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Poland Retail Sales Growth Improves in May

Poland's retail sales grew by 5% year-on-year in May, up from a 4.1% rise in the previous month, figures from...

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Mandatory Food Price Discounts to End

Mandatory supermarket discounts on food products rolled out a year ago to bring down inflation will cease from July 1,...

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OMV Network to Get New, Modern Look in CEE

OMV is set to update the look of its service stations in the region: over the next three years, the...

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Czech Retail Sales Growth Eases in April

Retail trade in Czech Republic rose 5.3% year-on-year in April, easing from a downwardly revised 5.8% growth in the previous...

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Serbian Retail Sales Rise in April

Retail sales in Serbia soared by 11.1% from the corresponding period of the previous year in April, to accelerate from...

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Estonian Retail Sales Fall at Softer Pace in April

Estonian retail trade dropped by 3% year-on-year in April easing from a 4.1% fall in the previous month, data from...

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Latvia Retail Trade Contracts in April

Latvia's retail sales contracted by 0.2% year-on-year in April, after an upwardly revised 3.4% increase in the prior month, figures...

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Lithuania Retail Sales Growth Eases in April

Retail sales in Lithuania eased to 3.4% year-on-year in April from a downwardly revised 4.5% rise in the previous month,...

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1st Primark Store in Hungary Opens

International fashion retailer Primark today opened its first store in Hungary at the Arena Mall in Budapest, according to a...

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Primark to Open 1st Hungarian Shop This Week

Irish fashion retailer Primark will open its first store in Hungary on Tuesday, the company's head of sales for the...

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Poland Retail Sales Growth Slow in April

Retail sales in Poland rose 4.1% year-on-year in April, easing from a 6.1% increase in the previous month, the Warsaw-based...

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Czech Retail Sales Rise in March

Retail trade in the Czech Republic rose 6.1% year-on-year in March, up from an upwardly revised 2.5% gain the previous...

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Czech Retail Sales Growth Accelerates in March

Retail trade in the Czech Republic rose 6.1% year-on-year in March, up from an upwardly revised 2.5% gain the previous...

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Slovakia Retail Sales Growth Eases in March

Retail sales in Slovakia rose by 0.5% year-on-year in March, marking the third consecutive month of growth, although easing from...

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Nearly 70% of Hungarians Shop Online

Some 69% of Hungarians regularly buy and pay online, but a fifth of online customers still do not check 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...