Tag "Réti"

Changing consumption habits, changing consumer protection rules

In 2024 the Consumer Protection Act is amended in several points, as consumers need even more protection due to the digitalisation in all areas of sales, transforming consumption habits and...

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Manufacturers and importers both affected by the newly introduced waste management obligations

On 1 July 2023, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system entered into force in Hungary. The new rules will significantly change industrial waste management processes. This article is available for...

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Retail surtax and its background

Hungary’s government has imposed a surtax on 8 sectors, including retail trade, and they also increased the already existing taxes. Firms with a tax base below HUF 500m don’t have...

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Magazine: Changing promotion expectations of consumers

Trade magazine organised the “Most successful promotion of the year” contest for the 14th time. The winner FMCG campaigns – entries were accepted in 6 categories – received their awards...

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Magazine: Introducing a global minimum tax

Taxing the digital economy and introducing a global minimum corporate tax are on the table both in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU)....

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Location-based marketing: Thoughts on geofencing

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumption habits and made the online world – and online marketing – more important. One of the latest tools is geofencing, which in the retail...

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Here are the data, where are the data…?

In today’s more and more digital economy one of the most important questions is: What is happening to the data of the customer when they buy something online? E-commerce operations...

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Challenges in e-commerce: E-consumers in focus

The spotlight is on e-consumers and their personal data The e-commerce boom was made possible by retail businesses getting through to new consumer target groups, and at the same time...

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Oh, dear consumer…! The new rules of commercial guarantee for consumer durables

Recently retailers have had to modify their ‘General Terms and Conditions’ (ÁSZF) and internal processes because of the new rules in the commercial guarantee for consumer durables. They are obliged...

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Magazine: Crisis management: Who is responsible for cancelled contracts?

After 11 March 2020 the economic and legal environment changed considerably, therefore many companies decided to review their trade relationships, sometimes cancelling long-term contracts in part or in full. The...

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What should FMCG companies and retailers pay attention to when negotiating?

It has a great impact on the negotiations between various actors in grocery retail that as of 1 May 2020 the Government Decree 109/2020. (IV. 14.) introduced a retail tax...

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Magazine: Coronavirus: A threat to the world economy

When the COVID-19 pandemic started in China, nobody thought that in just a few weeks the virus will appear in other parts of the globe too. As the coronavirus disease...

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(HU) Koronavírus a munkahelyen: ezek a főbb szabályok

Sorry, this entry is only available in Hungarian....

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Magazine: Some information about the rules regulating buyer power

In April 2019 Directive 2019/633 of the European Parliament and the European Council on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (UTP Directive) was...

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