Company and Personal News
Starbucks, Pepsi and Unilever Partnership
Date: 2008-08-21 00:00:00
Starbucks Coffee Company, PepsiCo, Inc. and Unilever announced a licensing agreement for the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of Starbucks super-premium TazoTea ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in the U.S. and Canada. Tazo's...
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Amstel Pulse wins GOLD at the Cannes Lions
Date: 2008-08-19 00:00:00
Amstel Pulse bottle won the Gold Lion at the prestigious 2008 Cannes Advertising Awards. The bottle was selected from over 1,000 entries for best Packaging Design. The design of Amstel...
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Winner at Arena Gold Medal Competition
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
The game began at 1. June, everybody who bought over HUF 2,000 get a ticket with a number, what could open the huge Arena safe with the Arena Gold Medal...
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Brewer Carlsberg to Unify Its Ex-Soviet Ops
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
Danish brewer Carlsberg wants to unite its operations in the CIS, including major East European asset and top Russian brewer Baltika. Carlsberg this year hooked up with Dutch peer...
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Farmers sell in front of CBA stores
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
The Members of Hungarian Growers and their Associations could offer their products direct to the consumers. According to the agreement the farmers sell their fresh fruits and vegetables outside of...
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Hungarian design works at Electrolux Design Lab 08
Date: 2008-08-18 00:00:00
Two Hungarian students are in the final, the winner will be named on 9th October in Zurich. The winner get 5,000 euros and a job as practicant in one of...
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Record profit at Wal-Mart
Date: 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The world's largest retailer, said second-quarter profit rose 17% to USD 3.45 billion, the sales was 10% higher as a year before. Second-quarter net income climbed to $US3.45 billion, revenue...
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Tesco plastic bags go under the counter in green move
Date: 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The retail giant has introduced a “bag on request” scheme at its larger “Extra” hypermarket stores, where bags are kept out of sight under the tills and only given out...
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GfK Expands European Network
Date: 2008-08-14 00:00:00
The GfK Group has acquired a 26% stake in UK agriculture and animal health research specialist dmrkynetec, increased its holding in GfK Danmark in Denmark, and formed GfK Albania to...
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Mastercard B2B campagne in 25 Hungarian cities
Date: 2008-08-14 00:00:00
The credit card company's ad campagne started in August and try to increase the numbers of card accepters with DM and PR tools. After a short phone call about...
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The Czech shopping centre boom comes to end
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
The boom in shopping centre construction in the Czech Republic is coming to an end, according to the international consultancy firm DTZ. The shopping mall market in Prague and many...
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SPAR Èeská open 4 new stores
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
SPAR Ceska, operates 27 Interspar hypermarkets and 4 Spar supermarkets in the CzechRep, last year reduced loss to Kc412.2m from 2006's Kc574.7m on sales Kc1bn higher on the year at...
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Special birthday presents by Auchan in Russia
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
French retailer Auchan, operating in Russia since 28 August of 2002, has sent out a letter to all its contractors inviting them to celebrate the 6th birthday of Auchan in...
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Drink sales throughout the country by Reál Hungaria Drink
Date: 2008-08-13 00:00:00
The new company was estabilished by 8 biggest Hungarian Drink Whole retailer and the Reál chain, from 15th September its leader is Istvan Seregély, formal domestic and import supplier manager....
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Danish Netto to build up internet business in UK
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The discount supermarket chain is considering launching a limited online offer within two years as part of plans to create a £1 billion UK business. The Danish grocer is mooting...
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Tesco Kipa opens store in Istanbul
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
A joint venture of supermarket chains British Tesco and Turkish Kipa, opens its first store in Istanbul. Tesco Kipa's store is the chain's 28th hypermarket in Turkey. The new...
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Sales of organic products decreased in UK
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Fresh food costs nearly 11 per cent more than a year ago and shoppers seem to be losing their taste for expensive organic produce, with sales down. Demand for them...
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Wal-Mart Spotlighting Products Made In Eco-Friendly Ways
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Wal-Mart wants to promote waste reduction and recycling, natural resources, energy and social or community impact and it's looking for products that fit that bill. Wal-Mart is telling its suppliers...
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New Leader at CBA
Date: 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Zoltán Noszlopy works for CBA since 2001, last year's end he became supplier manager, this year in February sales manager and from now he is the new chief executive officer...
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Auchan outlet in Moscow to open following 11 months of delays
Date: 2008-08-11 00:00:00
Auchan is due to open a large shopping mall of 160,000 square metres in Russia in September. The main project of Auchan in Russia including an Auchan hypermarket, as well...
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Coca-Cola Alucan from a Hungarian Designer
Date: 2008-08-11 00:00:00
The special bottle was print only in 30,000 and will sell only at the Sziget event, its creator was Dániel Szentmihályi, alias SLOW. Coca-Cola called 10 designers for a tender...
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Cut-back at Interfruct
Date: 2008-08-11 00:00:00
From 1. August the company fired 700 employes. If Interfruct's owner find a partner for developing the firm, it want to get the people back. Calslane Holding started the reorganisation...
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Nestle's difficulties in Russia
Date: 2008-08-11 00:00:00
The lack of human resources and adequate infrastructure are the company's main obstacles, says Bernard Meunier, CEO of Nestle Russia. The development of the Russian market for healthy food, as...
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Kraft to sell off Nordic and Baltic salty snack brands
Date: 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The signing of the deal to sell the Estrella, Maarud and Taffel Chips brands to Fepco 1 AS, a Norwegian subsidy of Herkules Private Equity Fund, comes in the same...
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32. BB Vintage Festival in Balatonboglár
Date: 2008-08-08 00:00:00
Wine shows, concertes and other family programs wait the guests between 19-24 August on Platánstrand (Platan Beach) in Balatonboglar. The famous Vintage Festival, visited yearly by 250,000 guests, will be...
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Strong organic growth at Henkel
Date: 2008-08-08 00:00:00
Henkel AG & Co. said second-quarter profit declined 84 percent on costs for job cuts and lowered its full-year earnings forecast because of rising raw-materials expenses. Revenue rose 11 percent...
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Jede Acquires Kaffeknappen
Date: 2008-08-07 00:00:00
Swedish coffee company Kaffeknappen has been fully acquired by office coffee services provider Jede AB, owned by Nestle. Jede has owned a 25% stake in the firm since September 2005...
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Sony moved LCD producing to Nitra
Date: 2008-08-07 00:00:00
An investment project with a total value of 240.66 mil. € is under preparation at the Nitra-Sever industrial park. According to the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Japanese building company, Takenaka...
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Metro to sell Adler stores
Date: 2008-08-06 00:00:00
Metro AG. said its Adler fashion stores unit that it has put up for sale will close up to 20 loss-making stores in Germany and Austria by end-2009 and will...
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Good by $1 value menu?
Date: 2008-08-06 00:00:00
Due to rising food ingredient prices, McDonald's may have to change some items on its $1 value menu. The international burger chain may have to adjust some of the ingredients...
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