News and articles
A new product, available in Hungary, won a new award
Date: 2010-11-18 10:34:26
Dove VisibleCare showergel won the award Prix de Beauté 2010. even though the product was just introduced this year. The Prix de Beauté issued by magazine Joy goes to famous...
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Economy is regaining strength, but international confidence is melting
Date: 2010-11-17 23:58:31
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, economic growth in Hungary will be around 1 percent this year. In the 2nd quarter the Hungarian economy bettered...
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The social expectation puts more Hungarian products on the store shelves
Date: 2010-11-17 18:38:47
The products of the Hungarian agriculture are still not on the “right shelf” in the major commercial chains – shows the research of the Corvinus University. Although slightly more than...
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Kométa about to get involved with more investments in Hungary
Date: 2010-11-17 18:17:10
The fact that Kométa has won a Superbrand Award is a reflection of the company's strategy and preference of quality. “The products of Kométa 99 Ltd. have won several awards...
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Yet another Hungarian director at the leading fruit juice producer of Europe
Date: 2010-11-17 17:00:31
Marianna Bartos, new HR director of Eckes-Granini Group started working at the company in this position on 1st October 2010. Marianna Bartos finished her studies at ELTE-BTK, and worked in...
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Sink hygenie: 30-40 percent reduction of expenses
Date: 2010-11-17 16:36:22
Reducing environmental impact is essential to a sustainable future. Kimberly Clark recognizes the solution requires us to consider more than just what the product is made with. That's the company...
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The First Hungarian Food Trade Consortium will help the small rural shops
Date: 2010-11-17 15:55:47
The market philosophy of the consortium that the generated profit from the product should be handed out in proportion between the producer, the wholesaler and between the small shops. It...
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Hungary is in the middle of the field in retail real estates
Date: 2010-11-17 15:35:53
While in the second quarter of 2010, the Central and Eastern European commercial real estate investment volume was 2.04 billion euros, in the third quarter it was a total of...
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Kométa expects 20 billion HUF revenues for this year
Date: 2010-11-17 13:45:03
The revenue of the Kaposvár-based Kométa ´99 Zrt. (Kométa) will be around 20 billion HUF this year, compared with the 22 billion HUF of last year. The company plans to...
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Euro area inflation: close to the 2-percent limit
Date: 2010-11-17 13:43:57
The strongest consumer price increase rate occurred in October, since November 2008 in the Euro area: 0.4 percent, compared to the previous month, and 1.9 percent, compared to the previous...
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Borsodi expects five percent price increase for the next year
Date: 2010-11-17 13:43:29
From 2011, the Borsodi brewery plans a 1-3 percent average revenue growth. Although the Hungarian beer market has showed a 8-9 percent decline in 2010, the company expects to repeat...
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Adidas expands in China
Date: 2010-11-17 13:40:15
Adidas plans a major expansion in China. The German company will build-out a shop network consisting of 8 thousand businesses in the Asian country. In the next 5 years, the...
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Midnight discount action in the Romanian malls
Date: 2010-11-17 13:00:16
Thousands of shoppers stormed the Kolozsvár-based Iulius Mall shopping center on Sunday night. The huge midnight price reductions attracted the people to the mall – reports kronika.ro. At the same...
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E-merchants of the years are using Scarab Research
Date: 2010-11-17 11:54:33
tAll three winners of this year's Online Merchant of The Year Award use Scarab Research product analyzer system. The first prize was won by Bookline.hu has been a successful user...
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The 11th Hungarian Wine Marketing Conference will be held in Sopron
Date: 2010-11-17 11:01:31
On the first Thursday and Friday of December, the 11th Hungarian Wine Marketing Conference will be held in the Hotel Sopron. A special wine competition will be linked again to...
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The major market trends forecast significant food price increase
Date: 2010-11-16 21:56:41
The Advocacy Producer Associations expect a significant increase in the price of basic food. The chains can hold back price increase with cheap imports. The crisis tax also tends towards...
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Starbucks: The most ethic and the best
Date: 2010-11-16 19:10:30
The experts of Allegra Strategies once again awarded the “The most ethic Company” award to the Starbucks, in addition the company also won the “Best café” award, both in Europe...
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If the Metro 4 will be completed, a shopping centre to be built
Date: 2010-11-16 19:07:44
Futureal is ready for the implementation of the long-time planned Etele Square shopping center, but the timing depends on when the Metro 4 will be finished – said Futó Gábor,...
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Tesco refutes
Date: 2010-11-16 14:13:10
The Central Agricultural Office (MgSZH) fined Tesco for 850 thousand HUF, because they found 300 pounds of contaminated chicken meat in the company’s store in Dunaújváros – wrote the Magyar...
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New poultry processing plant from one and a half billion HUF
Date: 2010-11-16 13:51:10
New poultry processing plant will be created. Construction will begin this month, in the Industrial Park of Pacs, while production will begin next summer in the Zalai Poultry Processing Ltd....
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The revenue of Wal-Mart exceeded one hundred billion dollars
Date: 2010-11-16 13:20:42
Wal-Mart reached 101.2 billion revenues in the third quarter of 2010, which met the analysts' expectations of 102.4 billion USD. However, the company caused a positive surprise in the case...
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A positive surprise in U.S. retail sales
Date: 2010-11-16 12:55:19
In the United States, retail sales increased greater in October, than it was expected, which provides further evidence of the economic improvement. The total retail sales increased by 1.2 percent,...
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Russian wheat barely cover the domestic needs
Date: 2010-11-16 12:16:49
On the 1st of October, Russian grain stocks were on 41.6 million tonnes. It is 20.8 percent less than a year earlier. According to the communication of the Russian Grain...
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Charity week launched by McDonald's
Date: 2010-11-16 10:27:07
McDonald's has launched its traditional charity action for children, starting from 15th Nvember to 21st November. This week, 40 HUF every single package of french fries goes to the Ronald...
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easyJet launches flexible fares for business travellers
Date: 2010-11-16 06:16:08
easyJet announces a new flexible fare targeted at business travellers. The tickets will give passengers unlimited flexibility to change their flight up to two hours before the scheduled departure time....
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Ipsos: what makes an advertisement successful?
Date: 2010-11-16 05:05:34
A new research project based on the global database of Ipsos ASI suggests that 75 percent of the success of an advertisement campaign depends on the creative content, whereas only...
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Women of Excellence Award supported by AmCham and Mars
Date: 2010-11-16 03:57:04
AmChan awarded several women the the Women of Ecellence Award this year. The event was supported by Mars Inc. Fifty women have been nominated by families, relatives and workmates, from...
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The secret of butter: traditions and versatility
Date: 2010-11-15 23:36:59
One of the most interesting domestic FMCG retail trends has been that the butter category managed to increase sales, while cheaper butter, cheese and curd creams lost from their market...
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The price of agri-products increased with a quarter in one year
Date: 2010-11-15 17:20:35
The agricultural producer prices were 24.7 percent higher in September, than a year earlier. The price level of plant products increased by 40.4, live animals and animal products by 4.3...
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The Hangya found allies
Date: 2010-11-15 14:33:19
The Hangya Cooperatives signed a cooperation agreement with the National Credit Union (OTSZ), with the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Foundation (AVHGA) with the Romanian Association of Hungarian Farmers (RMGE) on Friday...
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