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Polish retail sales rise in May 

Retail sales in Poland increased 19.1% year-on-year in May, lower than a 25.7% jump in the previous month, figures released...

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Spar opens, renovates stores for HUF 1.9 bln 

Supermarket chain Spar has invested more than HUF 1.9 billion to open new stores in Budapest and Sopron (210 km...

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GVH fines webshop operator HUF 100 mln

Hungary's economic competition office GVH on Wednesday said it fined Slovenian webshop operator Mi Sport HUF 100 million for exploiting...

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Bulgaria retail sales increases in April 

Bulgaria's retail sales at constant prices increased by 25.9% on the year in April, due to low base effects from...

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Vivre becomes a member Ecommerce Hungary

Vivre, one of the largest online home furnishings stores in the CEE region, has joined the Ecommerce Hungary association to...

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Czech Republic retail sales slows in April 

Retail sales in the Czech Republic rose 7.5% year-on-year in April, easing from an upwardly revised 9.2% increase in the...

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Slovakia retail sales surge in April

Slovakia's retail sales increased 11.5% year-on-year in April, following a 0.3% rise in March, figures from the Slovak Statistical Office...

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Retail sales up 10.6% y.o.y. in April

In April 2021, the volume of retail trade increased by 9.9% in raw data and by 10.6% in calendar-adjusted data,...

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Croatia retail sales rise at record pace in April

Croatia's retail sales surged 34.4% from a year earlier in April, following a 14.2% increase in the prior month, data...

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Estonia retail sales rises in April

Estonia retail sales, excluding motor vehicles and motor cycles trade, rose 23.0% year-on-year in April, data from the Tallinn-based Statistics...

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STOP SHOP network in Hungary nears full occupancy

The entire portfolio of the STOP SHOP retail network in Hungary, operating on 136,000 sqm in 14 locations and is...

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Szerencsejáték revenue climbs over HUF 575 bln in 2020

Revenue of Szerencsejáték rose 6% to HUF 575.4 billion last year, the state-owned lottery company said on Monday, according to...

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Praktiker sales climb 12% in 2020

Sales of DIY chain Praktiker rose 12% to HUF 76.23 billion last year, as demand for home improvement and gardening...

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Retail credit conditions loosened

Credit conditions were loosened for both home loans and consumer loans in Q1, against a backdrop of improved economic and...

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EMAG-Extreme Digital leads online retail sales market

The eMAG-Extreme Digital group led Hungary's online retail market last year, state news wire MTI reports, citing a ranking compiled...

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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...