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Bacardi-Martini Hungary chooses PR Agency

Próbakő Kommunikáció won the drink retailer's tender for 2009.  This year Próbakő is the strategic adviser for the firm and the company's main brands. Próbakő is a member of Carbon...

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Nature-identical fragrances from BASF laboratory

Synthetic citral provides the fragrance of citrus. Also other fragrances can be created, such as linalool which smells of lavender and geraniol responsible for the typical smell of roses. BASF...

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Tesco exits personal loans market

The move is an indication of how more loan defaults, caused by the difficult economic conditions, are affecting loan providers.  Tesco currently has 3,600 personal loans on its books with...

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Double digits grow at MasterCard Europe

For the full-year 2008, the European region reported double-digit growth in company gross euro volume with 15.5 %, purchase volume with 15.7 %, purchase transactions with 13.2 % and cash...

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Metro to launch delivery service in Germany

The company will further adjust its wholesale activities to the changed requirements of its professional clients. Metro Cash & Carry has invested between more million euros in the infrastructure of...

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Danone sees growth slowing in 2009

The French company said net profit fell last year to €1.31 billion from €4.18 billion in 2007, when Danone earned €3.1 billion on the sale of its LU, Petit Dejeuner...

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Kraft Freezes Top Executives' Salaries

The food industry giant will freeze the salaries of Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld and 18 other top managers in 2009, though remaining employees will receive raises.  The decision to freeze...

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Unilever products disappear from Delhaize Group's stores

Delhaize Group has halted orders for 300 Unilever products from its stores in Belgium after annual price negotiations ended in deadlock.  According to Unilever, Delhaize had already stopped orders for...

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Zwack repeats its 2007 accomplishment

Company's first 9 months sales was HUF 26 billion, without excise duty it was HUF 17.4 billion. The growth was drived by own produced drinks.  Zwack starts its business year...

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Gebrüder Weiss to develope in Dunaharaszti

Austria's largest transport and logistics service provider has expanded capacities and started up a new regional logistics distribution centre in Dunaharaszti.  The company informed the MTI (Hungarian News Agency), that...

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Procter & Gamble Puts Mr. Clean To Work Washing Cars

Procter & Gamble Co. is expanding its Mr. Clean carwash concept nationwide, acquiring a carwash company and setting up a franchising subsidiary as the vehicles for its growth.  P&G has...

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Tesco to open new department store in Czech Republic

According to Retail Week the new store to open at the end of February in Liberec, will carry a mix of fashion, home furnishings and food.  The department store will...

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CSR by price cut

The retailer Mercator is adjusting its price policy, permanently lowering the prices of 2,800 products.  The reductions cover products purchased by households for everyday use. The company has said that...

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Lidl adds stores and premium products in UK

The discount chain is extending its product range to 2,000 SKUs and now includes a new deluxe premium range. Lidl plans to add 50 stores in the UK this year,...

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Cimsec donation to Bokay Foundation

Henkel Hungary gave HUF 1.3 million support for buying a diagnostic equipment, which could help against cradle death.  The company collected more than HUF 1 million from selling CIMSEC products...

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Kaufland expands aggressively in northern Germany

It is rumoured, that Schwarz Group acquiring Famila hypermarkets from Bünting and Bartels-Langness in the future.  According to Lebensmittel Zeitung, Schwarz Group’s Kaufland is planning 70 additional hypermarkets and a...

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Kellogg reports profit grow by 3 million US in Q4

For the year-ending quarter, profit rose to $179m , compared to $176m last year. The company estimated that it lost 1 percentage point of market share in the US cereal...

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Sales of Bertolli help Unilever's net profit

Unilever has reported a 51% rise in net profit to EUR1.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2008, boosted by the sale of its Bertolli brand for EUR630m.  The consumer goods...

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Happy Meal serves knowledge

From January McDonald's started an education marketing campaign for Happy Meal. After last years 'Did you know?' campaing in 2009 the fast food chain spurs on exploring the world around...

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Aranyfácán plans to expand production

In spite of the agricultural sales problems last years, there was no scandal on tomato front. The grower and processors work together in harmony, the supply price is since many...

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Metro to expand private label range

Metro has 24 private labels comprising around 800 products. The private labels account for around 7% of the chain’s portfolio, but the share will grow to around 10% in the...

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Carrefour France to hire 15,000 workers

Despite a downward revision of its results and replacement of José Luis Duran by Lars Olofsson as CEO, Carrefour will maintain its workforce levels in France.  Carrefour has announced plans...

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SPAR Danmark acquires 100 stores

Danish retailer SPAR Danmark has acquired 100 stores in its purchase of Danske Köbmaend by holding company Dagrofa.  The deal means that SPAR Danmark’s turnover will increase by USD 209.61million....

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Aldi accused of human rights violations

German discount chain Aldi is reported to violate labour and human rights of Chinese staff that produce promotional goods for the company.  A study by the German Südwind institute claimed...

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Wal-Mart sales increase in January

Same-store sales excluding petrol at the country's largest retailer rose 2.1% last month, more than the 1.1% gain expected by Wall Street specialists.  Like supermarkets in the UK, Wal-Mart said...

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New system for collecting PET bottles

CORA has been the first to introduce a new system for collecting disposable PET bottles in Hungary. The system is based on the patented THERMO PRESS technology which reduces the...

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Forestry certificate: essential for sustainable forestry

Supporting sustainable forests is more important than ever. Forestry certificates are essential for sustainable forest management. Forestry certificates are a guarantee of origin for purchasers of wood and paper products,...

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New Heineken Experience

The Heineken Experience museum in Amsterdam was reopened following modernisation and expansion on 9. December. New interactive units including one where visitors can design and make a Heineken bottle themselves,...

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Auchan boosting number of its hyper markets outside Budapest

According to Katalin Gillemot, communications director of Auchan Magyarország Kft., they succeeded in meeting sales targets in 2008 and also in increasing the number of shoppers. Average basket value dropped...

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New image for Mood Media

The new image of Mood Media has been developed in compliance with the international image adopted in over 30 countries and is intended to emphasise its market leading position, reliability,...

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