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The German sugar cartel can affect the Hungarian market as well

The Germans probably paid too much for the sweetness for a number of years. The European Commission suspects that the Nordzucker and Südzucker German sugar companies agreed in the prices...

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Magazin: Pharmacies using retail strategies

Pharmaceutical retail is an exciting market in Hungary: about 2,350 pharmacies realise a HUF 580 billion annual turnover. Pharmanova Zrt. operates the market leading BENU Pharmacies and we asked chairman...

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Kappa suitcases and bags in the latest loyalty action of SPAR

The SPAR Magyarország Kft. in its latest point collecting action – beginning on May 16 2013 – offers the high quality and exclusively designed suitcases and bags of a premium...

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A wafer plant is established in Rétság with an investment of two billion HUF

The Dunakeszi-based Urbán és Urbán Kft. establishes a wafer plant with an investment of two billion HUF. The company plans to open the plant in six months, where fifty or...

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The Good Milk prize winning game for Yogurt lovers has started

The Mona Hungary Kft., which is the distributor of the Good Milk yogurt product family has launched a nationwide prize winning game with educational engagement. In the game lasts between...

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The Manta Swim is willing to conquer the pool and beach apparel market

The Manta Swim Kft. that prepares a market conquest at the Hungarian pool and beach apparel market closed a successfully year in 2012. The 100%  Hungarian-owned start-up company was founded...

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Mondelez Europe: 4.5 billion HUF worth food industrial investment in Székesfehérvár

The world's largest manufacturing company of snack products, the Mondelez International will invest nineteen million dollars, almost four and a half billion forints to the company’s European regional headquarters, that...

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The Biopont Kft. opened a new plant in Dunaújváros – Pálhalma

After about six months of preparatory work the Biopont Kft. carried out a new plant investment in Dunaújváros – Pálhalma. The engine behind the idea of creating the plant is...

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Can we buy the secret Coca-Cola recipe for fifteen million USD on eBay?

A Georgia man claims he has found an original top-secret recipe for Coca-Cola in an old box of papers he purchased from an estate. Now, Cliff Kluge trying to sell...

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The Zalai Poultry Processing Ltd. will be liquidated

The liquidator of the Zalai Baromfifeldolgozó Kft. (Zalai Poultry Processing Ltd.) submitted a liquidation application. The close to 100 workers of the company operated for less than a year were...

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Package starts a new life as an artistic decoration

Who wants to win the latest application of HEINEKEN and the Design Terminál should plan an artistic decoration created from from bottle crates, bottles or cans. The competition aims to...

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Sales reps: in-house or as outsourced staff

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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MagyarBrands award for the most successful Hungarian brands

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

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

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

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!

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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