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Henkel delivers solid performance in second quarter
Sales: +13.5% to 4,695 million euros (organic: +2.4%) Operating profit*: +14.0% to 768 million euros EBIT margin*: +0.1 percentage points to 16.4% Earnings per preferred share* (EPS): +11.2% to 1.29...
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Ice coffee that help during the heat wave
It is easier to survive the heat wave with the consumption of iced drinks and ice coffees. The following recipe may come in handy for coffee lovers – Rutai Gergely,...
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The British waste the most food in Europe
Britain wastes more food than any other country in Europe, with UK households throwing away 6 kilogrammes of food a week. 12 billion pounds worth food a year. For every...
Read moreThe heat causes fish mortality and agricultural damages in Austria
The Austrian Die Presse daily reported about heat-related agricultural damages and fish mortality in Austrian rivers on Wednesday. Because of the high temperatures and low oxygen content, fish mortality is...
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Private label products becoming more popular
PLMA’s 2015 year book analyses the state of play in the field of private label products. In 14 from the 20 countries surveyed PL products’ market share increased. In the...
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Coffee in the warehouses
This year farmers in Vietnam stockpiled more coffee in their warehouses than ever before since 2010. A record harvest is expected in 2015 so prices won’t increase. Vietnamese farmers mostly...
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Our personal finances from East to West
How do you think your personal finances will develop in the next 12 months? – in the 1st quarter of 2015 Nielsen asked consumers this question in 60 countries all...
Read moreGrape growers are expecting better protection from the Nébih
The protesters who demonstrated on Wednesday in front of the National Food Chain Safety Authority’s (Nébih) Wine and Alcoholic Beverages Board of Directors, asked for stricter controls more than ever...
Read moreAnalysts: it was expected that inflation will slow down in July
It was expected that inflation will slow down in July. On the basis of the recent data (consumer prices were 0.4 percent higher than a year earlier), however, the basic...
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Brussels to support the little ones
The EU accepted the Hungarian rural development program. The large estates lost against the small estates, after such an agri-rural development can take place, which reflects the government's desire to...
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42 percent of the Hungarian families throw out food regularly
42 percent of the Hungarian families regularly throw out food, in 8 out of 10 cases due to change in quality, in one-fifth of the cases, due to the expiration...
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The Apenta Vitamixx is popular
The Maspex Olympos Kft. is promoting the Apenta Vitamixx vitamined andflavored mineral waters in the summer heat within a street campaign. During the Apenta Vitamixx street sampling campaign, 2 “apenta”...
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Gemius: online ordering to be fun!
In 2015, 2,803,000 Hungarian net users have purchased from domestic portals, while 833,000 persons have chosen products from foreign sites . This is a clear increase,l compared to last year's...
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Takács Ákos has become the marketing manager of Red Bull
From 1 August, Takács Ákos founder of the Red Bull Pilvaker and the Liszt Remix is the marketing manager of Red Bull Hungária Kft.. The young professional was working as...
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Gingerbread Festival this weekend in Debrecen
The Gingerbread Festival will present the illustrious history of gingerbread making in Debrecen and the traditions of rural beekeeping on 15 and 16 August. Vajda Mária ethnographer, the festival’s idea...
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Omega-3s may prevent from the development of schizophrenia
Omega-3 fatty acids may prevent the development of full-blown schizophrenia in people who are at high risk of the disease, new research suggests. What's more, omega-3s seemed to prevent the...
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New EU funding programmes favour SMEs
Viktor Zoltán Kovács, the head of K&H’s SME marketing division told Trade magazine that in the new budgetary period (2014-2020) SMEs can profit the most from European Union funding programmes....
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Ahold and Delhaize agree on merger
Dutch company Ahold and Belgian retailer Delhaize have decided to join forces: the new company Ahold Delhaize consists of 6,500 stores where more than 50 million customers are served every...
Read moreGrocery retail on a growth path
Value sales soared 4.9 percent and volume sales improved by 3 percent in Q1 2015 if compared with the performance of Q1 2014. Both indicators are above the European average....
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Born British
Between 10 and 24 July 2014 this campaign launched a new product, Carling Cider in SPAR and CBA stores. The promotion was a breakthrough in in-store communication: by adapting the...
Read moreMagazine: Cold hop Dreher is already in the pipeline
As artisan beers are getting more and more popular, Dreher decided to launch another innovation after the brewery’s successful tank beer: a cold hop lager will hit the market in...
Read moreInflation was 0.4 percent in July, while the price of food rose above the average
In July, consumer prices increased by an average of 0.4 percent, compared to a year before, while compared with June have not changed on average – the Central Statistical Office...
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Analysts: trade surplus exceeded the expectations in June
The growth of the trade surplus in June exceeded the expectations of the analysts. The annual export surplus according to the analysts of the Erste and ING Banks is likely...
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The SPAR has earned the highest level of IFS Logistics certificate
SPAR Hungary renewed its quality certification: after last year's successful IFS Logistic certification, the company has fulfilled the requirements of the system on the highest level in May. The quality...
Read moreOECD: a recovery in the euro zone and a slowdown in the US and China
THe Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, point to stable growth momentum in the OECD area as a whole. Stable growth...
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Product and technology development capabilities on the pasta market
Csikesz Csaba, sales director of the Famíliatészta Kft. told that some market participants on the Hungarian pasta market in the past few years tried to reduce costs with several hundred-million...
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Rossmann festival drugstore and foam party at the Sziget Festival
The Rossmann has opened its special drugstore at the Sziget Festival. At the store that has a sales space of over 600 square meters, a wide range of necessary hygiene...
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Visa: Hungarians use their bank cards more regularly
Card usage increases in Hungary, compared with cash use. According to the survey of the Visa Europe examining the Balaton region, the number of POS transactions grew by 17 percent...
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