Company and Personal News
Wal-Mart Pulls Out Of Nielsen's PRISM Initiative
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
Researcher says original marketer and agency backers of PRISM continue to support the initiative, too, including P&G, Unilever and Kraft. Wal-Mart is pulling out of Nielsen's PRISM (Pioneering Research for...
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Delhaize Group reports 15.8% sales increase
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:00
The retail group has more than 2600 stores in the world, the sales of the company reached EUR5.4 billion in Q4 2008, compared to EUR4.6 billion for the same period...
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New Managing Director at Friesland
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Due to the successful FrieslandCampina merger Jack Castelein has been appointed to the position of Managing Director Branded Cheese for the business group Cheese & Butter of FrieslandCampina. His duties...
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DM to open first store in Bulgaria
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Five to seven stores are reported to follow in the course of the year, the next ones in Vidin and Yambol. German drugstore retailer dm is expected to open its...
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Zwack pays interim dividend
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Hungarian distiller Zwack has unexpectedly announced that it will pay interim dividend in the amount of HUF 1,300 per ordinary and redeemable liquidation share that is altogether HUF 2.6455 billion....
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Carrefour reports 6.3% sales increase for 2008
Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00
Carrefour gross sales grow to EUR97.6 billion at constant exchange rates for 2008. This was below Carrefour’s revised target of 6.5% increase. In France, total sales of EUR42.5 billion reflected...
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New owner by Salamander shoes
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
The family business Ara will be the 3th owner of the company in last 5 years. The family entrepeneurs ara get the Salamander and Lurchi brands and firms store chain...
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Tesco launches greenest store in Britain
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
Tesco has opened a store in the UK with a carbon footprint 70% less than other similar sized outlets and will cut its fuel costs by 48%. The 52,000 square...
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TESCO expects a difficult 2009
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
In the seven weeks to 10 January 2009, Tesco reported a reasonable performance, with total group sales increasing by 11.6%. Growth has largely been driven by strong performances in the...
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Hungarian students are the most activy competitors on Henkel Innovation Challenge
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
In November Henkel called students from 11 European countries for Innovation Challenge. From the Hungarian universities 175 teams and 83 individuals registrated to the competition. In the first round teams...
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SPAR to wind down hypermarket concept in Romania
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
SPAR Romania announced that it will close its store in Targu Mures, which is its only hypermarket in Romania, Piata magazine has reported. “The format of the Targu Mures store...
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Asda navigates customers to the shops
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
Asda, Wal-Mart’s UK retailer will begin using the NAVTEQ Direct Access programme, an advertising solution integrated into car navigation systems. The system uses community-generated data sourced from participating merchants to...
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Beiersdorf AG's profit grow by 25%
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
Net income increased to 553 million euros ($738 million) from 442 million euros in 2007. Total revenue advanced 8.5 percent to 5.97 billion euros in the year. Beiersdorf’s skin and...
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CASINO and Relay to open new store concept in Paris
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
The new Chez Jean store is a cross between a coffee shop and a grocery store and sells coffee, groceries, fresh bread, flowers, newspapers, tickets and lottery tickets as well...
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ALDI reports 24.8% sales boost
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The German retailer increased its number of stores by 9.9% over 2008, moving from 416 to 457 stores across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Aldi in the UK...
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Ad campaign about children alcohol drinking for parents sponsored by Borsodi
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
With the title „ Let's talk about it” the brewery published an information brossure for parents, about how the talk about alcohol consumption with teenagers. Borsodi continoues its well know...
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Promocash to develope chain in France
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The Carrefour owned company currently has 120 franchised shops as well as nine integrated outlets in France. Promocash will open 20 more cash and carry stores in France over the...
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Lexmark Outlook Darkens
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The Lexington based firm warned that its fourth-quarter results would be lower than expected thanks to weak sales and high restructuring costs. Lexmark now thinks its fourth-quarter sales are going...
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Metro Group sales grow by 5.9%
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The Metro Group has reported that its preliminary sales grew to EUR68 billion over the 2008 financial year. However, growth did not reach expected levels of more than 6%. The...
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Dreher makes campaign for responsible alcohol drinking
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Brewery Dreher Hungary made a new website under the title www.alkohol.info.hu. The aim of the site is to inform the public about effects of alcohol drinking. Dreher started its CSR...
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Tesco redesigns former Woolworths shops
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Retailer giant Tesco has confirmed it plans to buy and reopen former Woolworths supermarkets under Tesco Express brand. The first unit will be open soon in Ulverston, near to Liverpool....
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Bizerba debuts new product at NRF Annual Convention
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Bizerba is presenting its fresh produce management system consisting of a new shop scales system K, the retail framework developed by Bizerba and a comprehensive content database. With this system...
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Iceland rebrands 51 Woolworths Stores
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
The frozen food chain has bought 51 of the 800 stores from the now defunct Woolworths group. Iceland will be creating in the region of 2,500 jobs across UK. The...
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Edeka To Create 8,000 Jobs In 2009
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
German food discount giant plans to expand its market share in Germany to 30% by 2010 from currently 27% by opening 1,000 new stores between 2008 and 2010. Edeka officially...
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New CEO at Tchibo Budapest
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
Andrzej Jackiewicz leads Tchibo's Hungarian subsidary since January 2009. The 41 years old Polish specialist is responsible for strategic growth of the Hungarian firm. In frame of Tchibo's coffee branch...
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Bijou Brigitte stabilized its sales in Germany
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
Net income grow by 2.2% to 375 million euros, but the increase came from the new shops. The German discount jewelry retailer opened 80 new unit in 2008. The Hamburg...
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Pannontej continous production
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
According to on-line business portal VGO the crisis were solved at Pannontej's plants in Zalaegerszeg and Répcelak. The company get 60% of the contracted gas volue and it is enough...
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Growing year for Spar
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
SPAR Switzerland has reported a 6.3% rise in sales for 2008 to CHF957 million. The SPAR and EUROSPAR stores generated revenues of CHF533 million with a 7.0% rise. Sales of...
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Fresh & Easy sponsors schools in the US
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
Tesco’s US-unit Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has launched a school fundraising programme called Shop for Schools. In the promotion, running run from 1 February through to 31 March 2009,...
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New marketing manager at Mio Technology
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
From 1th January 2009 Zsuzsanna Banga joined as marketing manager to Mio Technology. The 28 years old specialists gradueted at Miklos Zrinyi University, she started her carreer at Acer Computer...
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