News and articles
Grüne Woche: Hungarian products introduced
Date: 2011-02-07 10:08:57
International Green Week Berlin – Grüne Woche – proved to be a successful event again, with plenty of Hungarian products being introduced to the world between 21st and 30th January...
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GKI: Waiting for the package
Date: 2011-02-07 06:12:48
According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co., economic growth in Hungary will pick up in 2011. External demand will increase at a lower rate than last year but...
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Corvin shopping center: 100 days, at least two and a half million visitors
Date: 2011-02-04 13:13:44
The Corvin shopping center opened its gates on the 27th of October 2010. Even in the first week, the shopping center received about two hundred thousand visitors. Since the successful...
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The MOSZ would easen the feed shortage from the grain reserve
Date: 2011-02-04 13:11:57
The feed shortage should be easened from the grain reserve, specifically for livestock farmers – said Horváth Gábor, the Secretary-General of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperators and Producers (MOSZ)...
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To choose a partner is particularly important in the SME sector
Date: 2011-02-04 13:00:28
This year it is expected, that more than the 3 percent of the domestic firms will become insolvent. Because in the small business sector, customer relations affect mostly the economic...
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Fornetti vs. Fornetti, parties see different the the reason of the break
Date: 2011-02-04 12:07:56
The Kecskemét-based Fornetti Ltd. extraordinary terminated the contract with its master franchise partner, the Fornetti PANNON operating in Igal, however, the positions of the parties do not agree on the...
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Coco House’s Christmas fondant manufacturing plant is under construction from EU support
Date: 2011-02-04 12:02:42
The Keszthely-based Coco House won EU support – told the West Pannon Regional Development Agency (NYDRFÜ) on Friday to MTI. With the acquisition of the advanced manufacturing and packaging machines,...
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Pepsi is the leader at the Russian dairy and fruit market
Date: 2011-02-04 12:00:17
The PepsiCo, has completed the first stage of the privatization of Russia's largest milk and dairy producer, the Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD), by acquiring the 6 percent of its shares – announced...
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German consumption is expected to grow significantly
Date: 2011-02-04 11:59:32
In Germany, the growth of public spending is expected to be threefold this year, compared to last year – shows the forecast of the GfK German market researcher. According to...
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New communication director at SPAR
Date: 2011-02-04 11:31:59
István Fehér is the new communication director of SPAR Group. The expert has completed his studies at the Budapest University of Economics, as an economist. Throughout te first part of...
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The last year of Hugo Boss was its best
Date: 2011-02-04 11:29:00
Hugo Boss, almost doubled its after-tax profit, partly due to the fact that the German fashion company creates its own retail network. The demand increased significantly in particularly in China...
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No increase in the number of bank-customers in 2010
Date: 2011-02-04 06:29:16
In the past 10 years, 2010 was the first year when banks have not gained a significant number of new customers. Still 82 percent of the adult population has a...
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A stabilized market of cosmetics and household chemicals
Date: 2011-02-03 14:01:55
The market for cosmetics and household chemical products stabilized. Retail trade turnover reached about 300 billion HUF last year, similarly to the results of the previous year. Plus 1 percent...
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Nearly one hundred businesses may be included on the positive consumer protection list
Date: 2011-02-03 13:19:06
On the basis of the tests carried out in the past three weeks, nearly one hundred sales and service companies have chance to be included to the positive list of...
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There is a lot to improve in terms of innovation
Date: 2011-02-03 13:13:43
The European Union could not catch up with its main international competitors and still below the performance of the United States and Japan – shows the so-called Innovation Scoreboard, issued...
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Hungarian-Slovak cooperation for the benefit of small farmers
Date: 2011-02-03 13:12:51
Pozsony and Budapest, would like to achieve that the farmers, who are producing in the Slovak-Hungarian region could market their products on both sides of the border. Among other things,...
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FAO: the price of milk accelerates
Date: 2011-02-03 13:11:43
The UN Food Organisation, the FAO states, that food prices have once again increased to record highs in January. The largest increase was measured in dairy products. The FAO food...
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Retail sales declined in the EU
Date: 2011-02-03 13:10:10
According to Eurostat figures published on Thursday; decrease in sales was 0.6 percent, compared to the previous month, and 0.9 percent, compared to the previous year. Analysts expected a monthly...
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Unilever excelled at the developing markets
Date: 2011-02-03 13:07:25
The British-Dutch Unilever group has increased profits by 15 percent in the final quarter of the last year, compared to the datas of the previous year, mainly due to turnover...
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Egypt is driving up the prices of foodstuffs
Date: 2011-02-03 13:02:03
The situation is not improving in Egypt: the clashes between the governmental and pro-government forces continued. The journalists are not safe to work in the vicinity of protests. Moreover, several...
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Power struggle increases the world price of cocoa
Date: 2011-02-03 13:00:44
After Jamaica, Ivory Coast may be the next country, which may bankrupt. The African country gives more than one-third of world's cocoa production. The problem is that, because of power...
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Visa reported larger-than-expected profits
Date: 2011-02-03 12:57:08
The global leader on the market of credit card payment services, the Visa Inc. increased its profits exceeding the expectations in the last quarter of 2010. The American company's after...
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Dr. Bernd Hallier is a Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa now
Date: 2011-02-03 12:02:22
The University of Economics (VSE) in Prague/CZ conferred upon Prof. Dr.B. Hallier the Honorary Degree “Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa” in recognition of his outstanding contribution towards the development of retailing....
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Alliance is the only way out of the crisis
Date: 2011-02-03 11:57:01
Alliance is the only way out when it comes to the current crisis – István Jakab, vice president of the National Assembly of Hungary pointed out on Thursday in Budapest,...
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Tesco's statement about tax paid by the company
Date: 2011-02-03 11:36:46
An article published in hvgonline's www.adozona.hu website, written by Béres Molnár Gergely auditor and tax expert omits certain facts and tries to make Tesco-Global Áruházak Ltd. appear in a bad...
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New director at Borsodi Brewery
Date: 2011-02-03 11:25:54
Dr. Zsuzsa Sükösd has just joined the management team of Borsodi Brewery as a new director. The expert has a wide range of expertise both when it comes to international...
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National Businessdevelopment Award is founded
Date: 2011-02-03 10:39:52
Hungarian Businessdevelopment Association, Innováció Newportal and Businessdevelopment Portal decided to launch a series of conference within the compass of their event “Passionate Innovation – Competition and business innovation”. On the...
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A regulation will define what constitutes to be a Hungarian product
Date: 2011-02-02 15:56:39
The concept of the Hungarian products will be defined in the food industry – said Kardeván Endre, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Rural Development, responsible for food chain...
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New commercial director at Danone Ltd.
Date: 2011-02-02 14:50:19
Starting from January 2011, the new commercial director of Danone Tejtermék Gyártó és Forgalmazó Kft. is Przemek Gostkiewicz. Przemek Gostkiewicz is a Polish citizen. He started working in the FMCG...
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This year export expands faster than import again
Date: 2011-02-02 12:41:16
Last year's record trade surplus was generated by the significantly increasing exports of the German economic recovery, and while analysts polled by MTI expect a decline in surplus this year,...
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