Company and Personal News
Sales reps: in-house or as outsourced staff
Date: 2013-05-13 02:42:00
Demand for outsourced sales representatives keeps growing because many firms have been forced to lay off staff due to the difficult economic situation – says Ágnes Csiby, client service director...
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Every little helps!
Date: 2013-05-13 02:25:55
Tesco Hungary CEO Nigel Jones told our magazine that their turnover was HUF 709 billion in the 2012-2013 business year. Last year the company’s focus was more on innovation than...
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SPAR is on a growth track
Date: 2013-05-13 02:22:28
In 2012 SPAR Hungary realised a HUF 421.5-billion turnover, performing 8 percent better than in 2011. Last year the company continued to develop and refurbish its network of stores, and...
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Reál took a big step forward with its own warehouses
Date: 2013-05-13 02:19:25
Tibor Kujbus, managing director of Reál Hungária told us that 2012 was a busy year for the company. On 14 January the headquarters moved to a new office, located in...
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The Rossmann Baby Programme soon became popular
Date: 2013-05-13 02:16:28
Rossmann entered the Hungarian market in 1993. Today the drugstore chain consists of 181 units and employs 1,112 people in Hungary. The company’s turnover was HUF 43.6 billion in 2012,...
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Penny Market is soon to open its 200th store
Date: 2013-05-13 02:13:31
Penny Market’s first store in Hungary opened on 6 June 1996 and it currently operates 191 units. Penny Market has 60 popular private label products. According to market researchers, the...
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More Hungarian products in Lidl discount stores
Date: 2013-05-13 02:06:48
Lidl entered the Hungarian market in 2004 with 18 stores and in the last few years the company’s turnover has been growing by two-digit numbers. At the moment they operate...
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Products under the magnifying glass in dm stores
Date: 2013-05-13 02:03:43
Hungary’s first dm store opened on 8 July 1993 and today there are more than 260 units all over the country. In the last business year 7 new units opened...
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COOP’s market position strengthened
Date: 2013-05-13 01:59:47
Last year the COOP retail chain preserved its competitiveness and strengthened its market position by integrating almost 200 stores. CO-OP Hungary Zrt. CEO László Murányi told about 2012 that company...
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CBA and Cent stores performed well
Date: 2013-05-13 01:55:50
The CBA retail chain’s turnover was HUF 578.5 billion in 2012, surpassing the level of 2011 by 2.4 percent. Volume sales of CBA Príma and CBA Cent stores increased. Altogether...
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9030.png Last year was about expansion, this year Auchan will focus on consolidation
Date: 2013-05-13 01:51:45
Thanks to the acquisition of the seven Cora stores, Auchan’s turnover augmented by nearly 10 percent in 2012: the retail chain’s sales amounted to a gross HUF 299.5 billion. After...
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ALDI Housewives are popular – more successful campaigns from ALDI
Date: 2013-05-13 01:48:36
In 2012 ALDI Hungary decided that instead of famous people it would communicate about ALDI products via ordinary housewives: they selected a busy, a modern and a traditional one from...
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Diaper factory to be built in Gyöngyös
Date: 2013-05-12 02:55:04
András Dancsó, the director of the new Pampers production plant to be built in Gyöngyös told our magazine that in the 2011-2012 business year Procter&Gamble’s worldwide turnover was USD 83.7...
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(HU) A 40 éves Márka üdítőital rangos elismerése
Date: 2013-05-12 02:45:45
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MagyarBrands award for the most successful Hungarian brands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:39:55
At the gala ceremony those brands received their MagyarBrands award which the council of experts ranked in the MagyarBrands Top 200 consumer brands list and in the MagyarBrands Top 100...
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COOP wins MagyarBrands award in two categories
Date: 2013-05-12 02:37:24
The COOP retail chain won an award in both the consumer brands and in the business category at the MagyarBrands award ceremony, held on 17 April in the Budapest Operetta...
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Dr János Serényi was elected president of MagyarBrands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:35:10
Mr Serényi is an economist-engineer, economic journalist, international economic specialist and he has earned a doctorate degree in economy. He has been working in the Hungarian Superbrands programme as president...
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The whole country can profit from the success of MagyarBrands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:31:03
On 17 April the most successful Hungarian brands received their MagyarBrands award in the Budapest Operetta Theatre. At the cocktail party after the award ceremony our magazine interviewed Dr János...
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Never mind the ice or the snow – GKI is 20 years old!
Date: 2013-05-12 02:27:43
On 26 March GKI Economic Research Zrt. celebrated its 20th birthday by organising a superb conference on macroeconomic issues. The first speaker was GKI president Dr András Vértes, who looked...
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Half billion HUF development at Detki Keksz
Date: 2013-05-10 11:10:25
The site of the Detki Keksz Kft. was expanded with a 1,800 square meters storehouse base and a 800 square meters of factory space, in the scope of a total...
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SPAR oven fresh products at the 2nd Bread and Pastry Festival
Date: 2013-05-09 11:57:02
In addition to the country's finest bakeries, the SPAR Magyarország Kft. also takes part at the 2nd Bread and Pastry Festival, that will be held between 11 and 12 May...
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Together for the Health! – a National screening program was launched
Date: 2013-05-09 11:02:01
Healthy diet, daily exercise and preventive screenings are in the focus of the COOP supermarket chain’s “Together for the Health” 2013 series of events. The patronage of the series of...
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Henkel: Strong earnings growth in first quarter
Date: 2013-05-09 10:55:17
“We increased both sales and earnings in the first quarter of 2013 despite a challenging market environment with declining markets in Western Europe and weak global industrial demand,” said Henkel...
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Csányi Winery: gold medal from the world competition of rosé wines
Date: 2013-05-08 11:04:20
The Csányi Winery brought Gold Medal with one of its largest volume sold wine from the Mondial du Rose wine competition of rosés. The jury of the Mondial du Rosé...
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Coca-Cola is fighting against obesity
Date: 2013-05-08 10:43:36
An anti-obesity ad rolled out this week from an unlikely source: Coca-Cola. The soft drink giant unveiled a campaign that will take on what it's calling “the issue of this...
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Only every 4th woman is satisfied with her look, according to Dove's survey
Date: 2013-05-08 10:05:44
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty (CFRB) began in England in 2004 when Dove’s sales declined as a result of being lost in a crowded market. Unilever, Dove’s parent company,...
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The dm donated more than 10,000 packages of cat food to 14 animal shelters nationwide
Date: 2013-05-07 11:32:11
The dm drugstore chain, that is celebrating its 20th birthday this year donated more than 10,000 packages of cat food to 14 animal shelters in recent months. The large amount...
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XIXO: a new premium Hungarian brand from HELL Energy
Date: 2013-05-06 11:20:32
After the successful trial run, the manufacturing of XIXO quality PET bottled product line has started in spring 2013 in the Szikszó-based plant of HELL ENERGY. The entire portfolio has...
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IKEA to build stores in India
Date: 2013-05-06 11:07:14
The furniture giant IKEA, finally received the approval from the Indian authorities after several years of delays. Ingvar Kamprad’s furniture empire received permission to build 25 stores – the Swedish...
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Vegetables for the elphants by SPAR
Date: 2013-05-06 09:10:25
SPAR Hungary has supported the Zoo of Budapest with nearly a ton of vegetables, dedicated to the elephants of the zoo. The monthly supply contains 420 kg apples and 500...
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