News and articles
The Consumer Confidence Index improved by 6 points in Hungary
Date: 2009-11-13 00:09:59
The Consumer Confidence Index improved by 6 points to 58 points in October compared to April. Thus the indicator but is still far from the pre-crisis level. The improvement is...
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The promoting of the quality Pálinka consumption continues
Date: 2009-11-13 00:09:54
The campaign aims to change general consumer attitudes to one of the most important Hungarikum, the Pálinka. The project developer the Agricultural Center (AMC), promotes conscious consumption. Everyone can find...
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CBA innovates
Date: 2009-11-13 00:09:51
CBA started the introduction of a new business type, the soft-discount. In a couple of years, CBA plans to introduce 150-200 units of CBA Cents. The first store opened on...
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Decline in agricultural prices
Date: 2009-11-13 00:08:21
According to the Central Statistical Office’s report the decrease of the agricultural prices continues. The prices are close to the low point of the decade. Az agrártermékek termelőiár-szintje 2009 szeptemberében...
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The cafeteria will stay, benefit will be reduced
Date: 2009-11-13 00:06:22
According to the survey of Sodexo Pass; two-thirds of the firms plan with the same cafeteria budget, for next year as this year. This means a one fifth reduction in...
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Sensory novelties at the Invisible Exhibition
Date: 2009-11-13 00:05:27
The still succesful Invisible Exhibition Budapest is trip to a special unseen world. Thanks to the largest domestic sensory marketing agency, one can live the everydays of the blinds more...
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Health day: free screening and blood donations in the Tesco
Date: 2009-11-13 00:03:21
Tesco organises health day for the third time this year. On the afternoon of 13th November, Tesco is waiting everybody with lifestyle advices, free screenings and blood donations in 15...
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New SPAR supermarket opened in Debrecen
Date: 2009-11-13 00:02:12
The SPAR Hungary Ltd. opened a new SPAR supermarket on 12th November 2009 in Debrecen. The new store is the city's seventh SPAR unit. Six Spar supermarkest and one Interspar...
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Rio Mare at a new distributor
Date: 2009-11-13 00:01:00
The Italian Rio Mare will work with a new distributor, from 1st January in Hungary. The Győr-based Infood 2000 Ltd. will take over the exclusive domestic distribution rights of the...
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Great Wal-Mart report
Date: 2009-11-13 00:00:15
Beyond the expectations of analysts, Wal-Mart's preliminary results reports of 0.84 USD per share profit. Revenues meets the expectations. The management increased the company’s profit expectations for this year, predicting...
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The inflation data is better-than-expected
Date: 2009-11-12 00:09:27
According to the Central Statistical Office; the consumer prices increased by 4.7 percent in October compared to last year and remained unchanged compared to September. Analysts expected a 4.9 percent...
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A hundred billion was spent on web purchases
Date: 2009-11-12 00:06:21
Although barely one percent of the annual domestic trade revenue comes from web, this amount is still close to100 billion forints. In 2009 Bookline became the Best Internet Trader.The quarter...
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This year's new wines are promising
Date: 2009-11-12 00:05:47
Autumn harvest’s first wines can be tasted from the beginning of November. Expectations very high among the professionals. This summer was good for grapes, the experiences of the new wine...
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Low goose prices in Germany
Date: 2009-11-12 00:04:19
Goose breeders who are exporting mainly to the German Market are in a difficult situation. Due to the previous animal rights campaign, and the dramatically falling prices. According to the...
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The 400th SPAR store in the store of today
Date: 2009-11-12 00:02:22
SPAR Group’s 400th business opens at a legendary place, the former site of “Budai Skála”. The new store expects customers, and those who consume less and choose more rational than...
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Sense and sensitivity in the call centers
Date: 2009-11-12 00:02:01
Due to legal obligations the telephone customer service operators have to record the dialogue, and store it for five years. With the usage of an analysis software the companies can...
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Consumer rush Budapest's newest mall
Date: 2009-11-12 00:00:25
Costumers in thick lines were waiting in the pouring rain, for the opening of Budapest's newest mall, the Allee on 11th November at 11 o'clock. Among the five large shopping...
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The third-quarter profit of Henkel increased by seventy percent
Date: 2009-11-12 00:00:15
The German retail consumer goods manufacturer Henkel's profits increased by 70 percent in the third quarter of 2009, thanks to lower restructuring costs. According to the preliminary datas Henkel’s third...
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Fall in the price of pork
Date: 2009-11-11 00:07:12
The purchase price of pork decreased drastically within a few weeks by 15-16 percent – said the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture. The decrease occurred, despite the fact that the number...
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There is still no trend change in domestic tourism
Date: 2009-11-11 00:06:02
According to the Central Statistical Office; between January and September 2009, the number of foreign and domestic guests decreased by 11 and 6 percent, compared to the same period the...
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The business sentiment has improved the most in Hungary in the region
Date: 2009-11-11 00:05:28
According to the analysis of Thomson Reuters and the Austrian OeKB (Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG); the business sentiment has improved the most in Hungary and in Poland, in the Central and...
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Mr. Tea drank tea in Budapest
Date: 2009-11-11 00:04:52
Stephen Twining world famous Tea Ambassador held a public lecture and tea taste in Budapest, on 7th November. On the 7th November, Stephen Twining, tenth generation member of the famous...
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New Allee will open 11th November
Date: 2009-11-11 00:04:02
This year’s, only handovered shopping and entertainment center, the Allee will open its gates on 11th November at 11 hours and 11, in Óbuda. Among the 140 shops, customer service...
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Henkel won prize
Date: 2009-11-11 00:01:29
Henkel Laundry & Home Care business unit won prize, with its excellent supply chain work. Boston Strategies International awards this recognition, to companies operating at the general industry area. The...
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New Electro World will open in the Allee shopping center
Date: 2009-11-11 00:01:00
The eleventh Electro World store will open on Wednesday in the Allee shopping center. The network has new owners since may, which will increase the number of units by three...
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Hungarian Trade Grand Prize for the staff of Metro Commercial Ltd.
Date: 2009-11-11 00:00:25
Köbölné Németh Margit got Grand Prize for Hungarian Trade from Demján Sándor, Chairman of the Entrepreneurs and Employers National Association of Trade. Köbölné got the prize, in recognition of her...
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1500 billion in the pocket of shoplifters
Date: 2009-11-11 00:00:15
According to the statistics, the total value of products stolen by shoplifters increased by 20 percent, over a year. Moreover, amateur middle-classed thiefs increasingly committed thefts. The British Center for...
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The usual Christmas rush may be omitted
Date: 2009-11-10 00:07:35
Less and less expensive – That is what traders expect for the holiday season. Although the season warm-up ads build on the customer rush of the past years, traders believe...
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Gift spirit decreased
Date: 2009-11-10 00:07:21
According to Promo Direct Market Research’s national survey, fourty-four percent of the companies do not know exactly how much they spend on gifts. Due to the crisis, gift spirit decreased...
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Thirty companies joined the Good CSR program
Date: 2009-11-10 00:05:12
Thirty companies joined the Hungarian initiative and in 2009 became international corporate responsibility program this year. Due to the enlargement; beside the Hungarian companies, two Polish and six Romanian companies...
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