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Promotional gifts and prizes

There are evergreens on the prize gift market, for example all kinds of technical devices and IT gadgets. Obviously these cannot be used in every segment of the market and...

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Bestillo Pálinkaház distills 3,000 litres of pálinka

Despite bad weather conditions Gönc apricot, a product of protected geographical indication, yielded well (around 30 tons of good quality fruit) this year. Apricot pálinka will be bottled in November...

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Garden stores flee forward

No precise data is available on the size of the domestic garden plant market, but experts’ estimate is that there are about 100 wholesalers in the country. Most of them...

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Electronic communication: an investment with rapid return

Consumers remain the most important for a company even in the worst economic period, and a comprehensive, fast and accurate business management system with electronic devices creates advantages for them...

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Chio fries products in healthier oil

From 1 July 2010, Chio Magyarország Kft. started using new frying oil blends in both of its plants. The new oil contains 30 percent less saturated fatty acid, so Chio...

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Fluid Music acquired Mood Media

In June 2010 Fluid Music Canada Inc. completed the acquisition of Mood Media Group SA, by buying all the issued shares and receivables of the latter for EUR 160 million....

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Gold medal: Coty – Rafinanz • Adidas – Wii promotion

Coty Hungary Kft. commissioned Rafinanz Service with a 10-week promotion campaign to boost sales of adidas women’s cosmetics and to support the range’s new Free Emotion product line. One of...

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The way a large retail chain does it

SPAR offers 600 types of wine in bigger stores. In their assortment there are three private label ranges: under the S-Budget name they sell four types of table wine, the...

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Turnover increased in the country of supermarkets this June

In Austria food retail turnover grew by 1.5 percent in value in the June 2009-May 2010 period, compared with the same period a year earlier – informs Sigrid Göttlich, the...

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Information updated daily

Péter Csík, the managing director of Compton Informatikai ZRt. is of the opinion that in the dynamically changing competition only IT-supported flexible data processing can serve all the needs of...

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Theodora: the streets are buzzing with their advertisements

In June 120 citylight posters in Budapest and 130 in the country advertised the mineral water company with the slogan ‘What makes you special is the distance that you have...

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Sió’s new marketing director

From 28 June 2010, Dávid Aniot fills the position of marketing director at SIÓ-ECKES Kft. He graduated at Drury University in Springfield and came home to spend nine years at...

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Gold medal: SPAR Hungary • Smurf mania

Between 23 April and 1 June 2009, 15 inhabitants of Smurf village moved to SPAR, KAISER’S, INTERSPAR and PLUS stores. The objectives of the promotion were increasing the number of...

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Wine has become cheaper in retail chains, while organised retail is consolidating

According to the Nielsen Retail Index, wine value sales grew by 14 percent and volume sales were up 8 percent in the eight retail chains measured by Nielsen, in the...

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The Internet helps in buying medicine

Hungarian medicine and medicinal product buyers use the Internet to gather information more often than other nationals. A Nielsen survey (conducted in 55 countries) found that 34 percent of Hungarian...

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The background of the future

‘Future Store’ is not only about the equipment on the shop floor: an integrated IT system also forms part of it. These days when retailers try to keep only a...

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New on-line application to calculate ecological footprints

BASF developed an Internet-based eco-efficiency measuring system, which makes it possible for users to examine the environmental impacts of products, for instance shopping bags. New products can be easily and...

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New managing director for Duropack-Starpack Kft.

From August Dr Róbert Kocsis is the new managing director of Duropack-Starpack Kft. Mr Kocsis started his career at the Budapest affiliate of Planzer Transport AG in 1992. From 1999...

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Gold medal: Pöttyös • Pöttyös collection

Pöttyös managed to set in motion those consumers who live for the day between 23 March and 31 May 2009. Iconic spotted presents and the latest promotion and communication tools...

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The Spritzer Bus has hit the road

The idea came from the Community Wine Marketing Fund: promoting spritzer made from good Hungarian wines with a 2-month, nearly 2,000-km tour around the country. Early July ‘spritzer master’ András...

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Shoppers who buy vodka are likely to put other drinks in the basket too

Nielsen’s Retail Index reveals that discount stores realised 17 percent of value sales in the 90 food categories measured in the December 2009-May 2010 period. As for the 60 household...

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Hungaricum Corner in CBA Plaza

This July CBA Sopron Plaza opened the first Hungaricum corner where wines, pálinkas, sweets, fresh and preserved food products from Hungarian manufacturers can be found. Pricer electronic labels were used...

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Ice cold miracles from Szentkirályi

Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. expanded its portfolio with new products: flavoured mineral waters and ice teas return to shops under the names ‘ice water’ and ‘ice tea’ and they no longer...

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Innovation manager at GfK Hungária

From 19 July 2010 Péter Sári fills the position of innovation manager at GfK Hungária Market Research Institute. The 34-year old economist worked for Sanoma Budapest Zrt. as on-line marketing...

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Gold medal: Tchibo • Together for kindergartens!

In 2009 Tchibo celebrated its 60th birthday by a year-long marketing campaign. ‘Celebrate with us’ was accompanied with packaging retro mugs and metal coffee boxes with products, and a prize...

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Wine festival in Buda Castle

Buda Castle Wine Festival is organised by Hungarian Viti- and Viniculture Non-profit Kft. The 19-year-old event’s objective is to make people acquainted with the best Hungarian and foreign wines. Wine...

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Skills and thrills: METRO’s Customer Academy is about to open

Next to the Budaörs METRO store the chain’s Customer Academy will open in October. The Customer Academy’s head of department Piroska Balestra shared the details with readers of our magazine....

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Pricer shelf label in the Hungaricum Corner too

CBA and Szintézis Informatika proved that they not only lead the way in innovation (CBA was the first food store to use electronic shelf labels), but also in promoting Hungarian...

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Summer surprises from Henkel

This summer Henkel surprised consumers with several new products. Persil Fresh Pearls by Silan uses encapsulation technology; Tomi Orchidea & Ametiszt and Tomi Lótusz & Zafír are limited edition detergent...

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Fruit Logistica: Hungarians booked 200 m²

Fruit Logistica, the world’s biggest fruit-vegetable trade fair will take place on 9-11 February 2011. More than 2,300 exhibitors from 70 countries registered and Hungarian participants booked 200 m² to...

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