News and articles
10. Buy Nothing Day in Budapest
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
Some two dozen environmental activists marched down Budapest's pedestrian Vaci Street, pushing shopping carts to mark the annually held Buy Nothing Day on Friday. Each year there are more goods...
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Money for e-commerce developing from the government
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
Only Hungarian SMEs and micro entrepreneurs can take part in the tender, also commerce chambels and interest group organs are welcome. There are several tenders in progress in Hungary that...
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METRO boss recommends lowering of VAT
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
According to reports in Financial Times Deutschland, the Chief Executive of Metro Group, Eckhard Cordes, has said that VAT should be lowered to support the German economy. According to Cordes,...
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Electro World stores in Slovakia
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
In its interim financial statement, DSG announced that it has opened its first two stores in Slovakia. The company was already present in the country under its e-commerce division, Pixmania....
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Germans save on luxury goods
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
Germans have changed their consumption trends, because of the financial crisis they buy less organic foods, sweets and alcohol. Only every tenth households said it save on the quality of...
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Auchan continouses developing in Hungary
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
According to business daily Vilaggazdasag retailer opens hypermarket in Pecs in 2010. Auchan spent HUF 7 billion on developing its retailer park and a hypermarket there. It will be open...
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Award for McDonald's logistic manager
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
Gyula Jozsef Hir was awarded for „Logistic Manager of the year 2008”, Ferenc Horvath won „Supply Manager of the year 2008” titel. The prizes were given on the yearly conference...
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Kométa spyes and give presents
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
In the newest retailer action of the Kometa, company's secret visitors control the selling of „Every day delicious” products. In frame of the 6 weeks action, starting in November, the...
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Hungarian GDP almost stagnats
Date: 2008-11-28 00:00:00
In the first three quarters – according to a flash estimate – the gross domestic product increased by 1.5%. In Q3 – in line with the effects of global market...
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Spar Austria continouses to develope
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
According to reports in the local press, Austrian grocery retailer SPAR (Austria) plans to invest up to EUR500 million (USD720 million) in 2009. Half of the sum in the home...
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Land based support starts to pay in December
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
In two weeks more than 37,000 applications must be recontrol. More hunderds of agricultural specialist solved the problems in two weeks. According to the ministry of Agriculture huge number of...
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The consumption is dominated by life style
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
Research company GfK Hungary and TÁRKI made a new model about the type of consumers. 8 new cathegory were standed. The study researched the consumption attitude of 3049 Hungarian between...
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Tchibo Mulls Exit from Britain
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
Germany-based coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo is considering exiting the British market, its largest outside its home market, Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) reported, citing unnamed sources. The business had...
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Starbucks Sees Sales Dropping
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
Starbucks Corp said it expects sales at established restaurants to decline in its fiscal year ending September 2009. Seattle-based Starbucks said in a filing it expects to report negative comparable-store...
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Signexp-Digitalexpo to open
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
The fair of ad industry and digital imagery is open until Saturday, between 10-18 hours in Syma-event hall in Budapest. 83 exhibitors offers the newest technologies and other surpires for...
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Tail city at Kossuth square
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
Christmas of the country stars on 6th December in front of the Parliament. Last years 65,000 people visited the event. Hungary's Christmas event lasts from 6th -21th December. Train of...
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Survey about Hungarians marketing knowledge
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
Marketing weaves trough our life, influences our decessions but we don't know exactly what it realy means – concludes common research of GfK Hungary and Hungarian Marketing Association. Most people...
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HUF 1 billion for Chocolate Santas
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
80% of the sold hollow chocolates between November-January is Santa Claus, 8% are Chirstmas decoration from chocolate. Last year 840 tons of christmas sweet were sold, in value HUF 2.2...
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CZINO Trade Solutions Interactive Shopping List Printer won Golden LolliPOP
Date: 2008-11-27 00:00:00
The Printer stoud in tw Interspars where the usage of them was high, and the retailer also feel the increasing consumption of the recommended foods. The core idea behind the...
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New Accor brands in Budapest
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
After reconstruction works Mercure Budapest Nemzeti will be reopen as Mgallery hotels, soon comes Accor's new brand Adagio to Hungary. On the two days conference of the Association of Hungarian...
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The meat processing sector is reckoning with crisis
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
The processors are groaning procurement purchase prices increasing since his year middle, till according to the producers the forage, energy cast and the salary is too expensive, ratio of the...
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A new sign of recognition for Kometa
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
From November 7 products of the company can wear the mark of Quality Food From Hungary. This prize of excellent can get only products the were made from Hungarian food,...
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NCR SelfServ Checkout in Hungary
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
The NCR SelfServ Checkout solution offers a variety of unload and bagging options to accommodate any retail environment. NCR started with this SelfSery Checkouts only in the USA and in...
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Winter surprises form Nespresso
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
The new Aeroccino+ produces cold and hot milk froth at the touch of a button. Nespresse offers three limited release “flavors”- Crystallised Ginger, Tangerine & Caramel. All flavors feature the...
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Nestea treats to well also in winter
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
Nestea's nowelty „Snowy Plum” mix the taste of black tee with plum, honey and clove. The new taste of Nestea should be an obligatory fellow for winter relaxation, independent that...
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Hungarians purchase less
Date: 2008-11-26 00:00:00
According to calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 1.6% in September, and by 2.0% in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period...
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Heineken in virtual responsible drinking push
Date: 2008-11-25 00:00:00
Heineken has launched an online and mobile phone responsible drinking campaign called Know The Signs – the first of its kind in the drinks market, according to the brand. The...
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Törley won silver medals at Effervescents du Monde
Date: 2008-11-25 00:00:00
Observing strict quality standards under optimal tasting conditions the international judges awarded 139 medals (43 Gold, 96 Silver). Three of them for Törley products. The 6th international competition of the...
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Szamos confectionery to open in Esztergom
Date: 2008-11-25 00:00:00
Here we can admire the marzipan makett of Chathedral Esztergom made from 58 kilos marzipan, in 250 workhour, by Tunde Izsak Kimmelne. The building was a catering place since 1841,...
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MasterCard PayPass using doublead in one year
Date: 2008-11-25 00:00:00
As of Q3 2008, there were about 44 million MasterCard PayPass cards and devices in use at nearly 135,000 merchant locations worldwide, including vending, taxis, tollbooths and transit. Contactless payment...
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