Company and Personal News
Amazon websites outage was not due to WikiLeaks
Date: 2010-12-13 10:08:59
Amazon.com's websites in Europe suffered an outage for more than half an hour on Sunday night, in what the company said was a hardware failure in its European data center...
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IKEA opens new stores in Serbia, also considering expansion in Hungary
Date: 2010-12-11 12:19:44
The Swedish IKEA chain plans to open four shopping centers in Serbia – announced Dimitrije Ivanoviæ leader of the commercial division of the Swedish Embassy in Serbia. According to magyarszo.com;...
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Match pays half-million compensation to the blind man
Date: 2010-12-11 11:20:55
The blind man, who tried to enter into one of the store of the Csemege-Match Zrt. with his guide dog in October 2009 finally won a lawsuit against the company....
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Scandal! Founder of global food company sentenced to 18 years in jail
Date: 2010-12-11 10:50:03
Calisto Tanzi, founder of the Parmalat global food conglomerate has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a €14bn collapse that was dubbed “Europe's Enron”. Calisto...
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Pedigree Adoption Program proved to be successful in 2010, too
Date: 2010-12-11 08:03:50
In less than two years, more than 4000 homeless dogs have managed to find a new home, thanks to Pedigree's Pet Adoption Program. The basis of the foundation was the...
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The Royal Tokaji wine in the top 100 again
Date: 2010-12-10 12:42:13
The determinative wine magazine of the United States, the Wine Spectator has published its top 100 list of the best wines of 2010. The Royal Tokaji wine of Mád ended...
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The loyalty program reveals our customer habits
Date: 2010-12-10 12:32:16
The club card loyalty program is already operating for 15 years in Western Europe. It was introduced to Hungary in August this year. After a few months, several hundred thousand...
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New Jar on the shelves
Date: 2010-12-10 10:54:24
A new sweet pomegranate and blood orange scented detergent Jar has arrived to the shelves of Hungarian stores. The new Jar is denser than before, so it can remove difer...
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Pepsi used the recipes of its Chinese partner illegally
Date: 2010-12-09 12:40:55
According to the he Chinese state media; PepsiCo. China Investment Co. illegally used the recipes of the Tianfu Cola. In other words, this time a Chinese company proved that a...
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The supplier of Mogyi develops from hundreds of millions
Date: 2010-12-09 11:38:44
The Medgyesegyháza based Medgyes Kft. has been made a 221 million HUF development. The sixteen-year old company built new warehouses, and the roads of the site was given a new...
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New leading members in Hungarian Marketing Association
Date: 2010-12-09 10:43:06
Hungarian Marketing Association (MMSZ) has chosen three new members for the presidency of the organization. According to votes by the general meeting, Marianne Langsteiner, Ágnes Sütő and Nóra Termes got...
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Another cheese-cabin has opened its gates
Date: 2010-12-09 09:35:54
Another Cheese-cabin has opened its gates within the compass of ERU Hungária's Cheese-manufacturer's new project. The cabin is located at Kolosy tér, with more than 200 quality cheeses and cheese...
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Henkel and Spar collected money for seriously ill children
Date: 2010-12-08 13:46:31
Customers who have purchased a Persil or Silan product in the stores of Spar have donated 3 million HUF to Red Nose Clowndoctors Foundation. Henkel and Spar handed over the...
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Twining teahouses – a success with celebs
Date: 2010-12-08 13:43:52
The mobile teahouses of Twinings offered the chance to enjoy a special cup of tea at three locations. The focus of the event was to let people in Budapest experience...
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METRO Fine Food prize game: the winner is from Makó
Date: 2010-12-08 05:13:02
Within the compass of METRO Commercial Ltd.'s first car prize game, Csaba Forgách IT contractor has won a Peugout Tepee car. The lucky winner lives in Makó with his family...
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Depo.hu's Christmas statistics: a smaller but more mobile Christmas is coming
Date: 2010-12-08 04:51:20
While last year's hit product was LCD televisions for Christmas, now portable devices like digital cameras, netbooks, mobile phones, GPSs are the most popular items customers plan to put under...
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BNI members closed the year with more than a 1.1 billion HUF revenue
Date: 2010-12-07 15:19:01
The 300 members of BNI Hungary and guests closed the year with a special business conference spiced up with a number of interesting presentations and discussions. The members had a...
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Asia increased Tesco’s revenues
Date: 2010-12-07 13:20:32
In the third quarter, the British supermarket chain increased its sales thanks to its quality products. Terry Leahy CEO is pleased with the dynamism of the company's sales and market...
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20 tonnes of flour to be destroyed
Date: 2010-12-07 12:25:38
The Gyermely Élelmiszeripari Zrt. withdraws about 20 tons of flour from the commercial market and will destroy it. The Agricultural Office, found deoxynivalenol (DON-toxin) in the product. Don-toxins can be...
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New world brand in the Arena Plaza
Date: 2010-12-07 11:12:13
Arena Plaza’s offer expanded with a new fashion brand: The Claire's jewelry and fashion brand opened its first Hungarian store on the 3rd of December. The store is also the...
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Online transactions are catching up
Date: 2010-12-06 17:28:46
The website of Extreme Digital has received a special award last Thursday at the Website of 2010. The company is convinced, at the same time, that online auctions and sales...
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A new Starbucks café opened in the Mammut
Date: 2010-12-06 13:02:47
The Starbucks Coffee International, Inc. opened its second Budapest store. The new cafe awaits its guests in the Mammut shopping Centre on 118 square meters with 30 seats. Not even...
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easyJet closed a successful November
Date: 2010-12-06 12:35:02
Budget airline easyJet carried 3,694,514 passengers in November – 10.2% up on last year. The load factor increased by 0.9 percentage point to 85.7%. The airline has carried a total...
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Euronics expects abundant Christmas
Date: 2010-12-06 12:24:55
According to the Christmas analysis of Euronics; The Christmas shopping rush started in the early days of December. Most of the customers trying to buy the gifts in the last...
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Nestlé supports Red Cross with money and expertise
Date: 2010-12-06 11:13:45
Nestlé and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) renewed their collaboration for the next three years, with a special focus on building more resilient rural...
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TESCO Fitt Days proved to be successful
Date: 2010-12-06 10:05:38
TESCO Fitt Days is a special event to provide citizens of Budapest, Debrecenand Veszprém with various facilities to enjoy sports. The retailer sponsored the event for the third time, whereas...
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In-Food 2000 is the new distributor of Heinz product
Date: 2010-12-03 14:12:22
Heinz’s regional commercial director informed our magazine that In-Food 2000 Kft. became the new distributor of the Heinz brand in Hungary. Heinz’s market position is stable in the ketchup segment,...
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Motivation with voucher
Date: 2010-12-03 14:10:14
Sodexo came out with a new voucher in October: BÓNUSZ is not a non-wage benefit, it can be more widely used than cold or hot food vouchers and it is...
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Fresh and youthful – shop transformation the Match way
Date: 2010-12-03 14:05:31
On 25 November the Match supermarket in Budapest’s Duna Plaza reopened. Before opening, those ‘responsible’ for the renovation guided Trade magazin around the store. Tamás Szendrő, sales director of Csemege-Match...
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Cora starts a special set of course for its employees
Date: 2010-12-03 13:51:17
Cora, ran by Magyar Hipermarket Ltd. started a new course for its employees in Budakalász, Fót, Szeged outlets, under the title Courses at Magyar Hopermarket Ltd. The program TÁMOP-2.3.3/B-09/10-2010-0020 is...
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