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Hungary Retail Sales Down 10.1% y.o.y. in Feb 2023

In February 2023, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 10.1% lower than in the...

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Slovenia Retail Sales Fall for the 1st Time in Over 2 Years

Retail sales in Slovenia dropped 4% year-on-year in February, reversing from a downwardly revised 17.9% growth in the previous month,...

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Lithuania Retail Sales Fall in February

Retail sales in Lithuania dropped by 1.8% year-on-year in February, reversing a 3.1% rise in the previous month, figures from...

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Hungary to Roll out Online Price Monitoring System

Hungary will introduce an online price monitoring system to increase transparency and boost competition, the Competition Office (GVH) and the...

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Poland Retail Sales Falls in February

Poland's retail sales decreased for the second straight month in February, and at a faster-than-expected rate, figures from the Warsaw-based...

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Lidl Considering Home Delivery

Lidl Hungary is investigating the possibility of introducing online shopping, the company has told business daily Világgazdaság....

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Bulgaria Retail Sales Rise, Industrial Output Declines in January 

Bulgaria's retail sales at constant prices, except for motor vehicles and motorcycles, increased by 5.6% year-on-year in January, after climbing...

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Croatia Retail Sales Rebound in January

Croatia's retail sales volume rose by a real 1.1% on the year in January, following a dip of 0.8% in...

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Slovak Retail Sales Slow in January

Retail sales in Slovakia edged up 0.1% year-on-year in January, slowing sharply from a 2.7% gain in the previous month,...

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Estonian Retail Sales Drop in January 

Estonian retail trade dropped by 6.9% year-on-year in January, following a 6.5% fall in the previous month, data released by...

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Retail Sales Down 4.5% y.o.y. in January

In January 2023, the volume of sales in retail trade in Hungary decreased by 3.9% according to raw data, and...

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Serbia’s Retail Sales Growth Accelerates in January

Serbia's retail sales increased by a real 1.8% year-on-year in January after recording a 0.2% fall in December, the Belgrade-based...

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Lithuania Retail Sales Climbs on Year in January

Retail sales in Lithuania grew by 3.1% year-on-year in January, recovering from a 5.9% fall in December, figures from Statistics...

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Poland Retail Sales Fall in January

Poland's retail sales, at constant prices, dropped 0.3% year-on-year in January, reversing a 0.2% slight rise in December, figures from...

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E-commerce Platform Wish to Compensate Hungarian Users

U.S.-based e-commerce platform Wish has agreed to compensate 100,000-150,000 Hungarian consumers in lieu of paying a fine, the Competition Office...

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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...