Company and Personal News
Thousand billion euros turnover with Visa cards
Date: 2011-01-26 13:35:31
According to the today published results of Visa Europe; Visa card spending increased by 16 percent annually in Europe, that means a total of more than 1,000 billion euros turnover...
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POS Media Europe gained hundred percent ownership
Date: 2011-01-26 13:14:25
The owners of POS Media Europe and Célcsoport Média agreed to close the acquisition process, within the compass of which the customer purchased the remaining business-parts of Célcsoport Média. On...
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Henkel sponsors kindergarten
Date: 2011-01-26 09:13:35
Henkel Hungary Ltd. has decided to support a kindergarten called Gesztenyéskert in district 9 in Budapest with a 500 thousand HUF sponsorship. The Óbuda-based institute spent the money on various...
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Budapest Bank moved into the Tesco stores
Date: 2011-01-25 14:04:08
Since January, Budapest Bank is the partner of Tesco Hungary in financial services. The financial institution and the chain prepares for a long-term strategic cooperation. As the first step, the...
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McDonald's raises prices
Date: 2011-01-25 13:58:19
According to the plans of McDonald's Corp. the price of the products of the company, will be increased by high raw material costs increases. Company’s prices will increase the most...
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Johnson & Johnson reported poor results
Date: 2011-01-25 12:41:56
Johnson & Johnson announced that its fourth-quarter profit increased to 2.86 billion USD, 1.03 USD per share from the 2.85 billion USD and 1.02 USD per share profit value of...
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Profit increase at McDonald's
Date: 2011-01-24 11:59:48
In the last three months of 2010, McDonald's profit was 1.24 billion dollars, 1.16 dollars per share, compared to the previous year's 1.22 billion dollars and 1.1 dollars per share...
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Products from PET bottles
Date: 2011-01-24 11:59:29
The Budafilter 94 Kft. is building a plant producing strapping tape and granules from PET bottles in Mezőfa, Fejér County. The cornerstone of the approximately 300 million HUF development was...
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METRO conference and customer academy 2011
Date: 2011-01-24 09:39:12
Nearly 130 FMCG-companies meet with the employees of METRO within the three days of the METRO Customer Academy, in order to discuss possibilities of co-operation in the long run. The...
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Electro World may be forced to close stores
Date: 2011-01-21 11:20:14
Electro World may close even three stores from the existing thirteen – reports Világgazdaság. The network has tens of millions debts. According to Polgár Csaba, the CEO of the company;...
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Tesco moving on to beauty industry instead of groceries
Date: 2011-01-21 10:16:59
Not content with having the lion’s share of the groceries market, Tesco now want a piece of the beauty pie with plans to open 70 new beauty salons across the...
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German cheese with Hungarian logo
Date: 2011-01-20 12:01:08
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is about the make decision in a rather racy case: Spar Hungary has launched a set of cheeseland-cheeses of German origin, with a “Hungrian logo”...
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eBay expects revenues of over ten billion dollars
Date: 2011-01-20 11:58:53
For this year eBay expects sales of 10.3 to 10.6 billion USD in sales on eBay. The expected profit will be more than the former expected 15 percent. In the...
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Here are the most artistic pálinka-bottles
Date: 2011-01-20 11:49:18
Rézangyal has asked contemporary artists to design pálinka-glasses, that's how Rézangyal Aert Collection was launched. According to the major pálinka-producer company, pálinka is a contemporary Hungarian brand, so it is...
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Praktiker focuses on the expansion of online commerce and on energy saving customer base
Date: 2011-01-19 11:58:05
According to the new leader of Praktiker; additional commercial services can accelerate the crisis-hit DIY market. After the serious 30 percent turnover decrease of the last three years, Praktiker expect...
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Pay-Parking lot in front of Penny outlets
Date: 2011-01-19 11:31:53
Customers have to pay a dail fee if they spend more than a few miniues parking in the parking lot in front of Penny outlets – fogyasztok.hu pointed out. Several...
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Lindor-products are still popular
Date: 2011-01-19 09:03:36
Lindor chocolate is dedicated to selling only the finest selection of imported gourmet chocolates, chocolate gifts and chocolate gift boxes for you to buy from the world's best American, Belgian,...
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The world's second largest beer manufacturer increased its sales
Date: 2011-01-18 13:59:47
SABMiller group’s revenue increased by 6 percent in its third financial quarter, ended in the end of last December, due to the improving global economic activity. During the first nine...
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New marketing director at TIGÁZ
Date: 2011-01-18 11:09:13
Róbert Csapó is the new marketing director of TIGÁZ, his major task will be to focus on consumer-centereted marketing. The expert started his carreer at TVK where he worked until...
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More than 3000 trees saved the recycling boxes for drinks
Date: 2011-01-18 10:32:06
More than 3000 grown-up trees were being saved by IKSZ last year, by selectively collecting and recycling 1700 tons of boxes. Out of every 100 boxes containing beverages, 17 of...
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Personnel Changes at the fast food restaurant
Date: 2011-01-18 10:10:13
From the 1st of November 2010 Égi Zsolt will be in charge of the domestic operating tasks McDonald's while Gáspár Ferenc, from the 1st of January 2011 will continue his...
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PEZ gameshow is on
Date: 2011-01-18 10:02:16
PEZ candies produced by Ed.Haas Hungaria Ltd. now has a new website, www.pezjatek.hu. Besides vasic information on products, there are plenty of documents to download on the microsite, plus there...
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Lady finds gecko in vegetable bag
Date: 2011-01-18 09:47:42
Margaret Perthen of essex, England was not expecting to find a gecko in a Tesco bag that she had her vegetables in. However when she opened the cellophane wrapper that...
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New marketing-director at Pannontej
Date: 2011-01-17 12:03:52
Starting from 3rd January 2011, Andrea Szabó is the new marketing director of Pannontej. The expert started her carreer at Dr. Oetker in 1994 where she introduced numerous prodzct-categories such...
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Wal-Mart expands in South Africa
Date: 2011-01-17 11:55:55
The South African Massmart retail network accepted American Wal-Mart's takeover bid on Monday. The shareholders of Massmart accepted Wal-Mart’s 148 rands per share (about 19 USD per share) bid, which...
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Sealed Air acquires ProAseptic Technologies
Date: 2011-01-17 09:13:05
Sealed Air Corporation announded its acquisition of Barcelona-based Pro Aseptic Technologies, which aims to produce ultra-clean, aseptic packaging material for food and beverages. Sealed Air is a leading global innovator...
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South Korea ordered a monthly two containers from chocolate apple leaf
Date: 2011-01-14 11:40:11
The Nobilis Zrt. of Mátészalka expects about two hundred million HUF annual revenue growth from the chocolate apple leaf, that will be exported to South Korea. The first transport will...
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Carrefour's revenue is higher than the annual Hungarian GDP
Date: 2011-01-14 11:21:18
In an environment he describes himself as “difficult,” Carrefour successful performance to exceed the consensus of analysts. The fourth quarter 2010, posting a turnover of 27.128 billion euros against 26.908...
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New enterprise management system at Hell Energy
Date: 2011-01-14 11:10:13
Hell Energy Hungary Kft., Hungary's leading energy drink manufacturer will carry out its enterprise management by using the SAP IT system. Although the economic crisis had a smaller effect on...
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Cornexi mueslis are coming again
Date: 2011-01-14 09:34:28
Cornexi Food Ltd., producing traditional muesli bars, was established in 1996, and was relaunched in 2009 with new oweners. The company produces breakfast muesli bars in good quality, in 8...
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