Company and Personal News
Bauhaus To Expand in Denmark
Date: 2008-09-29 00:00:00
DIY chain Bauhaus reportedly plans to add three more stores to its existing 13 Danish stores. The new stores will be located in the towns of Hjřrring, Hillerřd and Ishřj....
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Chinese candis were taken off the shelves in Great Britain
Date: 2008-09-25 00:00:00
British supermarket chain Tesco said that it had withdrawn more brand s of Chinese candies from its shelves amid the poison milk scandal. Tesco said in a statement it has...
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TESCO launches home insulation service in the UK
Date: 2008-09-24 00:00:00
In the UK, Tesco has launched an energy efficiency service, open to all homeowners, residential landlords and private tenants. The retailer is offering insulation for loft or wall cavities for...
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Coca-Cola is the most valued brand
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
Interbrand, a brand management company, has compiled the top 100 list showing who has performed over the past 12 months, and just as importantly, who has slipped down the list....
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Kaufland promotes cycling in Berlin
Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00
Interested customers are shown by BUND how to take home larger purchases and how to cycle safely with a shopping trailer. In co-operation with the German alliance for the protection...
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(HU) „III. Coop Rally a minőségi magyar élelmiszer termékekért”
Date: 2008-09-18 00:00:00
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Metro Group Introduces Hotel Private Label Lline in Ukraine
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
Products of H-Line are specially designed to meet the needs of the hotel sector. Metro Group's cash & carry operation in Ukraine has launched its hotel private label line. a...
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Hewlett-Packard to cut 24,600 jobs
Date: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
Hewlett-Packard announced that it would eliminate 24,600 jobs, or 7.5 percent of its work force, as part of its plan for digesting Electronic Data Systems, the computer services giant that...
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New leader at Unilever Central Europe
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
Herman Verstraeten, currently Chairman Unilever Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia (RUB) will be appointed as Chairman Unilever Central Europe, with effect from 1st September 2008. The Belgian specialist will substitute Tracey...
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Bonduelle, Coopagri In JV
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
Food group Bonduelle has announced that it is forming a frozen vegetables joint venture with cooparative group Coopagri. The new entity, in which Bonduelle will have a 37% stake, will...
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Labor costs rise in Hungary
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
According to Eurostat the labor costs in Hungary rose 7.6% in the Q2 from the same period a year earlier, well over the 3.4% increase for the EU27, but under...
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Wal-Mart Seeking Approval To Open Bank in Canada
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
The retailer giant has applied for regulatory approval to establish its own bank in the country, according to a notice on a Canadian government website. By obtaining a banking license,...
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Starbucks-Unilever ice cream deal
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
The British food giant will research and develop new products using Starbucks coffee flavours. Starbucks signed a licensing agreement with Unilever to manufacture, market and distribute Starbucks ice cream products....
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SPAR Switzerland campaign with FIFA female umpire
Date: 2008-09-16 00:00:00
In Switzerland, SPAR is operating an EDLP strategy for a specified range of 300 products in its EUROSPAR and SPAR outlets. It is called '”Our smallest price”. Once a month,...
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Tesco contra British Government 1:0
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
In his budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling said that one of his reasons for upping duty was that the price of wine in supermarkets had fallen over the last ten years....
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Czech PPF buys 50% stake in Russian Eldorado
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
Czech Republic’s PPF Group has purchased 50% of shares in Russia’s largest home electronics retailer Eldorado. Russian Business Daily Vedomosti reported the deal is worth around $400-800 million, although market...
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CIB Bank has frozen Zalabaromfi's bank accounts
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
According to press informations Hungarian poultry company cannot pay either its employees or its suppliers. Zalabaromfi has forced its several hundred employees to take temporary leave. Zalabaromfi's management told that...
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Real To Put Up More Self-Service Checkouts in Germany
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
Metro's Real chain plans to expand the number of stores that house self-service check-out counters, and will introduce the same to 110 of its outlets by the end of the...
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Diageo to built new brewery for Guiness
Date: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
The new brewery will produce Guinness to meet growing export demands and will also brew ales and lagers with a capacity of 5m hectolitres. Diageo Ireland is announcing that it...
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Record Ikea sales over 20 billion euros
Date: 2008-09-12 00:00:00
Swedish furniture giant Ikea posted record earnings this year, but after a decade of booming expansion it now sees growth slowing, its director told financial daily Dagens Industri. Ikea, which...
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Henkel Named to Latest Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Just 10 percent of the 2,500 largest corporations in the world are named to the DJSI World in an annual economic, ecological and corporate social responsibility review performed by SAM...
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New Trade Marketing Manager at Kraft from 1 September
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Szilvia Varga joined in 2001 to company. From the first moment she worked on trade marketing field. The specialist was responsible for chocolate bars, than for coffees and cheese. Since...
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Month of Recycling to start
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
It is the second case, that Öko-Pannon's Recycling Camion roll out and in frame of an exhibiton shows how the could we recycling the packiging wastages. The roadshow starts on...
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