Company and Personal News
In 2nd place: Coca-Cola loyalty promotion 2008 – Playing with points on the Coke we site
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
The loyalty campaign of Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország Kft. focused on teenagers and young adults was conducted between 3. March- 31. December 2008. All caps used on 0.5 litre bottles of...
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Tesco – Irish suppliers to worry
Date: 2009-07-01 00:04:00
Tesco lost a small bit of its market share in the last 12 weeks ending on June 14 compared to its 30.9 percent market share of last year. According to...
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Tortellini Ltd. blocked due to contamination
Date: 2009-07-01 00:03:00
Tortellini Ltd. blocked its tortellini, ravioli and lasagne products, which are eatable until September 2009, in order to protect the health of the consumers, due to the toxin contamination of...
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Tesco and Fortis UK to form new partnership
Date: 2009-07-01 00:01:00
Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) and Fortis UK have announced that they are in exclusive discussions to form a new partnership to provide motor and household insurance. Jointly the companies will...
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The McCafé chain remains the market leader in Hungary
Date: 2009-06-30 00:21:40
The McCafé chain increased its turnover by 24.5 per cent in 2008, and maintained its market-leading position on the a domestic café market. 2.6 million guests were served in the...
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Seven-hour technical break at Tesco stores
Date: 2009-06-30 00:17:59
Because of the VAT change a technical transition will be required in the 24 hours open hypermarkets of Tesco. The stores will be closed between 23 pm on the 30th...
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Carrefour eliminates plastic bags in Spain
Date: 2009-06-30 00:05:00
French owned hypermarket chain Carrefour has decided to eliminate all plastic bags from their Spanish stores, and becomes the first large company to do so in this country. The use...
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Szentkirályi helps the storm victims of Szabolcs County
Date: 2009-06-30 00:02:00
Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. joined the International Children's Safe Drinking Water program of Procter & Gamble and the to part of the donation, which aims to ensure the supply of...
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Woolworths' rebirth
Date: 2009-06-30 00:01:00
Woolworths was the largest retailer victim of the crisis in Great Britain, but now it will reborn as an online store. The company closed 807 retail stores in January and...
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The display resolution of STI won POPA prize in Poland
Date: 2009-06-29 00:22:00
The STI Group's Island-shaped solution for placement and suitcase of Lübbe won the POPA award which is the Oscar of the sales promotion sector. The STI – which has a...
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STI Petőfi Printing House Ltd. won two awards in this year's Pro Typographia competition
Date: 2009-06-29 00:18:00
STI Petőfi Printing House Ltd. enriched by two prizes on the tournament of high-quality printing products, the Pro Typographia professional competition. The packaging Szamos marzipan and Philips' static adhesive were...
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Budvar brewery – Increasing sales, decreasing profits
Date: 2009-06-29 00:03:00
Last year was the second best year ever, in the history for Czech Budvar brewery in terms of sales. Its profit however decreased due to the increasing production prices. Revenue...
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Record turnover of the Tesco clothing brands
Date: 2009-06-29 00:01:00
According to the datas of GfK Hungária,Tesco had the largest turnover on the clothing market in the first quarter of 2009. While the overall market showed a 13 percent decline,...
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Theodora Cosmetic Tour in the Káli Basin
Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:30
Enthusiastic tourists arrived to Salföld on 26 June to enter the Theodora Cosmetic Tour. The volunteers painted tourist signs from Salföld to Kékkút to switch back the tourist route into...
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Meat-products under the brandname Globus are still available
Date: 2009-06-26 00:15:00
The greatest Czech food group, Hamé is entitled to produce and distribute Globus-branded, meat-based tinned food – Globus announced. After Globus has decided to stop the production of meat-based tinned...
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City SPAR – new comfortable outlet in Szeged
Date: 2009-06-26 00:09:00
A new, previously unknown outlet-form has been introduced to the Hungarian customers in 2006 by SPAR Hungary Ltd: City SPAR supermarkets. The company has now opened a new City SPAR...
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Hungarian Wine House Ltd under liquidation process
Date: 2009-06-26 00:04:00
The liquidation process of Hungarian Wine House has started on 2nd June. The company has kept a busy business in the touristically signuificant Buda Castle. The interest in the wine...
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Herz trying to reach an agreement with creditors
Date: 2009-06-25 00:08:00
The owners of Herz Salami Factory are trying to reach an agreement with creditors prior to the liquidation process. If the agreement is made, the company may survive – Világgazdaság...
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Danone Ltd. helping children program
Date: 2009-06-25 00:05:00
The main purpose of the program initiated by Danone Ltd., running under the name „Help Children Together” is to support children living with tumour – the money gathered buy the...
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Avantgard, modern and classic syle in one
Date: 2009-06-25 00:01:00
Unique, timeless prducts, authentic British elegance, mdern style, interesting solutions: a bathroom-equipment saloon in Hervegprímás street has just opened its gates on 24th June. The idea of the saloon was...
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Coop Szolnok allowed to purchase Héliker
Date: 2009-06-24 00:08:00
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) gave Coop Szolnok the permission to purchase Héliker Commercial Ltd. Coop Szolnok has entered into a contract with Héliker on 5th March 2009 to obtain...
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Danone's 123 million new shares are of great interest
Date: 2009-06-24 00:07:00
France-based Danone had sold 123.2 million new shares for 24.73 euros each, now 5.5 billion bookings have been counted at the auction in Paris. The company had raised 3.05 billion...
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GfK Hungária is a Business Superbrand yet again, for the second time
Date: 2009-06-24 00:06:00
GfK Hungária has become a Business Superbrand yet again in 2009: the market research company has been selected to be among the best brands of the business sector (B2B) for...
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Pasta-factory in Verpelét for French and Italian export
Date: 2009-06-24 00:03:00
French-owned ASIAFOOD Ltd. is planning to open a factory in order to produce frozen pasta in Heves county, in the village of Verpelét – as announced by MTI. According to...
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Wage boost at Kométa
Date: 2009-06-24 00:01:00
More than 500 employers are affected by the wage boost taking place from July at Kométa Ltd. The wage boost is of 3-4 percent, depending on the basic wage and...
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The winners of Rauch Hungária's prize game go to Croatia
Date: 2009-06-24 00:00:20
Rauch Hungária Ltd. has launched two great customer promotions and now – in co-operation with a number of retails – organizes a prize-game, offering interesting, exciting gifts. The Rauch IceT...
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Cadybury's success: chocolate getting more popular in Britain
Date: 2009-06-23 00:07:00
Britain's major chocolate producer Cadbury is very likely to fulfill its business plans for the year as Brits are buying more and more chocolate, while US traffic is about to...
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Ocado launches automatic re-order software
Date: 2009-06-23 00:06:00
Online grocery delivery firm Ocado is currently in the process of developing software that can predict when a household needs to re-order a particular product and will add it to...
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Tesco with a debt of net 10 billion pounds
Date: 2009-06-23 00:05:25
Tesco Plc’s decade of international expansion has pushed debt ratios at the U.K.’s largest retailer to record levels, endangering the company’s credit rating and sparking a backlash from fund managers...
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Carrefour entering Russian market
Date: 2009-06-23 00:04:00
Carrefour has established its first outlet in Russia. The company opened a hypermarket in a shopping centre in the capital Moscow. The grocery retailer has leased 14,300 square metres of...
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