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KSH: export surplus in March was over one billion euros
In March, the value of exports in euros was 22.3 points and imports 15.3 percent higher than a year earlier. The foreign trade surplus improved by 685 million euros to...
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Problematic webshops can be closed for up to a year
With the advent of the online sales channel, inspection authorities are also finding more and more websites in Hungary offering counterfeit, illicitly manufactured or marketed products for sale; fraudsters can...
Read moreCereal prices keep increasing
The increase in cereal prices in the world has still not stopped, and it seems that further increases are to be made in Hungary, said Tamás Petőházi, President of the...
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Our face is our business card, so let’s take good care of it!
Market players in the face care category also had to face unexpected conditions in 2020. Richard Dani, the head of Alveola Kft.’s trade division explained that the measures imposed to...
Read moreRetail sales in the Czech Republic increased by five percent in March
Excluding calendar effects, retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by five percent on an annual basis in March, while they decreased by 1.6 percent month-on-month, the Czech Statistical Office...
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(HU) Magyar Termék AGÓRA online konferencia: “Lépj ki a dobozból!”
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Product innovations: At the gates of a new world
Healthy, natural and immune system strengthening food products are very popular and numerous companies are building portfolios with products like this. Chobai has recently announced launching a new probiotic yogurt...
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Fragrances tuned to moods
The breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic changed our lives, many people started working from home, people meet others much less often and they don’t frequent gyms. Consequently, deodorant sales reduced...
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Magazine: A popular guide to funding programmes for the food industry
Hungary will soon start the fourth budgetary cycle in the European Union and the national administration is busy planning agricultural funding programmes. In the meantime we shouldn’t forget about the...
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The amount of tenders for the development of livestock farms has more than quintupled
The government has increased the budget for tenders for the modernization of livestock farms fivefold, so those concerned can receive 260 billion HUF instead of 50 billion HUF, Minister of...
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Trans-Sped opened a new e-commerce logistics center in Nagytarcsa
Trans-Sped, a complex logistics provider in Nagytarcsa, has opened a new e-commerce logistics warehouse on more than 13,000 square meters, the company told MTI. It was highlighted in the announcement,...
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The Sole-Mizo Zrt. developed its three sites with state support.
The Sole-Mizo Zrt. developed its sites in Szeged, Csorna and Bácsbokod with a total of 5 billion HUF with state support, the Minister of Finance announced at the investment’s press...
Read moreRetail sales grew by 4.1 percent in the first quarter of the year in Romania
In Romania, according to raw data, the volume of retail sales increased by 4.1 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, the Romanian National Statistics...
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Growth, speed, expansion
Focus topic of the newsletter E-Scanner of the Private Label Manufacturers Association is the expansion of retail players and the monitoring of changes. Growth is generated by acquisitions, online expansion...
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Besides keeping you awake, energy drinks ought to be healthy too!
András Palkó, Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország’s marketing operations manager reported to our magazine that the retail market of energy drinks grew by 2.9 percent in value and increased by 3.3 percent...
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The interiors of the restaurants could be opened in Serbia
In Serbia, the interiors of restaurants could be opened from Friday, Serbian Public Service Television (RTS) said. According to the crisis team’s decision on Thursday, only restaurants and cafes that...
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(HU) A FUZETEA #afúzióereje kezdeményezésén várják a pályázatokat közös megvalósításra
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Mars and Tesco team up again
Following last year’s success, Mars and Tesco are working together again to support families in need. As part of the initiative, the company will donate 1% of the price of...
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Trade magazin launches Business Podcast: Future Talks with Szilvia Krizsó – ‘Those who step on the gas too hard will come out of this badly’
…said György Jaksity, chairman of the board of directors at Concorde, the first guest in Trade magazine’s new podcast series, Future Talks. In the following you can read parts of...
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Are you out of practice? Olympic champion shows in video how to prepare for this year’s holiday
Danubius Hotels is preparing for this season with three-time Olympic champion water polo player Gergely Kiss and David Katz. The pair will show off their fun videos of how to...
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EU gave the green light to flour worms as food: Hungary opposes decision
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KSH: retail sales fell by two percent in March
In March, according to raw data, retail sales decreased by 1.5 percent and calendar effects by 2.0 percent compared to the same period last year. Compared to the previous month,...
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World Poultry Day is May 10, a celebration of the poultry profession
On the initiative of Hungary, the poultry profession celebrates World Poultry Day on 10 May. The event aims to draw attention to the players in the poultry sector, who are...
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Premium income from agricultural insurance increased last year
In Hungary, farmers paid 16 billion HUF in plant insurance premiums to insurers in 2020, 16.7 percent more than in the previous year, the premium income of the animal insurance...
Read moreITM: online retail broke another record in March
Internet and parcel sales in Hungary surpassed all previous performance for the third time in one year. The peak of 114 billion in April last year was passed on by...
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Planet Budapest 2021: Sustainability also brings a turning point in business
The performance of the economic sectors dealing with the development of sustainable innovations may increase by 25 percent per year in the next period. oOne of the thematic focus points...
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Retail sales in the euro area and the EU increased in March
Retail sales in the euro area grew more than expected in March, according to a quarterly report from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office. Turnover from mail order and internet...
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Disposable can be sustainable
Essity the Swedish-German company strives for responsible and sustainable operations, taking into account the expectations of consumers and retail partners as well. Social responsibility is achieved by improving family wellbeing,...
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