Posts From trademagazin
Hollywood helps toymakers to survive
Date: 2009-02-11 08:17:00
After a sad Christmas season world biggest toy makers forecast a better 2009, companies see several growth possibility thanks to the now comming Hollywood films as X-Men, Transformers 2, and...
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Zwack repeats its 2007 accomplishment
Date: 2009-02-10 12:40:11
Company's first 9 months sales was HUF 26 billion, without excise duty it was HUF 17.4 billion. The growth was drived by own produced drinks. Zwack starts its business year...
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Trade balance showed a surplus of 33 million euros
Date: 2009-02-10 12:22:08
According to KSH, national statistic office in December 2008, exports amounted to HUF 1,163 billion (EUR 4,371 million), while the value of imports reached HUF 1,186 billion (EUR 4,447 million)....
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Gebrüder Weiss to develope in Dunaharaszti
Date: 2009-02-10 12:15:09
Austria's largest transport and logistics service provider has expanded capacities and started up a new regional logistics distribution centre in Dunaharaszti. The company informed the MTI (Hungarian News Agency), that...
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The renovation of Szilvasvarad Castle finished
Date: 2009-02-10 11:53:08
The former Pallavicini castel reborn as 4 stars hotel and waits its guets from February. The renovation of the n neobaroque building costs almost HUF 2 billion. The main wing...
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Procter & Gamble Puts Mr. Clean To Work Washing Cars
Date: 2009-02-10 10:08:02
Procter & Gamble Co. is expanding its Mr. Clean carwash concept nationwide, acquiring a carwash company and setting up a franchising subsidiary as the vehicles for its growth. P&G has...
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Tesco to open new department store in Czech Republic
Date: 2009-02-10 09:53:43
According to Retail Week the new store to open at the end of February in Liberec, will carry a mix of fashion, home furnishings and food. The department store will...
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CSR by price cut
Date: 2009-02-10 09:44:35
The retailer Mercator is adjusting its price policy, permanently lowering the prices of 2,800 products. The reductions cover products purchased by households for everyday use. The company has said that...
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Seven CEE countries on Coface's negative rating list
Date: 2009-02-10 09:19:03
In all, 22 countries were either downgraded, placed on negative watch or had their positive watch withdrawn. For the year 2008, Coface registered an increase of 47% in its global...
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Farmers protests grip Europe as prices slump
Date: 2009-02-10 08:44:12
After peaking at the end of 2007 on the back of a global commodities boom, wholesale milk prices dropped by 50 percent on average last year, Hungarian farmers have HUF...
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Lidl adds stores and premium products in UK
Date: 2009-02-10 08:41:08
The discount chain is extending its product range to 2,000 SKUs and now includes a new deluxe premium range. Lidl plans to add 50 stores in the UK this year,...
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Decreasing inflation, weak forint
Date: 2009-02-09 10:27:43
The forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank shows that both the depth and duration of the global recession are for the time being completely...
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HUF 130-140 billion EU subvention could lost
Date: 2009-02-09 10:21:28
We have to pass the new SPS law, as soon as possible, otherwise the Hungarian stock-farming will cut back between 2010-2012 – said Barna Forgács, president of Hungarian Chamber of...
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Cimsec donation to Bokay Foundation
Date: 2009-02-09 09:33:19
Henkel Hungary gave HUF 1.3 million support for buying a diagnostic equipment, which could help against cradle death. The company collected more than HUF 1 million from selling CIMSEC products...
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People drink less fruit juice in the crisis
Date: 2009-02-09 09:30:21
Last years the total fruit juice sales decreased by 4%, specialist said this year the fall could be 5-7%. Sió-Eckes, owned by German Eckes-Granini group, sold 71 million liter fruit...
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New products in Sole-Mizo's portfolio
Date: 2009-02-09 09:18:13
From February the Sole Gustoso buttercream is avelable in 3 tastes at Real, Coop, CBA and Metro chains. Sole-Mizo's premium product contents cream, calcium and D-vitamin. The products is processing...
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More guests, less income
Date: 2009-02-09 09:10:00
According to Hungarian Statistical Office in 2008, in public accommodation establishments the numbers of both international and domestic guests were higher than a year earlier, however, the number of tourist...
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Burger King sales grow, profits fall in Q2
Date: 2009-02-09 09:02:14
Burger King has reported a worldwide comparable sales increase of 2.9%, including a 1.9% increase for the US and Canada for Q2 of fiscal 2009. The results were driven by...
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Kaufland expands aggressively in northern Germany
Date: 2009-02-09 08:48:56
It is rumoured, that Schwarz Group acquiring Famila hypermarkets from Bünting and Bartels-Langness in the future. According to Lebensmittel Zeitung, Schwarz Group’s Kaufland is planning 70 additional hypermarkets and a...
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Kellogg reports profit grow by 3 million US in Q4
Date: 2009-02-09 08:25:08
For the year-ending quarter, profit rose to $179m , compared to $176m last year. The company estimated that it lost 1 percentage point of market share in the US cereal...
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Big harvest, decreasing demand for malt
Date: 2009-02-09 07:56:15
After several years of impressive growth the worldwide consumption of beer could remain flat this year as the economic downturn hurts demand. Between 2005 and 2008, worldwide beer production rose...
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Sales of Bertolli help Unilever's net profit
Date: 2009-02-06 09:46:59
Unilever has reported a 51% rise in net profit to EUR1.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2008, boosted by the sale of its Bertolli brand for EUR630m. The consumer goods...
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Happy Meal serves knowledge
Date: 2009-02-06 09:29:47
From January McDonald's started an education marketing campaign for Happy Meal. After last years 'Did you know?' campaing in 2009 the fast food chain spurs on exploring the world around...
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Aranyfácán plans to expand production
Date: 2009-02-06 09:12:46
In spite of the agricultural sales problems last years, there was no scandal on tomato front. The grower and processors work together in harmony, the supply price is since many...
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The role of the personal consulting is growing at the vitamin market
Date: 2009-02-06 08:52:53
According to GfK's Healthcare and Consumer Tracking researches altough Hungarians think to take vitamins is an important way to healthcare, but they bought less pills in the last two years....
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Metro to expand private label range
Date: 2009-02-06 08:41:09
Metro has 24 private labels comprising around 800 products. The private labels account for around 7% of the chain’s portfolio, but the share will grow to around 10% in the...
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Carrefour France to hire 15,000 workers
Date: 2009-02-06 08:20:50
Despite a downward revision of its results and replacement of José Luis Duran by Lars Olofsson as CEO, Carrefour will maintain its workforce levels in France. Carrefour has announced plans...
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SPAR Danmark acquires 100 stores
Date: 2009-02-06 04:02:59
Danish retailer SPAR Danmark has acquired 100 stores in its purchase of Danske Köbmaend by holding company Dagrofa. The deal means that SPAR Danmark’s turnover will increase by USD 209.61million....
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Aldi accused of human rights violations
Date: 2009-02-06 03:10:35
German discount chain Aldi is reported to violate labour and human rights of Chinese staff that produce promotional goods for the company. A study by the German Südwind institute claimed...
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98-Cent Produce Packs brought new shoppers for Fresh & Easy
Date: 2009-02-06 02:26:32
Tesco’s US subsidiary Fresh & Easy has reported that its produce sales have increased by more than 11% with its new 98-Cent line since January when it was introduced. The...
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