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The retail network of in the Hungarian capital has gone through a significant change in the last 30 years. This fundamental change can be explained partly by global processes and is, to some extent, the result of the unique Hungarian or Central European situation -- that is, conditions of the Socialist era that were affected by contemporary European tendencies, but the system still had its own peculiarities -- and of the regime change. The changes in the last four decades have significantly altered the retail sector in Budapest and the shopping habits of its inhabitants. Quality of life has also fundamentally changed, as have living standards. In addition to the spread of mobilisation, new satellite technologies have brought considerable changes in the field of trade as well. Today, the question is not how close we are to the developed world but how fast we can gain access to suitable services and basic supplies and how these supply chains are organised. In our globalised world, a new form of harmony must be created between globality and locality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]