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New product category available by Euronics nationwide
In April last year, the Garden and DIY product category appeared for the first time in euronics’ webshop. Seeing the outstanding success of online sales, the company decided to make...
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Corporate digitalisation: an addiction that strengthens the organisation
Oxford Economics and SAP surveyed 2,000 executives from small and midsize organisations about their priorities, challenges, and digital maturity. Small and midsize organisations have certain advantages over their larger rivals....
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Tesco’s program to support communities goes on
More than 1,000 environmental building, education and skills development and healthy lifestyle initiatives, 280 million HUF support – Tesco Ön választ, mi segítünk helps you with the results of your...
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‘MOST SUCCESSFUL PROMOTION OF THE YEAR 2020’ AWARDS presented
This year Trade magazin organised the ‘Most successful promotion of the year’ competition’s award ceremony and conference day for the 13th time. Entries arrived in 6 categories from FMCG companies...
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Zewa Tringle – Hungarian winner at the Global Awards
Winners, gold medalists of the local competitions of POPAI and Shop! chapters compete for the Shop! Global Awards, considered the “Oscars” of the POP profession, which is why it is...
Read moreFrieslandCampina is further expanding its factory in Mátészalka
The Dutch-owned FrieslandCampina Hungária Zrt. will further expand its dairy factory in Mátészalka. The government will provide HUF 900 million in support for the 5.1 billion HUF investment, Szijjártó Péter,...
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KSH: earnings increased by 9.8 percent in February
In February, both gross and net average earnings excluding benefits increased by 9.8 percent year-on-year. Net earnings, taking into account discounts, increased by 9.5 percent, the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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Renovation of the market hall and market begins in Salgótarján
Renovation of the market hall and market in Salgótarján will begin, and about 900 million forints will be spent on the developments that will last until December, the local government...
Read moreThe Chinese-Hungarian Air Silk Road is established
The Chinese-Hungarian Air Silk Road is established, and the agreement was signed on Tuesday in Budapest by Budapest Airport, the Chinese Henan Airport Group (the operator of Chengzhou International Airport)...
Read moreConsumer sentiment in the United States is at the pre-coronavirus level
In April, the Conference Board Economic Research Institute’s U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index returned to a much higher-than-expected level before last year’s outbreak of the coronavirus crisis. According to a survey...
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That’s the way Hungarians drink: 6 facts you wouldn’t expect
Diageo, the world’s leading alcoholic beverage manufacturer and distributor, recently launched its DRINKiQ campaign in Hungary to raise awareness of the importance of conscious and responsible alcohol consumption. The 10-question...
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Nielsen IQ: Sales of weight control products increase by 1.5 times in May
In May, sales of products for weight control have been on fire for years: from April to May last year, sales increased by almost 1.5 times in value, while 40...
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Underground rapper and fitness champion in Aldi’s new video
Over the past year, as a result of the epidemic and protective measures, shopping habits have changed considerably, and customer attitudes towards in-store shopping have clearly changed. Even during the...
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Virtual medicine has a spectacular future
Already in the first months of the coronavirus epidemic, far more people have used telehealth services in the United States than in the past, and the demand for digital doctor-patient...
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Three years forward in one year
According to the latest survey of GKI Digital and Árukereső.hu, domestic e-commerce sales surged by a record 45 percent and reached HUF 909 billion in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic speeded...
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Mobile banking proliferates
According to a Mastercard survey, the proportion of mobile banking users reached 56 percent for the first time among bank card owners in 2020. 65 percent of 18-34 year old...
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SPAR Magyarország: 8.7-percent growth in 2020
SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. came up with an excellent performance in the very challenging year of 2020: sales were up 8.7 percent at HUF 738.9 billion and by the end...
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Heineken Hungária becomes first PET bottle free major brewery
Being an environmentally conscious company, from this year Heineken Hungária exclusively produces and distributes bottle, keg and endlessly recyclable aluminium can packaged products. From early 2021 Gösser and Gösser Natur...
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Lifebuoy donation to OMSZ
Hand hygiene brand Lifebuoy – recently relaunched by Unilever in Europe and Hungary – donated more than HUF 4.5 million worth of 4,600 hand hygiene gels to the National Ambulance...
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In seven years 750 billion forints will go to food industry development
On 22 April Norbert Erdős, state secretary for food chain supervision at the Ministry of Agriculture, visited the CBA Logistics Centre in Alsónémedi. At the event he told that the...
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‘Let’s make tasty food healthier’
The slogan in the title basically tells everything about the direction to follow, but it depends on many things how much food companies can combine these two criteria. Last year...
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Continente comes out with plant-based product range
Portuguese supermarket chain Continente has unveiled ‘Powered by Plants’, a new private label vegetarian product line. The product range consists of meat-free burgers, nuggets and meatballs made exclusively from vegetable protein....
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Svetofor launches new store format in Serbia
Russian hard discounter Svetofor has debuted with its second store format in Serbia, in the towns of Subotica and Kruševac. The Svetofor supermarket in Kruševac has a retail area of 1,150m²,...
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Lidl Italia introduces household products made of 95 percent recycled plastic
Lidl Italia’s first household products are made with 95 percent recycled plastic. The new range is made by PreZero, the environmental division of the Schwarz Group. PreZero is responsible for recovering...
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Barilla Group unveils Mulino Bianco pancakes in breakfast range
Italy’s Barilla Group has launched ready-to-eat pancakes under its Mulino Bianco bakery breakfast range. Mulino Bianco Pancakes are made with flour, sugar, eggs from free-range hens and 100-percent fresh Italian milk. The pancakes...
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NAK: 17 June is Fruit and Vegetable Day
European Fresh Force is the name of the joint educational programme of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the European Union. The initiative has been popularising fruit and vegetable...
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Heineken to launch Pure Piraña in Europe too
Heineken plans to introduce its Pure Piraña hard seltzer to the European market this year. At first the brand will be available in Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain,...
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Polish company Eurocash acquires stake in Arlehan
Polish retailer Eurocash has bought a 49-percent share in Arlehan, which operates over 100 stores in north-eastern Poland. At a later date Eurocash will acquire 1 more percent of Arlehan. Arlehan employs almost...
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