News and articles
Zero waste to landfill in the factories of Unilever
Date: 2015-02-25 11:30:28
Unilever today announced it has achieved a key sustainability target of sending zero non-hazardous* waste to landfill from its global factory network. Believed to be a global first for delivering...
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The Lego Group increased sales and profits last year
Date: 2015-02-25 11:05:02
Thanks to its ever-expanding product portfolio, the Danish Lego Group achieved a turnover growth in 2014, excessing the market average and reached higher profit than expected – the company told...
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The Praktiker changes the opening hours
Date: 2015-02-25 11:03:04
The Praktiker aligns with the customers' needs within the legal framework, therefore from 15 March, the company will change its opening hours. The 19 domestic Praktiker stores will be open...
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Car fleets are becoming more popular around the world
Date: 2015-02-25 11:01:33
According to the data of LeasePlan global market leader of car fleet management, there is a growing demand for fleet cars. For example the fleet size of the LeasePlan Hungária...
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French consumer confidence rose to a nearly three years peak
Date: 2015-02-25 11:01:08
The French consumer confidence has increased to a nearly three years peak in February – according to the data of the French statistical office (INSEE). The index increased in February...
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Patterns inside the bottle
Date: 2015-02-25 09:06:35
O-I, the owner of more than 50 years old Orosháza Container Glass Factory, had its internally embossed bottles patented in 2010. The innovation was first used in the neck of...
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A change in store type shares
Date: 2015-02-25 09:00:51
General cleaner retail sales were between HUF 9 and 10 billion in the first ten months of recent years. The category is the 9th biggest from the 70 household chemical...
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CAP direct payments legislation is ready
Date: 2015-02-25 08:06:01
The new legislation regulating the direct subsidies through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has now reached the conciliation stage. In Hungary seven regulations have been worked out by the Ministry...
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Magazine: What to expect from the 2014 vintage?
Date: 2015-02-24 13:03:04
According to Dr Zsombor Sümegi, development director of the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT), 2014 wasn’t an easy year for Hungarian winemakers, it was full of challenges. There was...
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A paradigm shift is needed in the role of the sales organizations
Date: 2015-02-24 11:40:32
In recent years, the sales efficiency is often mentioned as the task that the sales organizations are facing, mostly without specifics. With the aim to have an instant picture of...
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The GVH and the OÉTI signed a cooperation agreement
Date: 2015-02-24 11:38:28
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and the National Food and Nutrition Institute (OÉTI) have signed a cooperation agreement. According to the cooperation agreement, the two organizations mutually assist each other's...
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Lidl: Healthy Cash Registers appeared in Hungary
Date: 2015-02-24 11:35:36
Following the international success the Healthy Cash Registers have also appeared in Hungary. In Hungary the Lidl Magyarország will be the one that first introduces the device. The aim of...
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The Hungarian National Tourist Office has developed a three-year agri-marketing strategy
Date: 2015-02-24 11:34:35
The Agricultural Marketing Centre and the Hungarian National Tourist Office have developed a new three-year collective marketing strategy to strengthen sectoral cooperation and to coordinate marketing activities. The social discussion...
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The pace of decline in consumer prices accelerated in the EU
Date: 2015-02-24 11:32:48
The pace of decline in consumer prices accelerated in the European Union in January. The price level in an annual comparison fell by 0.5 percent after the 0.1 percent in...
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The Tesco Fresh Graduate Program to be launched this year again
Date: 2015-02-24 11:30:10
The Tesco as Hungary's largest retail company is expecting curious and energetic young people who want to explore, understand, and manage this large, complex and ever-changing organization. The chain with...
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Visa Europe is expanding its peer-to-peer payment solution globally
Date: 2015-02-24 11:25:12
Visa Europe has announced that Visa Direct, formerly Visa Personal Payments, is expanding its offer into most countries where Visa has a presence, creating a global peer-to-peer payments service. With...
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The success of Hungarian breweries in the Czech Republic
Date: 2015-02-24 11:15:55
Two Hungarian small artisanal distilleries won medals at the 25th International Beer Festival, held in Tabor, the Czech Republic. Szent András Brewery’s cherry beer received a bronze medal in the...
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Hungarian startup company builds a franchise network on cosmetic tooth whitening in Europe
Date: 2015-02-24 11:12:52
The Hungarian Smile Partner Zrt. started to buil out a franchise network on cosmetic tooth whitening in Europe. In addition to the 50 partners in Hungary, several companies joined fropm...
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The Covasna county consumer protection backed out in case of the fine implemented on Székely Flavors
Date: 2015-02-24 11:10:45
The leaders of the Covasna county consumer protection authority recognized that they need to punish primarily due to expired products – the Háromszék daily wrote on Tuesday. The Covasna County...
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“Political chocolate” was marketed in Russia
Date: 2015-02-24 11:03:49
A Russian company started to sell “Political chocolate”. The covers of the bonbon boxes are made along the lines of the former Soviet propaganda posters, and such messages can be...
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Tractor buyers didn’t waste their time
Date: 2015-02-24 11:00:22
In Hungary 2014 was a record year in tractor buying: according to data from the Hungarian Leasing Association, in the first seven months of the year farmers purchased 3,201 tractors,...
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Lower production prices in November
Date: 2015-02-24 08:58:28
n November 2014 agricultural production prices decreased by 6.8 percent from the level of November 2013. The price of vegetable products was down 8.3 percent and the price of livestock/products...
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Steps proposed to help small-scale producers
Date: 2015-02-24 08:55:53
According to the Small-scale Producers Interest Group (KTÉ), the selling opportunities of small farmers have to be expanded, and for this several rules need to be changed. For instance KTÉ...
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GKI-Erste prosperity index: improved consumer confidence
Date: 2015-02-23 11:54:07
The seasonally adjusted value of the GKI Erste prosperity index has remained unchanged in February. Its level is still representing a relatively optimistic mood. According to the survey by GKI...
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More and more people choose eco-friendly packaging products
Date: 2015-02-23 11:40:31
Seventy-one percent of the Hungarian population prefer products that are environmentally friendly during purchasing and has the same price as the other less environmentally friendly product – accor5ding to the...
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MasterCard: a significant increase in the use of one-touch credit cards in Europe
Date: 2015-02-23 11:21:09
Europeans like to pay with one-touch cards virtually in any location. According to MasterCard Europe’s compilation, sent to MTI on Monday, in the last quarter of 2014, the number of...
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Czibere: The government is ally for companies employing people with changed working abilities
Date: 2015-02-23 11:20:00
The government is the strategic ally and partner of companies employing people with changed working abilities, because they give chance for people to avoid social subsidies, to be able to...
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Changes were made to the proper diet guidelines of children's nutrition in the U.S.
Date: 2015-02-23 11:19:34
New guidelines released today by a leading U.S. pediatricians group urge a more practical, commonsense approach toward nutrition to help improve children's diets and health, both in school and at...
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Slovakia has branded the Chimney cake long ago
Date: 2015-02-23 11:18:34
The initiative to declare the Chimney cake as a European traditional specialty product will be tough in Austria – mno.hu wrote. The International Chimney Cake Professional Boards has taken steps...
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Ice-cream exhibition and festival will be held for the first time in Budapest
Date: 2015-02-23 11:15:34
The first Ice-cream Exhibition and F awaits the lovers of ice-cream, gourmets and professionals as well, between 6 and 8 March in Budapest. Professional presentations, lectures will enrich the program....
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