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Slovak Retail Trade Shrinks Less in August

Retail sales in Slovakia fell by 2.1% year-on-year in August, easing from a 4.4% plunge in the prior month, data...

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Retail Sales Down 7.1% y.o.y. in August

In August 2023, retail sales in Hungary decreased by 7% according to raw data, and by 7.1% when adjusted for...

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Serbia Retail Sales Fall in August

Serbia's retail sales decreased by a real 1.5% year-on-year at constant prices in August, after falling by an annual 3.2%...

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Bosnia Retail Sales Rise in August

Retail sales in Bosnia and Herzegovina increased by 17.3% year-on-year in real terms in August, following an increase of the...

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Slovenia Retail Trade Drops Further in August

Retail sales in Slovenia dropped 21.5% year-on-year in August, accelerating from a downwardly revised 16.2% fall in the previous month...

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Lithuania Retail Sales Shrink Sligthly in August

Retail sales in Lithuania fell by 0.9% year-on-year in August, the seventh consecutive month of decline in retail activity, although...

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Media Markt Sanctioned for False Advertising

Hungary's Competition Office (GVH) on Wednesday announced it fined consumer electronics retailer Media Markt close to HUF 24 million for...

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Poland August Retail Sales Fall on Year

Poland retail sales fell 2.7% year-on-year in August, the smallest decline in six months, figures from the country's Central Statistical...

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GLS Inaugurates 1,250th Parcel Terminal

Express delivery company GLS Hungary inaugurated its 1,250th parcel terminal on Thursday, according to a report by state news wire...

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Developers Close Price-monitoring Platform Loophole

Developers have closed a loophole that allowed supermarket chains to head a lowest-price ranking on a food price-monitoring platform even...

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Albania Retail Sales Growth Speeds up in Q2

Albania's retail sales increased by a real 5.8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023, accelerating from a 4.7% growth...

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Jysk Revenue in Hungary Climbs 44%

Revenue in Hungary of Danish home furnishings chain Jysk rose 44% to over HUF 97 billion in the company's business...

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Penny Works With Red Cross to Support Start of School

Penny has teamed up with the Hungarian Red Cross to facilitate the start of school for 300 children in need....

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Price-monitoring Platform Shaves Over 0.5 pp off CPI

An online platform that monitors the prices of a broad range of food products at Hungary's biggest supermarket chains has...

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Nearly 200 Defrauded by Fake Online Store

Almost 200 people were defrauded by a man from Borsod (190 km northeast of Budapest) who created a fake online...

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Aldi Hungary Challenges HUF 123 mln Fine Over Advertising Claims

Aldi Magyarország is seeking a court review of a Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) decision fining it HUF 123 mln for...

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Aldi Cuts Selection and Prices, Shifts toward Stricter Discount Model

Aldi has reduced its food assortment from 2,600 to 2,100 products as part of a data‑driven cleaning process that keeps...

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Marking 30 Years, Penny Hungary Makes Record Investment

Penny Hungary is carrying out a HUF 13.5 billion investment at its logistics center in Alsónémedi (25 km southeast of...

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Pek-Snack Builds Regional Footprint in 9 Countires on Frozen Bakery Goods

The Hungarian-owned Pek-Snack Group ended 2025 with stable revenue, higher after-tax profit and a stronger export contribution, widening its sales...

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How Retail Tech and Digitalization are Democratizing FMCG

Cutting-edge technology is becoming increasingly accessible in retail. Reaping its benefits is incredibly relevant for a notoriously price-sensitive Hungarian FMCG...

Hungary Retail Sales Rise 4.3% in September as Non-Food Spending Leads Growth

Hungary’s retail sales volume rose 4.3% year-on-year in September 2026, driven by growth in non-food and automotive fuel sales, according...

Hungary’s First Mr D.I.Y. Store to Open at Köki Alongside Popeyes

Budapest’s Köki shopping center will welcome Hungary’s first Mr D.I.Y. store and the country’s fourth Popeyes restaurant in November. Footwear...

Aldi Hungary Challenges HUF 123 mln Fine Over Advertising Claims

Aldi Magyarország is seeking a court review of a Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) decision fining it HUF 123 mln for...

Futureal Acquires Hungary’s Largest Outlet Center

Futureal has acquired Premier Outlet Budapest, Hungary’s largest outlet center, as it expands its Hungarian operations into direct investment in...

Resident Evil Game Prices Rise Around Film Premiere

Physical console editions of several Resident Evil games rose in price around the film’s Sept. 17 theatrical release, according to...

Spar Files New EU Complaint Over Hungary’s Retail Tax

Spar has filed another complaint with the European Commission over Hungary’s retail sector tax, arguing that amendments offer relief only...

Hungary Retail Sales Rise 2.4% in August

Hungary’s retail sales volume increased 2.4% year on year in August but fell 0.7% from July, according to data from...

GTA VI Preview Sends Hungarian Console Interest Surging

Clicks from Hungarian price comparison site Árukereső to online console retailers rose roughly sevenfold the day after the Aug. 27...

Aldi Cuts Selection and Prices, Shifts toward Stricter Discount Model

Aldi has reduced its food assortment from 2,600 to 2,100 products as part of a data‑driven cleaning process that keeps...

Hungary Retail Sales Rise 4.9% in July

Retail sales in Hungary rose by about 4.9% year-over-year in July in both raw and calendar-adjusted terms, while sales increased...

Corporate, Retail Lending Post Double-digit Growth in Hungary

Corporate and retail lending portfolios at Hungarian banks both expanded at double-digit rates in the 12 months to the end...

Marking 30 Years, Penny Hungary Makes Record Investment

Penny Hungary is carrying out a HUF 13.5 billion investment at its logistics center in Alsónémedi (25 km southeast of...

Pek-Snack Builds Regional Footprint in 9 Countires on Frozen Bakery Goods

The Hungarian-owned Pek-Snack Group ended 2025 with stable revenue, higher after-tax profit and a stronger export contribution, widening its sales...

How Retail Tech and Digitalization are Democratizing FMCG

Cutting-edge technology is becoming increasingly accessible in retail. Reaping its benefits is incredibly relevant for a notoriously price-sensitive Hungarian FMCG...