more plant-based food benefits our health and that of our planet. Will 2019 be a...
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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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Magazine: The changing face of retail
Trafik.hu coordinates the purchasing and sales work of 100 National Tobacco Shops. Data from the company reveals that these units are playing an ever-bigger role in Hungary’s FMCG retail. According...
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KSH: agricultural producer prices increased more than expenditure in the first three quarters of the year
In the first three quarters, agricultural producer prices increased more than input prices, the former increased by 5.8 percent and the latter by 4.2 percent, compared to the same period...
Read moreThe OECD has improved its GDP growth forecast for Hungary for 2019 and 2020
GDP growth is slowing compared to last year, but Hungary’s economic growth this year and next year will be faster than previously expected, according to the latest OECD forecast released...
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