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New sales director for POS Media

Nikolett Neff, former in-store sales manager was appointed sales director of POS Media Hungary in March. She has been working for POS media since June 2004. Her tasks will include...

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Green spices bringing diversity into Hungarian cuisine

Diversity in the use of spices is growing but this does not mean the end of red paprika. In fact it is still producing growth in spite of a substantial...

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Magyar Posta Logisztika expanding its portfolio

Magyar Posta Logisztika (MPL) has been the leader in the Hungarian domestic CEP market for years, with a market share of nearly 30 percent in 2008. According to László Bereczki,...

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One eye laughing, the other eye weeping

According to experts from PriceWaterhouseCoopers Kft, some players in the FMCG sector might be able to reclaim VAT, while the burden on enterprises employing several hundred people could be reduced...

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SIÓ

The new campaign of SIÓ focuses on all the small parts, which make our life a whole, just like SIÓ itself. „All these mean, I am at home. Our World....

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Pawing Man, Crying Man and the rest

The digital campaign conducted by Heineken to promote responsible alcohol consumption under the title “Know the signs” in 2008 was a success. Five archeotypes representing the most typical forms of...

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Regional differences in growth

Rates of growth for sales of leading food categories in the April 2008-March 2009 period. Notes: 1. Sales of the 90 categories monitored by Nielsen showed average growth of 6...

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(HU) Több fűszerkeveréket vásárolnak

Sorry, this entry is only available in HU....

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Let’s start again!

As a drastic reduction has occurred in sources of financing available for companies since last autumn, a number of financing products subsidies by the government have been introduced to bring...

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Ideal co-operation between manufactures and agencies V. – You don’t have to believe everything (part 2.)

This time, we are going to discuss certain aspects of merchandising activities in some detail, like equipment, supervision, remuneration. As we cannot expect merchandisers to send us an SMS at...

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Awards for last year’s best promotions

So far, no answer existed to the question of what was or what is going to be the best promotional campaign of the year in the FMCG sector. This is...

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BAT Hungary turning green

The efforts made by British American Tobacco Hungary in this year’s Green Office Competition were recognised by the “best work environment” title awarded by KÖVET Egyesület. The objective of this...

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Hungarian salami under the protection of Brussels

Budapest winter salami marketed under the Herz brand name in Hungary was granted protection by the competent EU commission in April. This decision has already generated new sales for the...

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Concentration decreasing in sales of ice tea

Retail sales of ice tea were up by 3 percent in the April 2008-March 2009 period, exceeding HUF 14 billion, while sales in terms of quantity were down by 4...

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As offered by Budapest Bank

We have asked Budapest Bank whether they see any interest by companies from the FMCG sector in government subsidised financing. UMFORG financing is only available to manufacturing enterprises and even...

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Apenta Limonádé No.1

The deservedly popular Apenta Limonádé is to get a face lift....

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Bronze Pöttyös Warehouse Raktár (FrieslandCampina) – No need for luck, IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU!

In the dynamic campaign conducted by Pöttyös Túró Rudi in the spring of 2008, the Pöttyös packaging turned into a currency buying over 80 kinds of crazy gifts supplied by...

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Pál Dárdai and Arany Ászok supporting amateur football

The 100th sponsorship package has been handed over by Arany Ászok Fociklub to Budapest Micro Club in the presence of Pál Dárdai, the popular midfielder of Hertha BSC. Nearly 1...

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Stainless donations this year as well

Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat and Vanish are to continue their campaingn to collect clothing this year as well. 8 tonnes of clothing was collected last year and cleaned in a laundry...

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Stores can do a lot to boost sales of ice tea

Experts are looking forward to this year’s ice tea season with cautious optimism in spite of the recession. The market of ice tea is still dominated by traditional lemon and...

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Less money in our pockets

Gross average income was down by 1.5 percent in the first two months of 2009, compared to the same period in 2008. Real income was down by 4.3 percent. Average...

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Delma Vajízű margarin

The new Vajízű margarine fits perfectly into the well known Delma product line dedicated to the priority of flavour....

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Third place: Coke ZERO – Lauritzen Marketing – The impossible is possible

The spectacular sampling campaign organised to support the introduction of Coke Zero was a great success among consumers and members of the jury as well. Young urban males were stopped...

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In May, the first time in a nine-month period the economic index of GKI has been improved.

The seasonally adjusted values of the GKI consumer confidence index has been appreciably increased after last October’s fall and April’s stagnation. According to the survey of GKI Economic Research Co....

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Agreement between the Brand Allience and FEOSZ

The Hungarian Brand Allience (Márkaszövetség) and the National Federation of Consumer Associations signed a cooperation agreement. On the general meeting of Brand Allience held on 25 May, Deák Ferenc the...

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The international SPAR organization reports about strong turnover growth

The SPAR countries held their annual international congress in Switzerland between 25 and 27 May 2009. SPAR organizations of the world's increased their turnover by 6.3 percent to 27 billion...

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Every third Hungarian purchases in small stores

According to the datas of GfK Hungária, the long-term change in consumer habits, seems to strengthen due to the economic crisis. The number of high rate shopping has been decreased,...

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Demeter Winery won a gold medal with its IQ 2006 wine

IQ 2006 Cuvée blanc received a gold medal on the world's most prestigious wine challenge, the Challenge International du Vin in Bordeuax, in the country of wine. Demeter Winery situates...

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New advertising interface at Interspar

A new device has been added to the portfolio of Media Target Instore business: From June 15 2009 in the stores of Interspar a new advertisement on shopping cart handle...

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Danone to raise assets

Danone plans a private asset increase in order to reduce its debt and increase its financial flexibility. According to the company's chief executive officer Emmanuel Faber the transaction will take...

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