Events
Sock vending machines launch in San Francisco
The Sock Spot, a novelty sock retailer, has launched the first of several automated retail units at the Westfield San Francisco Centre, according to a press release. The unit, located...
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Magazine: Let’s drink a bit of fruit
In 2018 the fruit juice market produced a record-breaking, more than 10-percent value sales growth. Adrienn Papp-Zelena, Sió-Eckes Kft.’s trade marketing coordinator told: the sales growth of market leader SIÓ...
Read more(HU) Tudni szeretné, hogy milyen a jó vásárlói ügyfélélmény ma Magyarországon?
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Food prices are falling
Following the rapid rise in prices in recent months, Privátbankár.hu measured an unusually large drop in food prices – piacesprofit.hu wrote. According to the most recent August price survey, prices...
Read moreFM Secretary of State: 170 billion HUF for irrigation development in ten years
The government plans to support the development of irrigation with 17 billion HUF a year, and with a total of 170 billion HUF between 2020 and 2030, the Parliamentary State...
Read moreFruitVeB: plum yields may be slightly better than mediocre this year
The plum harvest may be slightly better than mediocre this year, with growers harvesting about 60-65,000 tonnes from 6,600 hectares. Last year 65-70,000 tonnes were harvested – the vice president...
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Exports of live cattle have increased
Exports of live cattle increased by 22 percent to 22,000 tonnes from January to June 2019, compared to the same period of last year, and the production of acidified products...
Read moreBread of Hungarians: wheat collected by Transcarpathian Hungarian farmers were mixed in Nagydobrony
Over 100 tons of wheat from the Transcarpathian Hungarian farmers were united on Saturday in the Nagydobrony, Ungvár district. In his welcome speech, Jakab István, President of the Association of...
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Australian farmers launched a campaign to protect the term milk
Australian farmers have launched a campaign to protect the term “milk”. In their opinion, plant-based products could no longer bear that name – origo wrote. Australian farmers are campaigning to...
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A quarter of the Earth’s population is facing critical water shortages
Seventeen countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, are already experiencing one of the most cruel symptoms of climate change, extreme water shortage – privatbankar.hu wrote. According to a...
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How the zero-packaging movement could impact brand equity
A new wave of packaging-free trials could help end excess waste, but without packaging brands will need to find new ways to differentiate as some of their most recognised assets...
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Portugal Introduces Incentive System For Plastic Bottles
Portuguese consumers will receive between two cent and five cent for each plastic bottle they return for recycling at supermarkets or hypermarkets, under a new scheme. The move forms part...
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SPAR International partners continue to invest
We look at how SPAR International partners are investing in their store networks in Spain, Hungary and India. In the last two months of Q2 2019, SPAR Spain opened three...
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Shoppers want the personal contact
In May JLL published a study about the future of retail. From this we learned that 65.2 percent of ‘veteran’ consumers need a professional’s help when shopping, for Baby Boomers entertainment...
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One can apply for the Merchant of the Year award until 21 August
This year’s Trader of the Year competition focuses on customer experience and innovative commercial solutions. More information about the competition, prizes and more details can be found at Trader of...
Read moreConsumer prices increased by 3.3 percent in July
In July, consumer prices were 3.3 percent higher on average year-on-year, and were 0.2 percent higher compared to June – according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Inflation declined further,...
Read moreThe first-half annual export surplus is 3.3 billion euros
In the first half of the year, the value of exports in euros increased by 3.2 percent and imports by 5.0 percent. The export trade surplus was 3,328 billion euros,...
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Nébih is satisfied with the mobile shops
The first phase of the summer seasonal food chain inspection has been completed, with experts withdrawing about 7 tons of food worth about 1.4 million HUF from the market. This...
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Melon Day is organized in Ópusztaszer
Melon Day is held on Saturday in the Ópusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park, where guests can taste the fruit and find out who can estimate the weight of a larger...
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Seventy million forints worth fake branded clothes were seized on M5 motorway
In excess of seventy million forints, more than six thousand pieces of fake branded clothes were seized by a National Tax and Customs (NAV) employee on the M5 motorway from...
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Europe’s winemakers: climate change and adaptation
Climate change may increasingly force European wine producers to rethink their planting and farming practices so far, even for the sake of elementary survival – privatbankar.hu wrote. Planting of varieties...
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More and more young entrepreneurs in Hungary
Entrepreneurship is growing stronger and stronger worldwide and the Hungarians are also getting more optimistic. Four out of ten young people would start own company – Amway’s Global Entrepreneurship Report...
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Asda Uses Non-Recyclable Plastic For Car Park Makeover
UK retailer Asda has announced that it has resurfaced its car park in Wakefield with non-recyclable plastic from discarded water bottles. The initiative is part of Asda’s commitment to reduce...
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Pyaterochka Rolls Out ‘Smart Store’ Technology To Cut Energy Consumption
Russia’s X5 Retail Group has announced that it has rolled out Smart Store technology in four Pyaterochka stores in Moscow. Through this initiative, the retail group aims to reduce the...
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Amazon’s Pegasus Drive robots to be used in new Spanish DC’s
Amazon plans to open three new distribution centres in Spain, which will host its Pegasus Drive robots. Amazon’s new DC in Barcelona will be the seventh in this city, will...
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Anuga press conference in Amsterdam: Everything changes
Our magazine was invited to Amsterdam, to the European press conference of the Anuga trade show in early June. Chris Sanderson, a founder and CEO of London-based research centre The...
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Traffic increased in most of the web shops
Domestic retail sales are increasing further, and data shows that it is really worth launching an online store now – penzcentrum.hu wrote. 55 percent of domestic webshops reported about sales...
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Analysts: industrial production data indicate a slowdown in economic growth
Economic growth peaked in the first quarter and a slowdown in GDP growth started in the second quarter, according to analysts interviewed by MTI on the first estimate on industrial...
Read moreFrom September, we will be able to redeploy online consumer disputes
The Budapest Arbitration Board drew the attention of consumers and businesses in a public statement of public interest, to the fact that on the basis of the the 1997 CLV...
Read moreIt will be mandatory to use a security code for online purchases from autumn,, and customers need to take action as well
It will be mandatory to use a security code for online purchases from 14 September within the European Union, and customers must activate the services at a branch, online banking...
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