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Slovenia retail trade growth at 5-month high

Retail sales in Slovenia advanced 17.1% year-on-year in September the biggest gain since April, after rising by 12.3% in August,...

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Lithuania retail sales rise in September

Lithuania's retail sales, excluding VAT, increased a working-day adjusted 11.3% year-on-year in September, after a 10.2% rise in August, figures...

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Bosnia’s Serb Republic retail sales up in September

Retail sales in Bosnia's Serb Republic rose by a real 11.8% in September, after increasing by 18.2% year-on-year in August,...

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Poland September retail sales continue to advance

Retail sales in Poland jumped 11.1% year-on-year in September, following a 10.7% increase in the previous month, figures from the...

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Online Retailer eMAG Expects Strong Growth to Continue in 2021

Online retailer eMAG has opened its largest store to date in the recently inaugurated Etele Plaza shopping mall in Budapest....

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AliExpress opens a logistics hub in Poland

AliExpress, a global e-commerce platform owned by the Alibaba Group, announced that the first independent logistics center in Poland has...

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Czech retail sales surge in August

The Czech retail sales accelerated by a working-day 9.3% year-on-year in August, after a 5.1% growth in July, data from...

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Bicycle sales could rise 10-15% this year

Bicycle sales in Hungary could rise 10-15% this year, the head of bicycle makers and sellers association MKKSZ said in...

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Retail sales up 4.1% y.o.y. in August

In August 2021, the volume of sales in retail trade increased by 4.6% according to raw data and by 4.1%...

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Spar launches HUF 1.7 bln local supplier program

Supermarket chain Spar on Tuesday announced the launch of a HUF 1.7 billion program to put the products of small,...

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Latvia retail sales ease in August

Latvia's retail sales increased in August, figures from the Riga-based Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) showed on Wednesday. Retail sales grew...

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Serbia’s retail sales rise in August

Serbia's retail sales increased by a real 7.7% year-on-year in August, after posting an 11.1% annual rise in the previous...

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Estonia retail sales increase in August

Estonia retail sales rose in August, data from Tallinn-based Statistics Estonia (SE) showed on Thursday. Retail sales, excluding motor vehicles...

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Lithuania retail sales growth eases in August

Lithuania's retail sales increased at a softer pace in August, figures from the Vilnius-based Statistics Lithuania (LS) showed on Tuesday....

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65% of Romanians check reviews and articles before buying online

During last year, the volume of online shopping in Romania has increased significantly, namely by 30% according to RAOS (the...

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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...