Company and Personal News
Rauch will keep working with OMD Hungary
Date: 2011-01-04 10:37:13
OMD Hungary will continue being in charge of Rauch's media-planning and -puchasing tasks in 2011, just like the company did in the past 12 years. Rauch launched its online and...
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Sió-Eckes targets 8-10% revenue rise in 2011
Date: 2011-01-03 14:32:27
Hungarian fruit juice company Sió-Eckes targets revenue of HUF 19.5 billion-20 billion in 2011, up 8-10% from 2010, managing director Endre Fazekas told MTI. In 2010, the company's revenue fell...
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Tesco continues expansion despite crisis tax
Date: 2011-01-03 13:32:51
Tesco considers the crisis tax unfair and deploys its foreign lobby power against it, but apart from this the company plans in long-terms and continues to expand in Hungary –...
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Rice-candy caused the death of seven people!
Date: 2011-01-03 12:07:21
Seven people have choked to death and five others are in a serious condition after eating traditional glutinous “mochi” rice cakes to celebrate the New Year near Tokyo. The victims,...
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Generali. less damage, more compensations paid
Date: 2010-12-29 14:18:05
Extreme weather-situations have led to an extreme compensations paid by insurance company Generali Providencia. This year, nearly 90 billion forints have been paid by the company, so far. The insurer...
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Hungarian Suzuki checking faulty Swifts
Date: 2010-12-29 13:18:47
Hungarian Suzuki was forced to call back Swifts for controll produced between 1997 and 2002. Due to the rusting of the first dampers, wheelkeeper stubs might fall off, therefore the...
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Aeroviva published the reasons behind the bankruptcy
Date: 2010-12-29 13:10:45
Aeroviva Ltd., the travel agency which announced bankruptcy last week, finally declared the reasons behind the decision. First of all, they pointed out that only half of the travlers they...
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Record fine imposed on fake wine
Date: 2010-12-29 12:11:50
The Food Safety and Animal Health Directorate (MGSZH) of Bács-Kiskun County’s Agricultural Office, imposed 1.4 billion HUF fine on the Akasztó- based plant of Kiskun-Vin Kft., where almost 5 thousand...
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Magazine: Cable channels are stagnating, TV2 is getting stronger
Date: 2010-12-27 23:59:26
Péter Kiss, TV2’s programme director is optimistic about the future as the expansion of cable channels was drawn to a halt and the biggest advertisers increased their spending, compared with...
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Tesco expands in the Czech Republic
Date: 2010-12-27 12:01:06
Tesco expands its network in the Czech Republic with the purchasing of 128 smaller supermarkets if the company will receive the approval of the competition authority. The British supermarket chain...
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Coca-Cola focusing on a new market for non-carbonated brands
Date: 2010-12-27 11:29:01
With the aim to strengthen its non-carbonated health drinks range, Coca-Cola India rolled out its ready-to-drink iced-tea brand Nestea in the Mumbai market. The newly launched drink will be made...
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A 60s sytle retro hypermarket was built
Date: 2010-12-27 11:03:13
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed one of its most challenging and unusual projects for Tesco – a specially-designed 1960s-style supermarket for this year’s Goodwood Revival, the...
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Outrageous cigarette-advertisement banned
Date: 2010-12-27 06:54:20
Cigirex, the electronic cigarette company, have had their national press advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after breaching CAP Codes 3.1 (substantiation) and 7.1 (truthfulness). In the advert,...
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Magazine: Future embedded in the present
Date: 2010-12-26 23:59:02
David B. Wood has been the commercial director of Tesco Global Áruházak Zrt. for 3 months. He started his career at Unilever, later worked for Kraft Foods and joined the...
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The respondents are satisfied with Tesco’s self-service cashier
Date: 2010-12-23 12:51:52
Tesco’s self-service cashier is popular – shows origo’s impromptu “poll”. Hunagry’s first self-service cashier can be found in the Tesco, located between Fót the Dunakeszi. On the first weekend, more...
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Tesco’s recycling automaton recognizes the PET bottles even if they are squashed
Date: 2010-12-23 12:01:06
Tesco has opened a returning center and a recycling point in the hypermarket of Budaörs at the end of November. The new service is operating with a Hungarian developed automat,...
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The first seven Hngya-outlets are open now
Date: 2010-12-22 15:29:38
On 17th December 2010 at 3 pm in BUdapest 9 at Márton Str 18., the first HANGYA outlet opened its gates, and soon six other stores followed. Kincsem Hungária Szövetkezet...
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Tesco is expanding in spite of the special tax
Date: 2010-12-22 14:58:24
The commercial special tax, did not change Tesco’s long-term development strategy – told Per Bank CEO to Figyelő, who considers the burden unfair. This tax is not fair and non-proportional...
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The new Econet subsidiary will provide loyalty card services
Date: 2010-12-22 13:00:53
With the 51 percent share of the EST Media Group, that belongs to econet.hu Nyrt., the EMG Card Kft. has been established on Wednesday. The new company will create and...
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Tesco’s customers donated more than six million HUF
Date: 2010-12-22 12:11:50
Up to date, more than six million forints were donated to the Advent fundraising campaign of the Magyar Ökumenikus Segélyszervezet by Tesco customers. This amount was collected with the gathering...
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METRO launched a charity program for kids
Date: 2010-12-22 06:05:50
METRO Commercial Ltd. has launched a special charity show for young inhabitants of Velence-based Children's Home and Hűvösvölgyi hildren1s Home. The children got the chance to take part in creative...
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Frozen meat producer Matusz-Vad launches Romanian subsidiary
Date: 2010-12-21 11:32:23
Győr-based frozen meat company Matusz-Vad Kft has set up a subsidiary in Romania with a Nagyvárad-based office as part of its new regional expansion program. Matusz-Vad had revenue of HUF...
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Snowfall and icy roads are threatening the retail of the UK
Date: 2010-12-21 11:22:07
It might be, that the extraordinary snow will make the Christmas shopping in Western Europe impossible. In Britain for example, severe disruptions occurred in the transportation of goods, so the...
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DunaChem and EVM will keep working together
Date: 2010-12-21 10:52:42
DunaChem and EVM Ltd. decided to continue their co-operation in terms of distribution, and they hope that their company will be able to produce a successful revenue in 2011. Here...
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Kométa supports children in need with special aid
Date: 2010-12-21 09:31:52
The good old Santa Claus, on behalf of Kométa, personified by Tibor Hollósy, visited the Kaposvár-based education institute of Bárczi Gusztáv School, so that the company could offer a special...
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Two towns received direct support from Heineken Hungária
Date: 2010-12-21 09:26:10
Heineken Hungária Ltd. has launched its charity program for the third time this year. The company running a brewery in Sopron and Martfű supported the inhabitants of the two towns:...
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Distributor-restructuring at the entire product-portfolio of Perfetti Van Melle
Date: 2010-12-20 05:39:20
As a part of the optimatisation strategy of Perfetti Van Melle distribution, the entire PVM portfolio (Mentos, Mentos chewing gums, Chupa Chups, Center Shock) are going to be distributed by...
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McDonald's and Ikea is expanding in China
Date: 2010-12-17 12:18:04
McDonald's and the Ikea Swedish furniture chain announced that in the next few years they will increase the number of their stores in the Asian country. McDonald's plans the opening...
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The Mars Hungary is “Really a Responsible Company”
Date: 2010-12-17 12:13:53
MARS Magyarország was the only major company that received the Hungarian Public Relations Association’s “Really Responsible Company” prize. The diploma was handed over on the 16th of December 2010 at...
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Porsche Hungária expects sales of new cars to rise in Hungary 2011
Date: 2010-12-17 10:26:42
Porsche Hungária expects the number of new cars sold in Hungary to rise from 53,000 in 2010 to 55-60,000 in 2011, PH managing director János Eppel informed MTI. Eppel said...
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