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Two and a half times more mobile payments

In the second quarter of 2022, 364 million purchases were made using bank cards issued in Hungary, which was 29% more than in the same period of 2021. The number...

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K&H: the price of cocoa snails and hamburgers has skyrocketed

The sharp rise in prices of everyday products used by children continues – according to the K&H children’s inflation basket. The basket, which includes children’s shoes, yogurt, orange juice and...

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Nine students won K&H’s 2022 scholarship competition for sustainable agriculture

For the eighth time, K&H awarded young agricultural professionals who are researching new, innovative opportunities for environmental protection, circular economy, chemical reduction, and biodiversity conservation; this year, nine students won...

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K&H: Large companies are not expecting a very bright year

The downward trend typical of the past year has been broken, but large companies still see 2023 pessimistically. The K&H large company growth index was corrected from -15 to -10...

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K&H agricultural research: the sector is receptive to innovation and digital development

The agricultural sector is receptive to innovation and digital development, but at the same time, farmers tend to be more cautious when it comes to application, K&H told MTI on...

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K&H: there are more and more pessimistic young people now, but many are optimistic about the future

Young people have a very mixed view of their current situation and their future. The K&H youth index was only +2 points in the fourth quarter, which is one of...

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K&H farmers have to expect higher purchase prices for the next production cycle

In 2023, agricultural businesses must expect that purchase prices will have already risen significantly for the next production cycle, but sales prices cannot be expected to rise any further, although...

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K&H: Large companies are trying to avoid the weakening of the forint with these precautions

Large domestic companies are pessimistic about the development of the forint, two-thirds of them expect further weakening of the forint until next summer. 80 percent of the companies are adversely...

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K&H: the desire to innovate is waning

In recent months, Hungarian companies have carefully scaled back their innovation ideas. The K&H innovation index shows a slight decline. The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is further worsening the waning corporate...

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K&H: the exchange rate change is a bigger problem than the lack of people, the companies say

According to 53 percent of SMEs, exchange rate fluctuations, lack of professionals, cost increases, inflation and material shortages together affect the operation of domestic businesses more than the coronavirus epidemic,...

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Sustainability: there is still a big gap between actions and intentions

Despite the economic difficulties, domestic medium and large companies consider sustainability important. The data for the second half of the year still show a weaker than average corporate commitment, even...

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K&H: SMEs are already forced to save on this

Businesses are planning for the next year with fewer new employees: the proportion of those planning to hire has dropped by half, while the last time so many people thought...

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Entries for the Hungaricool product competition are open until December 6

Entries for the 2022 Hungaricool product competition close in two weeks, on December 6. The renewed initiative with the active involvement of K&H offers a unique opportunity to the winners...

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K&H: the minority of working young people expect a wage increase that exceeds inflation

There are still a majority of young people who are generally dissatisfied with their lives in terms of several factors – for example, work or study, housing situation, financial security...

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K&H: Domestic SMEs cannot exploit inflation

The financial expectations of domestic businesses for the year ahead have fallen significantly, according to the results of K&H’s research among SMEs. The companies expect an average increase in sales...

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K&H: Refinanced loans drive the economy

In the highly changing economic environment, state-supported corporate loans with preferential interest rates play a major role in the financing of companies. K&H actively participates in this, so last year...

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K&H: prepare for a temporary but significant slowdown in 2023

In the short term, the analyst of K&H’s parent company, KBC, expects a significant slowdown in the world economy. Recession fears are also reflected in companies’ expectations: 9 out of...

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K&H: saving money in cash is a dead end

In today’s inflationary environment cash savings are losing their value the fastest. According to data from the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB), Hungarian households have about HUF 7,000bn saved in...

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K&H: the increase in prices is also clearly visible in children’s shopping baskets

In recent months, the younger age group experienced for themselves what inflation means: in October this year, 12 cocoa snails could be bought with a pocket money of 3,000 HUF,...

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K&H: The SME sector is not expected to be too good

After the downward trend so far, the confidence of the SME sector has now been shaken even more: the K&H SME confidence index, starting from the positive range never seen...

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K&H: Domestic family-owned companies face challenges

After successfully overcoming the uncertainties caused by the coronavirus and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the continuous rise in prices may now bring a change of attitude to domestic family-owned companies. Inflation...

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The SPAR and K&H Hungaricool product competition is starting

In 2022, the Hungaricool product competition will be launched for the fourth time, to which, in addition to the originator SPAR, K&H will join this season with an even more...

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K&H: The expectations of large companies are at a low point

With minus 15 points, the K&H large company growth index, which shows the expectations of large domestic companies, reached its lowest value so far. The companies are pessimistic regarding their...

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K&H: Children’s expenses are also rising

Due to the lingering inflation, schoolchildren’s everyday life is becoming more and more expensive, for example, a significant increase in the price of canteens can be observed. Children’s expenses are...

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Big companies stepped on the brakes again

The financial expectations of domestic companies have been on the decline since the end of last year. Sales expectations fell by 3 and profit expectations fell by 3.3 percentage points,...

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Sustainability is an expectation in 2022

Customers, regulators and investors alike are putting pressure on companies to switch to less polluting and sustainable operations as soon as possible. The word “sustainability” that is thrown around so...

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K&H: sharp increase in traffic for smart device payments, but this is only the beginning

Although it would be too early to retire physical bank cards, in the longer term there is a good chance that smart device payments will decline, as they are showing...

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K&H: The lack of professionals and exchange rate fluctuations hinder the operation of SMEs the most

Exchange rate changes are causing more and more problems for domestic businesses, according to the results of the second quarter of the K&H SME confidence index. After the shortage of...

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K&H once again awarded the work of Trans-Sped

In the environmental sustainability category, K&H awarded the work of Trans-Sped. In addition to ZERO delivery, which enables delivery without single-use packaging, several operating models and initiatives have been introduced...

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The 7th K&H family companies excellence award was presented

Family companies have successfully overcome many crises since the regime change, thanks to the way of thinking that focuses on long-term planning, the retention of colleagues and customers, and continuous...

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