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Automotive and Transport has dropped to third place amongst large companies in CEE, as business sectors of Central and Eastern European (CEE) shifted in size, partly due to soaring commodities prices, the latest Coface CEE Top 500 study found. In its 15th annual study, the French insurance company collects data
Hungarian investment holding Oriens is fast becoming a major player in Czech retail, Slovak business daily Hospodarske Noviny (HN) reports. Oriens has private equity investments in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. Having fully acquired Flosman in 2021, it now plans to take over the shops of peer Pramen CZ. The Pramen
Croatia has decided to introduce compulsory shop closures on Sundays, Croatian Employment and Family Minister Marin Piletic told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Thursday, 1 November. “The law will allow retail staff to spend Sunday with their families,” Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said. According to the proposed amendments
In Slovakia, Tesco is now in the rear mirror for German supermarket chain Lidl, whose profits for 2020 (over EUR 126 million) have exceeded that of the British retailer, which has been the market leader in the country for some time. Lidl overtaking Tesco in Slovakia can be attributed to