Events
                    Economic growth in the euro area and the EU slowed in the second quarter
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-11 11:00:11
												                    
				
                Economic growth slowed in the European Union and the euro area in the second quarter. According to revised but not yet definitive data, Hungary achieved the highest economic growth in...
Read more
                    Coca-Cola Launches Limited-Edition Dark Fanta For Halloween
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-11 08:50:02
												                    
				
                Cola-Cola has announced that it has launched a new limited-edition blood orange flavoured Fanta for Halloween in the UK. Fanta Dark Orange is jet black in colour and the bottle...
Read more
                    Coop Switzerland Launches Private-Label Sustainable Toothbrush
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-11 08:30:50
												                    
				
                Coop Switzerland has launched a new line of own-brand toothbrushes made of renewable raw materials, branded as Naturaline. The product is available in soft and medium versions. The handle of...
Read more
                    Aldi Introduces ‘Grüner Knopf’ Seal For Textile Supply Chain
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-11 08:10:29
												                    
				
                Discounter Aldi has announced that it has introduced the ‘Grüner Knopf’ (Green Button) seal to label sustainable textile. Presently, the retailer is offering baby tights and baby socks made of fabric...
Read more
                    Magazine: Simple mechanisms, useful prizes
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-11 07:10:31
												                    
				
                As part of the ‘Most successful promotion of the year’ competition, Kantar-Hoffmann and Trade magazin do a consumer survey every year, getting 32 direct consumer feedbacks on the entries and...
Read more
                    KSH: consumer prices rose by 3.1 percent in August
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:45:33
												                    
				
                In August, consumer prices rose by an average of 3.1 percent year-on-year, down 0.1 percent from July – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Tuesday. The annual rate of...
Read more
                    Equilor: the Hungarian economy is stable
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:20:32
												                    
				
                The fundamentals of the Hungarian economy continue to be favorable, although GDP growth may slow down, but it will remain vigorous this year – according to the latest analysis of...
Read more
                    V4: do not cut EU subsidies!
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:12:38
												                    
				
                Representatives of the Parliamentary Committees for European Affairs of the Visegrád Countries called the 20 percent cut in EU funding for the next seven-year budget cycle unacceptable at their meeting...
Read more
                    GREEN BRANDS Academy IV. How a company can reduce its environmental footprint
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:11:17
												                    
				
                Day after day, news come from around the world about the unfortunate effects of climate change: Arctic heat waves, equatorial snow, fires and floods all around the world. Everyone needs...
Read more
                    The work of veterinarians is also very important in the field of food safety
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:11:08
												                    
				
                Veterinary medicine and food chain safety are already facing challenges that will require new ideas from veterinary students – Zsigó Róbert, Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture said...
Read more
                    The tax and customs department seized fake perfumes and shoes
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:08:00
												                    
				
                The finance officers of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) seized 24 million HUF worth fake perfumes and 132 pairs of fake shoes on the M1 motorway – the...
Read more
                    German exports increased
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:06:04
												                    
				
                Contrary to expectations, the value of Germany’s exports did not fall but increased in July, with a stable third-quarter launch indicating that the largest economy in the euro area could...
Read more
                    Global sales of smartphones continue to decline this year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 11:00:17
												                    
				
                Global sales of smartphones have fallen for the third consecutive year – according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) IT and telecommunications market research firm. According to IDC, 0.4 percent...
Read more
                    The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 10:56:54
												                    
				
                – claims Mars, one of the world’s biggest confectionary, food and pet food producers, through their new Purpose statement. The new statement is integrated in the daily life of Mars...
Read more
                    Shoppers looking for a drill need holes
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 10:30:30
												                    
				
                Extreme Digital and SD4Good organised a two-day forum in Budapest for digital transformation experts on 6-7 June. The Shop Experience Design Sprint focused on finding new ways, business models and...
Read more
                    Trendy black coffees
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 09:51:54
												                    
				
                Judit Hellinger, Tchibo Budapest Kft.’s trade marketing manager informed our magazine that the improving economic situation and higher salaries had entailed a 7-percent sales growth in the Hungarian coffee market....
Read more
                    Albert Heijn Tests ‘Grab And Go’ Digital Store
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 08:50:33
												                    
				
                Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has announced that it is testing a mobile digital store designed to offer customers a ‘grab and go’ experience. Customers can access the store by using their debit...
Read more
                    Netto Marken-Discount To Switch To Unpackaged Cucumbers
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 08:30:15
												                    
				
                German discounter Netto Marken-Discount has announced that it is to only sell unpackaged cucumbers from mid-September onwards. As a result, all conventional and organic cucumbers will be sold packaging-free in 4,260 Netto...
Read more
                    Magazine: Nobody knows how far the 24th hour is
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-10 07:10:25
												                    
				
                More and more companies, especially large firms with the necessary financial resources, realise that sustainability isn’t only important for their prestige, but it is also profitable in the long run. Many...
Read more
                    GKI: online retail sales over 200 billion HUF in the first half of this year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:40:59
												                    
				
                According to a joint survey of GKI Digital and Árukereső.hu, the retail sales of this year increased by 16.4 percent, compared to the first half of last year. This year...
Read more
                    This year’s school milk and fruit program is secured
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:32:46
												                    
				
                The school milk and fruit program is secured again this year, the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture said in a press conference in Budapest on Monday. Feldman...
Read more
                    Nagy István: agriculture provided more than half of the national economy’s foreign trade surplus in the first half of the year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:32:40
												                    
				
                The Hungarian agricultural economy has undergone spectacular development in recent years, and its productivity and profitability have also increased significantly. Thanks to this, every year it makes a significant contribution...
Read more
                    Coface: the Central and Eastern European GDP may expand by 3.6 percent this year and 3.2 percent next year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:23:04
												                    
				
                GDP in Central and Eastern Europe is growing at a slower rate than last year, with GDP rising 3.6 percent this year and 3.2 percent next year – according to...
Read more
                    Milk Product Councils: the costs of dairy farmers are increasing
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:22:29
												                    
				
                The Intergovernmental Organization for Milk and Product Council has repeatedly stressed the importance of resolving the tensions between dairy farmers and retailers. In the domestic context, the increasing inflation and...
Read more
                    An illegal pálinka maker was found in Baranya
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:10:13
												                    
				
                Hundreds of liters of distillate and thousands of liters of mash, as well as high-volume pálinka making machines were found by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) in an...
Read more
                    Five billion euros Hungarian developments were showcased at the EXPO-REAL Budapest booth in Munich
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:08:36
												                    
				
                Almost 5 billion euros Hungarian developments were showcased at the EXPO-REAL Budapest booth in Munich. Thanks to the fastest-growing construction investments in the region, supporting the fastest Hungarian economic growth...
Read more
                    Investor sentiment in the euro area improved slightly
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:05:44
												                    
				
                Investor sentiment in the euro area has improved slightly, according to a study released on Monday by the Berlin-based Sentix Economic Research Institute. The monthly Sentix survey was made with...
Read more
                    Consumption has become the new mantra in the Chinese economy
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 11:02:32
												                    
				
                Chinese leadership wants to boost economic growth primarily through boosting domestic consumption – origo wrote. But there are still serious limitations to this, despite Chinese consumers contributing significantly to GDP...
Read more
                    Coffee cures a rare disease
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 09:06:26
												                    
				
                The effectiveness of two espressos per day was confirmed by a random test: the coffee eliminated by the coffee the symptoms of a rare, hereditary, incurable disease of 11-year-old French...
Read more
                    Russia’s X5 Opens New Distribution Centre In Siberia
                    
                        
																								Date: 2019-09-09 08:50:41
												                    
				
                Russian retailer X5 group has announced that it has opened a new distribution centre in Novosibirsk in the Siberian Federal District. The new logistics facility will supply goods to Pyaterochka...
Read more
 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			