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Aldi Promoting Domestic Meat Production With ‘Buy 1 Get 2!’ Offer

Supermarket chain Aldi, together with its suppliers, has just announced their "Buy one, get two!" offers on Hungarian-sourced ground pork...

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Price Speculation Fueled Food Price Inflation, GVH Head Claims

Price speculation was a contributing factor to high food price inflation in Hungary, the head of the Competition Office (GVH)...

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Czech Retail Sales Shrink Further in July

Retail trade in the Czech Republic fell by 1.8% year-on-year in July, following a downwardly revised 3.9% fall in the...

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Romania Retail Sales Growth Slows in July

Retail sales in Romania went up 1.2% year-on-year in July, slowing from a 2% rise in the previous month, the...

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Slovakia Retail Sales Drop Less in July

Retail sales in Slovakia decreased 4.4% year-on-year in July, marking the sixth consecutive period of falling activity but easing from...

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Hungarian Retail Sales Keep Falling in July

In July 2023, Hungarian retail sales fell by 7.7% according to raw data, and by 7.6% when adjusted for calendar...

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Serbia Retail Sales Down in July, Jobless Rate Declines in Q2

Serbia's retail sales decreased 3.2% year-on-year in July, following a 6% drop the month before, figures from the Serbian Statistical...

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Jysk Stores Opening in Solymár and Mór

Jysk, the Danish furniture retail chain, will expand locations by opening two new stores in Solymár and Mór....

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Croatia Retail Trade Picks up in July

Croatia's retail sales volume rose by a real 2.9% year-on-year in July, following an increase of 2.2% in June, the...

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Estonian Retail Sales Shrink in July 

Estonian retail trade declined 8.6% year-on-year in July, slipping further from an 8.1% fall in the previous month, data from...

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Slovenia Retail Sales Continues to Fall in July

Slovenia retail sales declined 16.3% year-on-year in July, falling further from a 15.7% drop in the previous month, data from...

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Latvia Retail Sales Down in July

Retail sales in Latvia shrank by 2.5% year-on-year in July, following an upwardly revised 2.4% fall in the prior month,...

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Lithuania Retail Sales Fall Further in July

Retail sales in Lithuania shrank by 1.6% year-on-year in July, after a 0.5% drop in the previous month, data from...

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Ikea Introduces ‘Shop and Go’ in Hungary

Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture retailer Ikea launched its "Shop and Go" service at all of its three Budapest stores this month,...

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Penny Pledges to Increase Domestic Suppliers

Discount supermarket chain Penny pledges to increase the use of domestic suppliers in the expanded range of own-brand Magyar Termék...

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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...