News and articles
Tea price on historical top
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The cost of a cup of tea is set to soar to an all-time high following production problems in Kenya, the UN warned. Violence in the world’s largest exporter...
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Marketers want to get inside consumers' heads
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The biometric research are cheaper and easier as the normal way. Coca-Cola Co. and Virgin Mobile USA are among the top marketers to use neuroscience and biometric research to understand...
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In the face of recession in the USA Wal-Mart's profit rose
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Wal-Mart, though, said net profit in the quarter ended Jan. 31 rose to $4.096 billion, or $1.02 per share, from $3.94 billion, or 95 cents a share, a year earlier....
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Innovative Shelf-Ready Packaging by STI
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The company presents its solutions at ‘Innovationparc Packaging’ at Interpack. The 2008 Interpack exhibition in Dusseldorf is staging, for the first time, Innovationparc Packaging. It is supported by the EHI...
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Barilla to sell Kamps AG
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The company , bought for 1.8 billion eur six years ago, is now waiting new investor. Italian food producer Barilla wants to sell its German baker Kamps and has already...
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30% more earnings before interest and taxes at Carlsberg
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Eastern Europe helped Carlsberg to post higher-than-expected 2007 operating profit. The world's fifth-biggest brewer reported earnings before interest and taxes of 5.3 billion Danish crowns ($1.04 billion). The figure...
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Succesful year behind Lego
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
Profit before special items, financial income and expenses and tax amounted to 1,471 million, sales rose by 3 percent to 8.03 billion kroner (US$1.58 billion). The biggest increases were...
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Tesco apologized to the blind man
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
From now the stores's inner regulation fixs, that guide-dog can go into the supermarket. A blind man tried to shop with his guide-dog in Tesco in Papa. The supermarket employee...
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Since 2004Theodora is the Market leader
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The bottler company Kekkuti is one of the strongest player on the Hungarian Mineral Water market. Last year the company's sales enriched HUF 12 billions, Kekkuti's 3 brands: Theodora,...
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EU ministers at odds over approval of GMO foods
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
European Union farm ministers fell short of a consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of five genetically modified (GMO) products, paving the way for default approval by legal rubberstamp,...
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Rigid competition control at Edeka-Plus merger
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Not only the two companies, but the whole supplier chains is analyzed, firms not to answer must to pay fine. The fusion plant for Mai, is under rigid control,...
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New President at Danone Hungary
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
The specialist – who won the „Marketinger of the year” in the US – joined the Hungarian company from 11 February. The German nationality Andreas Ostermayr learned in Augsburg, the...
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Tesco Will Sell GBP 400 Mln of Local Products in 2008
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Tesco and other supermarket chains have been criticized for sourcing cheaper products from abroad, rather than supporting the local farming industry. Since launching "Local Sourcing" just over a year ago,...
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French Consumers Eat Less Dairy Products
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
According to governmental data, French consumption of dairy products has declined by 7% between 1997 and 2006. The government explains the drop by two factors. Firstly, consumers are more and...
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Collective Hungarian Exhibition at BIOFACH Nürnberg
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
At the Hungarian stand, managed by Agrarmarketing Center, 27 producers and retailers show them self. BioFach 2008, the World Organic Trade Fair, is all geared to organic wine and...
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OTC pharma products at dm stores
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Dm chain sell and collect drugs after expiry of the validity periode, independent of place of buying. Dm started drugs selling in September, but now in whole chain sells 150...
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11% sales growth at Sio-Eckes
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Last year 9 tons fruit were processed, the sales enriched the HUF 16 billions. According to market informations the Hungarian fruit juice market didn't growth in volume last year, but...
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Employment in Hungary well below EU average
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Only 57 percent of Hungary's 15-64-year-olds are working, well below the European Union average of 64 percent. It noted that in 1989 5.4 million Hungarians were on the workforce compared...
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Agrar Marketing Center will be self-sufficient
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The change affects only law sections, the way of business don't. The new institute works under flights of the ministry of Agriculture, under biggest financial and accountancy control. The government...
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New leaders at Maspex Olympos Hungary
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
New CEO and plant general director from January. The new CEO of Maspex Olympos Hungary, the Polish Marek Bucior, who works since 8 years at the group. He started...
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Last year's balance – 600 stores less
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The shrinking of retail stores chains slowed – according to Nielsen Research Company. Only small stores were closed, the number of middle size stores stagnated but hyper and supermarket increased...
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Hungarian Product Award starts end of February
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
Last ten years 142 products won the award and other 437 tender got other prizes. Since 1997 the most tenders came from food industry, but the producer in constructions industry...
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Hungarian Consumer Trust Index fall 8%
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The decrease is to thank to willingness of buyig consumer durables, but there is an increase at pessimistic. Last quater the index hit the negative record of 2006 December. The...
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GDA labels on products of CHIO Hungary
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The bags printed with GDA dates came out from the plant in Gyor on 13 February, up August every CHIO products will signed with GDA labels. Since 2007 summer 8...
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Sweet Point to wind up
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The confection industry company debits almost HUF 3 billions to its obligees. Sweet Point stands under liquidation since January, 56 firms claim HUF 2 Billions, the tax authority HUF...
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HUF 5 Million prize from Tolnatej
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The winner needs three barcode of Tolle Light and a bit of lucky to get the big prize. By end of January 10,000 competition arrived from the whole country to...
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Europe's economic expansion slowed
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
Euro-zone GDP increased just 0.4% in Q4 2007, down from 0.8% in Q3 2007, according to the European Union announced. European economic expansion cooled in the fourth quarter as the...
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2009 tax facilitation
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
Monday the prime minister annuounces a 10 points tax reform. According to the index internet portal, the new tax rules come from 2009. The biggest step will the destroy of...
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The industrial output was slowly in 2007
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
Hungary's industrial output edged up by 0.9% month on month in December, according to final figures adjusted seasonally and by working days, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has reported. ...
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Hungary's consumer prices rose by 1.0% month on month and
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
On year on year basis the growth was 7.1% . For the end of the year the analysts project CPI to be down at 4.5%. Seasonally adjusted core inflation was...
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