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Unemployment has stagnated in OECD countries
Unchanged from December, the unemployment rate remained at 6.8 percent in January in the 37 member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to data posted...
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Lego’s revenue grew 13 percent last year
The Lego Group’s revenue increased by 13 percent to DKK 43.7 billion (2,154 billion HUF) last year – the Danish construction toy manufacturer announced its financial results to MTI on...
Read moreFidelity: Asia is already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel
Will the Biden presidency help the US to recover, how will the regulations affect Asian countries when Europe reopens? Fidelity’s management team examined the situation in the markets of major...
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PepsiCo is promoting its new relaxation beverage
PepsiCo is promoting its new relaxation beverage Driftwell through targeted digital ads that disrupt the viewer’s screen time at the end of the day. According to details shared with Marketing...
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Generation change at Tranzit Group – Pushing the wheelbarrow together
Tranzit Group employs 2,000 people and is the domestic and European duck and goose market leader. The company was founded 30 years ago by Miklós Szabó, whose children Ákos Szabó...
Read morePálinka – before and after COVID
László Mihályi, president of the National Council of Pálinka (PNT) summarised the pálinka situation of 2020-2021 for our magazine. On average 80 percent of the sales of commercial distilleries is...
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Magazine: Home-baked breads and cakes have returned
The baking category has been one of the winners of the COVID-generated increase in home consumption. Consumer demand increased for flour and baking ingredients. Even the biggest demand for flour...
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Magazine: Cautiousness and innovation
The future is uncertain Most consumers think the pandemic has changed their shopping habits for good. Shopkick asked 14,000 US consumers what 2021 will be like in terms of shopping...
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A good basis for this year’s growth in retail turnover is the increase in household savings, according to an analysis
As retail savings grew in 2020, it could be a good basis for retail growth in 2021, Euler Hermes, a credit insurer, told MTI in its latest forecast on Tuesday....
Read moreKSH: consumer prices rose by 3.1 percent in February
In February, consumer prices were 3.1 percent higher than a year earlier and up 0.7 percent from the previous month – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Tuesday. Annual...
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SPAR expects the shopping cart value to increase at Easter
Despite the pandemic situation, the store chain expects a significant increase in sales during the April holiday. Buyers have been buying fewer times since the pandemic, but occasionally much more,...
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Food systems account for more than one third of global greenhouse gas emissions
The world’s food systems are responsible for more than one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, according to a pioneering new study published in Nature Food. Spanning from land-use change...
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If the pick-up point of the web store can be open, the product can be picked up by the customer, otherwise not
The OKSZ requested a resolution from the National Public Health Center on the issue of the 104/2021 on the temporary tightening of protection measures. (III. 5.) pursuant to Section 4...
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Companies plan to increase their headcount by 3 percent in the second quarter in Hungary, according to a survey
In Hungary, companies plan to expand their workforce by an average of 3 percent between April and June, according to ManpowerGroup’s Labor Market Forecast, which was sent to MTI on...
Read moreAnxiety caused by the coronavirus has also left its mark on workplace mood!
The coronavirus pandemic has brought significant changes not only in the way we work, but also in the expectations that workers expect from their own managers. Many are frustrated with...
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Japanese companies continue to play an important role in the growth of the Hungarian economy
Japanese companies continue to play an important role in the further growth of the Hungarian economy, and when they think about expanding into the European market, they are among the...
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Most Hungarian lambs are transported into Italy
Hungary sells 90 percent of the lambs produced on foreign markets. The majority of exports goes to Italy intended for Easter holiday consumption. Due to this year’s high feed prices,...
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Nagy István: Florists may be open in the markets
Although the flower shops had to close due to the tightening of protection measures, the flower stands on the market could still be open – Minister of Agriculture Nagy István...
Read moreKSH: transport performance decreased by 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last year
In the fourth quarter of last year, mainly due to the decline in road transport, the performance of freight transport decreased by 5.8 percent compared to a year earlier. Rail...
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Ghost Kitchens Partners With Walmart Canada
Ghost Kitchen Brands (GKB) is excited to announce it is teaming up with Walmart Canada, its first partnership with a big-box retailer to bring one-stop meal pickup and delivery to...
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Investor confidence in the euro area has improved to a more than one-year high
The Sentix Economic Research Institute’s eurozone investor confidence index rose better than expected in March, reaching its highest level since February last year. Sentix’s investor confidence index rose to plus...
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Cherry Coke is back!
For those of you who love Cherry Coke Zero, like me, and have been without it for weeks now, it is back! At least it is back at the Giant...
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Unilever wants to get rid of the term ‘normal’ with care products
Unilever makes the decision after criticism the company has received for the non-inclusiveness of their advertisements and product denominations. Last summer, the Indian division changed the name of its whitening...
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Maestro Goosey Gustav is back!
Maestro Goosey Gustav, which contains two slices of Hungarian foie gras, is available again in a renewed form for a limited time. The unusual raw material, also known as hungarikum,...
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Continuous and secure domestic food supply
Even during the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the domestic food supply is continuous and secured – Nagy István Minister of Agriculture said. The Minister emphasized that the new...
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The increase in the price of meat and dairy products is inevitable
Livestock farmers everywhere are facing serious difficulties due to the 30-50 percent rise in the price of feed worldwide. This price increase will also be seen in domestic livestock farmers,...
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60 thousand stores areopen, 80 thousand closed
Would you cheat? It won’t work, the rule is accurate. Why 140 thousand? Because retail trade statistics do not include all retail outlets, such as tobacconists, lotteries, markets, and some...
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HELL: it matters what we drink from! Yes, there is a difference between packaging materials
Not all packaging and beverage packaging have the same properties in terms of recyclability and it is important to keep this in mind if our goal is to create sustainability...
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