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Retail Sales Up in Hungary 3.3% Year-on-Year

D&T
Apr 7, 2025

In February 2025, the volume of retail trade was 0.2% lower in raw data, or 3.3% higher in calendar (and leap-year effects) adjusted terms, than in the same month of the previous year. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded by 3.5% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, by […]

Auchan Hungary Opens an Unstaffed Smart Store

D&T
Jan 22, 2025

Auchan Hungary is opening a new, innovative retail unit in the capital, the essence of which is that customers can enter the store, shop and pay at any time with the help of an application, the retailer informed MTI on Wednesday. The new store format will be of 18 square meters, open 24 hours a […]

ORLEN Offers Festive Convenience, Easy Shopping

D&T
Dec 23, 2024

During the Christmas and New Year holiday period, ORLEN Hungary continues to ensure the convenience of its customers, providing them with the opportunity to purchase the products they need quickly and conveniently. In the nationwide network, drivers can not only refuel and even buy last-minute gifts, but also get essential groceries at 70 DESPAR service […]

Aldi Expands its Network in Hungary

D&T
Dec 21, 2024

As in previous years, the retail chain opened ten new stores in Hungary this year and intends to maintain this pace of development in the future, the company told MTI on the occasion of the opening, on Friday, of its 182nd store in Hungary. The supermarket chain's newest store is also its largest: the store […]

Lidl to Increase the Number of its Stores in Hungary

D&T
Nov 16, 2024

Lidl Hungary would increase the number of its Hungarian stores from the current 210 to 250 in the next few years, with the chain opening its newest store in the capital's agglomeration, the chairman of the board of Lidl Hungary, Zita Szlavikovics has said at a press conference in Budapest. Speaking at the event organized […]

AutoWallis Group Acquires Three Czech BMW Dealerships

D&T
Jul 2, 2024

The acquisition effectively supports the company's strategy, which aims to further expand through acquisitions in addition to organic growth and business development, the AutoWallis Group says in a statement. With the acquisition, the AutoWallis Group is establishes its presence in the Czech car retail market in addition to the Hungarian and Slovenian ones, while its […]

Romanian Courier Service Further Expands in Hungary

D&T
Apr 24, 2024

The Romanian-based Sameday courier service, which operates easybox parcel machines, may expand its home delivery infrastructure in Hungary by 60% with the acquisition of its Hungarian counterpart Sprinter, which operates Pick Pack Points, the company informed MTI on Wednesday. Following the regulatory approval of the acquisition, the number of pick-up points operated by the company […]

Spar's Sales Up by More Than 15% Last Year

D&T
Apr 24, 2024

The retail company Spar Hungary achieved gross sales of HUF 1,023.2 billion in 2023, 15.8% more than in the previous year, while the volume of products sold declined by about 4% year-on-year last year, the company's President and CEO, Gabriella Heiszler said at the company's annual press conference in Budapest on Wednesday. She pointed out […]

Rising Turnover on the Used Car Market in March

D&T
Apr 20, 2023

According to preliminary data from DataHouse, 72,300 cars changed hands in March, up 12% from 64,600 in February. For the first time since August, the number of domestic transfers exceeded the 70,000 level, the trading portal JóAutók.hu said in a statement. The statement points out that 204,631 passenger cars changed hands on the used car […]

Fuel Sales Help Hungarian Retail Trade Figures

D&T
Dec 5, 2022

In October 2022, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 0.6% higher than in the same month of the previous year in Hungary, the Central Statistical Office reports. Details reveal that that in October, calendar-adjusted sales volumes decreased by 5.6% in specialized and non-specialized food shops and by 0.9% in […]

Czech Online Drugstore Enters the Hungarian Market

D&T
Nov 13, 2022

Pilulka, the Czech Republic's largest online pharmacy, has launched operations in Hungary and will soon continue its expansion in Austria, the company has told the Hungarian state news agency MTI. Pilulka.hu aims to become Hungary's number one online drugstore, also accessible from mobile apps. According to the statement, the Czech online drug retail and mail […]

Significant Price Increases in the Used Car Market

D&T
Oct 11, 2022

The average price of advertised cars increased to HUF 4.62 million in the third quarter of this year, while at the beginning of 2020 it was still HUF 2.5 million, and at the end of 2021 it was slightly above HUF 4.5 million, the used cars portal Használtautó.hu told the state news agency MTI on […]

Sales in Hungarian Retail Shops Up by 4.3%

D&T
Sep 5, 2022

In July 2022, the volume of sales in retail trade in Hungary increased by 3.8% according to raw data and by 4.3% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. In July, calendar-adjusted sales volumes decreased by 2.9% in specialised and non-specialised food […]

Energy Crisis Plan for Hungarian Shops

D&T
Aug 27, 2022

In the midst of the current severe energy crisis, the member businesses of the Hungarian Trade Association (OKSZ) – distributors of all sectors, including food, drugstore, various industrial goods such as clothing, toys, furniture, technical and DIY – have been looking at how they can operate more cost-effectively than ever before, as the drastic increase […]

Retail Trade Volume Continues to Fall in Hungary

D&T
Aug 3, 2022

Retail sales in Hungary are down for the third month in a row. This is according to the latest report of the Central Statistical Office (KSH). On an annual basis, the volume of retail trade increased by 4.5% in June. Compared to May, the volume fell by 0.5%. After the May figure was also revised […]

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