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Trend Research about the Hungarian Youth by Fanta
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
In the first part of the study, researcher was looking the using of digital technology and the digital culture between the young people. The second part spyed the attitudes to...
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Zwack Manufaktúra House at VOLT Festival
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
The most popular drinks were the limited edition of Kosher apricot with honey and peach palinkas – designed direct for the event. 77,000 people arrived to Sopron to hear...
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New F&B director at Birdland Resort
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
Tibor Mészaros is liable for increasing quality at Resort's catering services in frame of a reorganization program. The famous specialist leads from now 3 restaurants, 5 bars, 2 kitchen and...
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New Marketing Director at Borsodi
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
András Szirbek believes the real brands give not only added value but it functions as a cohesion power for the companies and pulsates in every unit and process of the...
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Value shops tip growth as shoppers trade down in UK
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
Aldi, Lidl and Netto, the discount supermarkets, are forecast to increase their share of Britain's grocery market by 60 per cent over the next four years. A new report claims...
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Cheap import and tax reduction could decrease the food price
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to common research of Kopint-Tárki Konjunktúrakutató Intézet Zrt. and AgrárEurópa Tanácsadó Kft. in long periode we have to be ready for high food prices. The specialist said because...
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The Total Warning was Spare and Wrongdoer
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to Trade Union of Meat Processor Workers the Pápai Hús Zrt. wrongs the Book of Work Law. The Trade Union ask the National Authority of Work to examine the...
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Online Sales Up 60% In Romania
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Romanian online sales rose to E25m in the first six months of 2008, according to figures from RomCard. The number of transactions amounted to 300,000, while the average value of...
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Nestle Water to Build EUR 7 Million Plant in Portugal
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Work on the new facility in Coruche will start next week, with production beginning some time in 2009. Nestle Waters Direct has announced it will build a new plant costing...
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Danisco Cultures Invests in Kefir
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Danisco has completed in a major expansion of its kefir culture processing plant in Olsztyn, Poland, more than trebling capacity to meet the growing international demand for kefir products. The...
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The Deficit May Be Even Lower Than Planned
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Substantial improvement in the internal and external equilibrium this year with real wages in the business sector already climbing while inflation and interest rates remain high. The forecast prepared by...
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HUF 14 billion Ice Tea Market in Hungary
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to Nielsen Research the sales of ice tea grow in volume by 23%, in value by 19% between Mai 2007-April 2008. The most popular taste are lemon and peach,...
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Carrefour is intended to buy Karavan
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
The second largest chain of food hypermarkets is negotiating the purchase of the controlling stake of Karavan hypermarket chain in Ukraine.The owners of the chain estimated 100% of its cost...
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LEGO Group takes over production from Flextronics in Hungary, Mexico
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
The largest toymaker in Europe, has announced that it is taking over LEGO production from contract manufacturer Flextronics in Juárez, Mexico and Nyíregyháza, Hungary. The LEGO Group and Flextronics have...
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Nestlé to sell prime property in Budapest
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
Nestlé has decided to sell a 2,500-square-meter property in Budapest with a panoramic view of the Buda Castle, the Chain Bridge and the Pest skyline. Nestlé is selling the property...
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Barilla raises pasta prices 40 pct in 18 months
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
The price of pasta in Italy was up 22.4 percent in June from the year before, while the price of bread rose 13.0 percent. Prices of durum wheat used for...
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Association of Hungarian Farmers accuse forestallers of cartell
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
Farmers protest against the low price of sourcherry in front of Hungarian Parliament. The farmers said the forestallers pay only HUF 50-60/kilo for sourcherry, what is only half of the...
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Private label organic foods lead in German market
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
New Nielsen data shows that German consumers have doubled the number of organic food items they have purchased in the past two years. Retailer brands have gained a larger...
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Huge fine for Dia in Greece
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
According to local press reports the Competition Committee has imposed a penalty of EUR5.1 million on Carrefour-owned Dia. The discounter was forcing the franchisees to sell their products at certain...
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Target: Costumers younger than 18 years old
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
A new conference about youth will be organised in October under the subtittle „Do we understand what about our children speak?”. The is a research about youth segmentation, subcultures etc....
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Wal-Mart Faces $2 Billion Labor Law Trial
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
The lawsuit is one of more than 70 cases, including class actions, or group suits, in which Wal-Mart has been accused of wage-law violations. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. broke Minnesota...
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Starbucks to fire 12,000 employees
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
Starbucks will close 600 stores in the United State of America, most of them opened after the start of fiscal 2006. The Seattle-based company said in a release that it...
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Nike profit up by 12%
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
Revenue grew only 4% in the U.S., 19% in the European region, 39% in the Asia Pacific region and 30% in the Americas region. Nike posted better than expected net...
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Friesland to Develop New Proteins for Boosting Immune System
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
Friesland Foods, Lactive and Animal Sciences Group of Wageningen UR are jointly researching new proteins that play a part in boosting the immune system. Friesland Foods Domo s expertise in...
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Anheuser-Busch Faces Shareholder Lawsuits
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
Some Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc shareholders have filed lawsuits seeking to force the U.S. brewer to fairly consider the $46.3 billion takeover bid from InBev NV, according to court documents obtained...
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Lefelé módosította várható profitját a Marks & Spencer
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
The retailer posted profits of £1bn last year and analysts were expecting profits of around £870m this year. Overall M&S's UK sales were down 5.3% in the 13 weeks to...
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Dutch smoking ban
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
A tobacco smoking ban came into force Tuesday in cafes, bars and restaurants throughout the Netherlands. While patrons are no longer allowed to light up cigarettes, they can still...
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Hungarian Companies are more Pessimistic
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
The measure of confidence at Hungarian companies slipped to 85.4 percent in the second quarter of 2008 from 91 percent in the first quarter. Ecostat's TOP-100 index for sentiment at...
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Virtual shopping can't take all
Date: 2008-07-02 00:00:00
The Store of the Future 2012-15 report, commissioned by Visa Europe analyses the key customer, payments, technology and social responsibility issues affecting the likely development of retail stores in Europe....
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Germans to shop more in May
Date: 2008-07-02 00:00:00
German retail sales rose by more than expected in May, offering a glimmer of hope that a labour market recovery may be yielding fruit, although the outlook remains clouded by...
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