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Coke's new slogan: 'Taste the Feeling'
Coca-Cola is hoping a new ad slogan will help it overcome declining sales and increased health concerns about its signature product. Tuesday the company rolled out a new ad campaign,...
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Record exports in 2015
Hungary has never exported as much as last year. According to the preliminary data, the trade surplus will reach 8 billion euros (2,500 billion HUF) – the Minister of State...
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Petőfi Sándor's face and verse on the Red Bull cans
The Red Bull cans will be available with unique graphics from the end of January. The graphics call the attention to the upcoming Red Bull Pilvaker that started as a...
Read moreIkea boss said we accumulate too much furniture
Company’s head of sustainability says consumption of many familiar goods is at its limit. The appetite of western consumers for home furnishings has reached its peak – according to Ikea,...
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A new dynasty in the Hungarian mineral water market
Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. and Central Europe’s biggest mineral water bottling company, Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) from the Czech Republic entered into a strategic partnership this spring. One of the co-owners...
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Agricultural Ministerial Forum in Berlin about the urban population’s supply
Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture told MTI that GM-free food should be give to people all over the world. How can you supply the world’s growing urban population with food...
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Japanese-Hungarian agricultural negotiations at the Grüne Woche
The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture negotiated with his Japanese counterpart on a possible cooperation in the research of short-term bred rice varieties and sour cherry cultivars among other things in...
Read moreExcellent grape harvests predicted for Ópusztaszer
If the vineyards will not hit hard by the frost in the rest of the winter and in early spring, this year’s harvest is expected to be cheerful, and a...
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Carrefour’s revenue is in line with the expectations
Carrefour France’s largest retailer, reported a fourth-quarter revenue that met the estimates of analysts. Revenue increased by 2.4 percent on an organic basis to 22.4 billion euros -the Boulogne-Billancourt, France-based...
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Lego expands in Nyíregyháza
With a 30 billion HUF investment the Lego will expand the number of staff in its Nyíregyháza factory with 1,600 workers – Szijjártó Péter Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign...
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Grocery retail sales are growing
Grocery retail sales valued at HUF 1,300 billion in the 90 categories audited by Nielsen, between December 2014 and September 2015. Like-for-like value sales augmented by 5 percent and volume...
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Operative leasing vs. ownership
VI. Autóflotta Üzleti Konferencián szakemberek segítségével vitatták meg az iparág legfontosabb kérdéseit, illetve azt, hogyan alakult az ügyfelek szemszögéből a tartós bérlet Magyarországon. Arra keresték a választ, milyen előnyökkel jár...
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The dm fulfilled the Christmas wishes of dozens of children
The employees of the dm Kft. fulfilled the Christmas wishes of nearly two hundred children, and single mothers and families at Christmas. The company supported organizations seeking assistance in product...
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Start the morning well! Cappy Great Start! fruit juice
To start the morning even better, the Cappy has created the Cappy Great Start! breakfast drinks. We can complement our morning meal with two completely new fruit drinks: The Cappy...
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The turnover of the Swiss chocolate factory increased by eight percent
Last year's turnover of the Swiss Lindt und Sprüngli Chocolate Factory grew less than the expectation of the analysts, due to the sluggish global economic growth and the hot summer...
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The SPAR has expanded the range of its own-branded products
Already 2,290 kinds of SPAR products are available in the SPAR stores across the country. The expansion was justified with the increase in customer demand. The SPAR Group, which is...
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COOP hits the 20-year mark
On 18 November 2015 retail chain COOP celebrated its 20th birthday in Budapest venue Müpa. Lajos Csepeli, chairman of CO-OP Hungary Zrt.’s board of directors told in his speech that...
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Drink responsibly! – The rules of responsible alcohol consumption
Dreher Breweries’ Drink responsibly! 2015 campaign for civilized alcohol consumption was succesful. The project focused on fetal alcohol syndrome, the dangers of drinking and driving and civilized alcohol consumption. The...
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Moderate alcohol consumption becoming the new cool among millennial consumers
New global research into drinking attitudes of millennial consumers (aged 21-35) has revealed that self-awareness and staying in control are the motivating factors for moderating[1] alcohol consumption during a night...
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Magazine: POPAI AWARDS 2015
At the year’s last Trade Marketing Club meeting the results of the in-store marketing tool competition, the 6th POPAI AWARDS were also announced. Ildikó Kátai, general secretary of POPAI Hungary...
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Gyulai Palinka Festival will be renewed this year
The Gyulai Palinka Festival awaits its visitors with larger tents and with increased presence of hungaricums between 15 and 17 April. The Gyulai Palinka Festival this year is organized by...
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Andy Vajna founded a Donut business
According to the December business registrations, Andy Vajna would try himself in the donut business with his wife – Népszabadság Online wrote. The Beauty Enterprises Hungary owned by Andy Vajna...
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Optimism at Europe’s Day in Commerce
The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) organised its programme to celebrate Europe’s Day in Commerce for the eleventh time. László Krisán, president of VOSZ’s trade and service provider...
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GKI expects the slowdown to continue
According to a forecast by GKI Economic Research Zrt., the slowdown of the Hungarian economy, which started in Q2 2015, will continue. Economic growth was 3.6 percent in Q1 and...
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A new liquor company to start
The CBA-Baldauf Kft., the Lázár-Holding Kft. and the Alfa Investment Kft. launches a new liquor factory called AlcoWorld – hvg.hu wrote. The Alfa Investment Kft. will be the majority owner...
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Henkel glues Tut Ankh Amun’s beard
This news went around the world: The beard of the world-famous, more than 3,000-year-old golden mask of Tut Ankh Amun fell off during a cleaning procedure and was hastily glued...
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The Győri Audi ETO and the Hajdú sajt starts a competition for the handball fans
The Győri Audi ETO handball club strenghtens with a new sponsor, with the internationally known Hungarian food brand, the Hajdú sajt. Fotó: www.gyorietokc.hu The cooperation starts with a recipe contest....
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Hungary: stronger focus on business tourism
Hungarian Tourism Zrt. (MT Zrt.) was there at one of Europe’s most important business tourism trade shows, the EIBTM in Barcelona, held between 17 and 19 November 2015. About 3,000...
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