Company and Personal News
TESCO plans store for pensioners in UK
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
Supermarket giant Tesco could be about to open its first pensioner-friendly supermarket in the UK, it has been revealed. If given the go-ahead, the store would feature extra wide aisles,...
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X5 Retail strong Q2
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
The Russian retail Group NV said second quarter net profit reached $74 million, up more than five-fold from $14 million in the year-earlier period thanks to surging sales and tighter...
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SCHUITEMA to sell ten stores in Netherlands
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
Dutch retailer Schuitema has said it is to sell ten ailing C1000 stores. Seven will be handed over to discount retailer Aldi, while two will go to Schwarz Group's Lidl,...
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Prada May Postpone IPO in an Uncertain Market
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Earlier in the year, rumors swirled about a potential Prada IPO, divesting the company of a third of its shares and forcing the Prada family to reduce drastically its 95%...
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Demonstration at Tesco's Headquater
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Angry dairy farmers protested outside Tesco's Cheshunt HQ, demanding an end to a “price war” they say will hit them in the pocket. Around 50 representatives from all four corners...
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M&S slashes plastic bag giveaways
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Marks & Spencer has achieved an 80 per cent cut in the number of plastic carrier bags it is giving away. The high street retailer is launching an advertising campaign...
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Winery of the year Vylyan
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
The 3 most important wine authority honored the step of Vylyan for populization the Hungarian wine and wine cultur on the domestic market and abroad. The second best winery in...
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Heineken H1 – 5.3% organic grow
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
Dutch brewer Heineken NV reported a 34.8% rise in first-half net profit, buoyed by cost cutting, higher sales of premium beers and its acquisition of half of Scottish & Newcastle....
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New leader at MasterCard Hungary
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
From 1 September Milan Gauder is the business director of MasterCard Europe in Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. The specialist, who is the successor of Zdenek Houser, works since 2005 at...
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SPAR store in Mátészalka
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
The new unit is SPAR's first store in the city and the 381th unit of the chain. The company has 158 SPAR supermarkets, 29 INTERSPAR hypermarkets, 20 Kaiser's supermarkets and...
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Univer protecs the schools
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
The marketing action with the titel „Let's our shcool win!” primery and high school can win sport elements and money. From 1 September Univer sold products with „school point” on...
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Ambient Media – New star on the indoor-instore horizont
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
Zsolt Dunavölgyi founded a new ambient media agency, it works with a strong digital signage portfolio. The company offers attendance in several HoReCa places in the Infirio Club&Restaurant chain, its...
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Wahaha Wins Trademark Ownership Lawsuit against Danone
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The “Wahaha” trademark ownership belongs to Wahaha Group, according to the final judgment of Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, released Wahaha Group Co. Ltd. In 1996, France's Groupe Danone SA, Hong...
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POS Media Ukraine has entered into an exclusive media partnership with Metro
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
As of August 2008 POS Media Ukraine has entered into an exclusive partnership with the wholesale retail chain Metro Ukraine, which represents 12% of the retail sales in the Ukraine....
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First anti-theft label created for direct contact with fresh produce
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The combination of Checkpoint’s Food-Safe EAS labels, certified for direct contact with food, and Sealed Air Cryovac Smartpak vacuum shrink bags, is also anticipated to allow retailers to reduce inventory...
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New Food Packaging Laboratory opens in Sealed Air Cryovac Italian premises
Date: 2008-08-26 00:00:00
The Food Packaging Lab is run by a team of specialists from the Ready Meals application support group. It is an ideal complement to the newly launched Ready Meals training...
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Tesco in cash machine charity donation uproar
Date: 2008-08-26 00:00:00
Customers are told that by drawing cash from the supermarket giant's ATMs they are helping the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity. Their slogan is "every little helps" and miserly Tesco...
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Coca-Cola Opens New Plant in Mongolia
Date: 2008-08-26 00:00:00
A US$22 million green field Coca-Cola bottling plant was officially opened in Ulaanbaatar. This new plant will be the second and largest Coca-Cola plant in Mongolia. The first Coca-Cola plant...
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EMPERIA allowed to take controlling stake in Lewiatan
Date: 2008-08-26 00:00:00
Emperia Holding, one of the largest wholesale companies in Poland, has received the green light from the antitrust authorities for the takeover of a controlling stake in Lewiatan. Emperia Reveals...
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ALDI to launch in Florida
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
In the US, Aldi will open its first stores in Florida on 23 September. The four outlets are located in Orlando, Daytona Beach, Sanford and Winter Park, followed by another...
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Selver To Open Two Stores in Latvia
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
Estonian supermarket chain Selver plans to open two stores in Latvia before the end of the 2008. AOne of the stores will be situated in the city of Rezekne, while...
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Wanted – Hungary's most popular Pub partner !
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
People can vote from 25 August to 19 September about with whom should they drink their favour beer. Three from the registrated beer freinds could win a VIP Beer Travel...
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H1 – HUF 2890 billion sales volume, decreasing tendency
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
Specialized and non-specialized food, beverages and tobacco (53%) furniture and household goods (18%), book, newspaper and other (11%) stores played a major role in retailing. According to calendar adjusted...
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Old-new Metro store in Debrecen
Date: 2008-08-22 00:00:00
The renovated Metro Cash & Carry store in capital of Hajdú-Bihar region has an extended offer from fishes, a special Electro-Gastro counter and sommeliers help costumers to find the best...
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Nespresso by George Clooney
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
What else? Who else! Academy Award winner and Nespresso enthusiast George Clooney will make his third appearance as the Company's ambassador in a new Nespresso film produced in Milan in...
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Metro Donation in Debrecenben
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
On the reopen's event of the Metro Cash & Carry in Debrecen, the company started two donation action. The guests of the event could buy special wines from the Hungarian...
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Tesco Facing Industry Opposition Over Milk Prices in UK
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
Farmers worrying that they will eventually have to bear the cost, even though they have been pushing for a higher ex-farm price. Tesco may be set to face strong opposition...
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Kofola Fined over EUR 500,000
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
Central European soft drinks company Kofola has been fined CZK13.5 million (EUR 554,779) by the Czech competition authorities after being found guilty of price fixing. The Office for the Protection...
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Muller Dairy Enters Romanian Yoghurt Market
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
German dairy group Muller has entered the Romanian market with plans to become a leading brand in the country by the end of 2009. The company has started its operation...
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REWE GROUP looks at small acquisition in Russia
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
According to press informations Billa,Austrian unit of Germany's second-largest food retailer REWE Group, has agreed to buy Russian retail chain Nyam-Nyam for $100 million. Vedomosti, business daily reported that...
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