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The prize show by Maresi cofeemilk and Austria Marketing is over
Date: 2013-02-05 08:44:01
The winners of the prize show by Maresi cofeemilk and Austria Marketing are probably just having fun at the ski-resorts near Villach in the Alpes, or are hiking in the...
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Reliable consumer information anywhere, any time
Date: 2013-02-05 05:09:03
Rapidly developing new communication channels, social networks and innovations in mobile technology have drastically changed the way manufacturers and retailers have to reach consumers. GS1 Hungary’s SafeBrand service can be...
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The share of local products increased to 10-12 percent in food distribution
Date: 2013-02-04 13:00:37
The distribution of local food production has increased to about 10 to 12 percent, while the internal sales of Hungarian food products increased from 70 to 75 percent – Fazekas...
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Alcohol, coffee and newspapers in the tobacco shops
Date: 2013-02-04 12:35:12
The National Tobacco Shops can sell alcoholic drinks, energy drinks, coffee, mineral water, as well as soft drinks and newspapers and may start as early as May. The government would...
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Hungary is on the 26th place on the innovation list
Date: 2013-02-04 12:15:18
Hungary is the 26th on Bloomberg’s innovation list. The United States leads the list, followed by South Korea, Germany, Finland and Sweden. Im terms of R&D intensity (R&D spendings in...
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Euro area annual inflation down to 2.0%
Date: 2013-02-04 12:14:02
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.0% in January 2013, down from 2.2% in December 20123, according to a flash estimate4 from Eurostat, the statistical office of the...
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The number of visitors at the AGROmashexpo – Agricultural Machinery Show increased significantly
Date: 2013-02-04 11:45:46
According to the preliminary datas 45,000 visitors visited the AGROmashexpo Agricultural Machinery Show ended on Saturday. This means nearly 80 percent more visitors – Hungexpo told MTI. The 31st AGROmashEXPO...
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Regular fair of farm products started in Szeged
Date: 2013-02-04 11:43:36
Farmers of Csongrád county offer their quality food products from Monday twice a week in the great hall in the Mars-square market in Szeged. the valuable products of the farmers...
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The value of mergers and acquisitions decreased in Hungary last year
Date: 2013-02-04 11:42:36
The value of Hungarian corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decreased by 69 percent last year to an estimated 550 million USD – Dezse Margaret, managing partner of Ernst and Young...
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New Customer Management Director at the METRO Kereskedelmi Kft.
Date: 2013-02-04 11:30:53
Since February 2012, Horváth Imre leads the Customer Management department of METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. Horváth Imre has 12 years of professional experience in trade, trade marketing and brand marketing areas,...
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Hungarian director in Unilever’s Central and Eastern European management
Date: 2013-02-04 11:21:17
From December 2012 Carra Anita holds the marketing director post of Unilever's detergent and cosmetics business in Hungary and in 18 countries of the Central and Eastern European region. Carra...
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15 million pizzas consumed in the U.S. during the Super Bowl
Date: 2013-02-04 11:20:39
More than 15 million pizzas and more than one billion chicken wings will be consumed during the Super Bowl. An average ticket costs one and a half million HUF into...
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More sustainability accolades for Henkel
Date: 2013-02-04 11:15:39
Henkel has been honored a further three times as a leading proponent of sustainability in its sector – both within Germany and in comparison with its international peers. And the...
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The trade balance may improve if exports starts to grow
Date: 2013-02-01 12:00:26
Due to the decline in domestic demand, import growth is expected to remain below the growth of export. Export in favorable conditions can recover for the end of the year,...
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The domestic manufacturing industry starts the year well
Date: 2013-02-01 11:57:13
In January, the output of the manufacturing industry has increased the most significantly in Hungary, in the Central and Eastern European region and in contrast with the euro zone the...
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The online advertising market has increased further
Date: 2013-02-01 11:56:12
In the last quarter of 2012 the positive trend in the domestic online and mobile advertising market has continued. The advertising revenue of companies in the IAB NORI index achieved...
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Seven hundred million HUF capital increase at the Gyulahús Kft.
Date: 2013-02-01 11:55:03
The local government of Gyula carries out a seven hundred million HUF worth capital increase at the Gyulahús Kft.. The Gyulahús Kft. is 100 percent owned by the local government...
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The U.S. Ambassador gave recognition to the Hungarian Food Bank Association
Date: 2013-02-01 11:00:13
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis U.S. Ambassador awarded the Hungarian Food Bank Association with Active Citizenship diploma in Budapest on Thursday, recognizing the organization's food donations collection and distribution and the support...
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Colgate-Palmolive’s after-tax profit increased in the last quarter
Date: 2013-02-01 10:55:28
The Colgate-Palmolive beauty company’s fourth quarter after-tax profit in 2012 was slightly above the expectations. After-tax profit increased by 1.4 percent, compared to last year, partly due to the implemented...
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The organizers of the donut festival in Nagykanizsa are expecting a tasting record
Date: 2013-02-01 10:52:57
Similar to the events of the previous years a new record is expected again. This time the festival participants will try to set up the record of mass tasting –...
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Chocolate paper or cigarette butt: Terracycle recycles everything
Date: 2013-02-01 10:51:52
Tom Szaky, the young leader of Terracycle has started the cigarette butt recycling program as the first in the world, which will be introduced among others in Hungary after Canada,...
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The homeless in Japan prefer McDonald's for the night
Date: 2013-02-01 10:50:42
Due to the country's economic problems a lot of middle-aged people are loosing their livelihoods and houses in Japan. A growing number of those who are unemployed for a long,...
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Burger King will start DNA testing for horse meat
Date: 2013-02-01 09:38:12
Just to be clear: Burger King (BKW) says there is no horse meat in its burgers. And just to make sure, Burger King tells Bloomberg Businessweek, it plans to test...
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Magazine: NETA made its mark on the kernel and dried fruit market too
Date: 2013-01-31 19:11:50
NETA, the public health product fee raised consumer prices on the salted kernel and dried fruit market too, which obviously led to lower volume sales. Sándor Kökényesi, domestic trade director...
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Seventy percent of the agricultural production is bought by the domestic food industry
Date: 2013-01-31 12:53:35
Seventy percent of the agricultural production in Hungary is purchased by the Hungarian food industry – Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister said on Wednesday in Budapest, at a meeting organized...
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Solid price drop on the cereal market
Date: 2013-01-31 12:37:31
The declining price trend in world grain trade continues. Good news arived from the Hungarian fields. According to the agrometeorologists, the ground’s water supplies are rapidly growing after a long...
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PwC: Family business survey
Date: 2013-01-31 12:09:32
Two thirds of family firms around the world have grown their sales in 2011, and even more are confident that their ambitious growth targets for the next five years will...
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Saudi Arabia imports Szentkirályi mineral water
Date: 2013-01-31 12:02:04
The Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. has signed a cooperation agreement with a Saudi Arabian investor group today at the Ministry of Rural Development, in the presence of Budai Gyula Parliamentary State...
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The Nébih has banned the distribution of foods and pesticides from the Far East
Date: 2013-01-31 12:01:00
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) banned the distribution of 5000 kilograms of food from the Far East, as well as 72,000 liters of pesticides – the agency told...
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Atradius: Late payments and non-payments in the corporate sector increased worldwide
Date: 2013-01-31 12:00:02
The survey of Atradius Collections, carried out in 29 countries, with the involvement of 6000 companies, shows that despite the dangerous trends, only 30 percent of the companies were using...
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