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Asda wants customer feedback to decide product range

Wal-Mart’s Asda customers will soon be able to have a say when it comes to the sorts of products they want to see on the shelves in its UK stores....

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On an annual basis Romanian retail sales decreased by 12.3 percent

A record fall back occured in the Romanian retail sales in May, mainly due to the decrease of the vehicle sales. Food retail declined below the average. According to the...

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Collaboration in the prevention of alcohol abuse

A cooperation was called to life against excessive alcohol consumption, with the participation of Heineken Hungária Zrt, the European Youth Research and Communication Center (EIKKA), Est Média Group and Sziget...

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Tesco vs. trade union – court case can be from the strike

Tesco sent written warnings to its employees who participated in Liga's 8th of May strike. Independent Trade Union of Workers wants to bring the case into court. The employer was...

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The mineral water market is still strong

Despite the crisis, the Hungarian mineral water market was characterized by stability in the past year. Between May 2008 and June 2009, in value 45 billion HUF were spent on...

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Tesco Travel is waiting its customers with travel offers

Tesco-Global Stores Ltd. has launched its new service under the name of Tesco Travel. The selling of the offers occures through TSC Ltd. with the assistance of contracted partners like...

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Assets elements of Herz can be sold, Gyulai Húskombinát waits for bank guarantee

The agony of traditional Hungarian meat industry continues. Redundancies started at Herz Szalámi, elements of assets are waiting to be sold. A Gyulai Húskombiánt Ltd. is still waiting for MFB...

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Employers can save 123 thousand HUF per year

According to Bessenyey Bálint, Executive Director of the Sodexo Pass, despite the taxation of fringe benefits, the existing system will still be more favorable to the employers, than wages. From...

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Money refunds to customers

In Hungary two companies have the same service; The ScienNet and the Lyoness are building on the same idea: if the strain buyers are purchasing in the contracted partner shops,...

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SPAR chose Pricer to the electronic shelf labels

Abroad some chains are no longer open new businesses without digital shelf labels. The Spar South Africa decided to standardize Pricer's electronic shelf label system two years ago. During the...

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Several Garage shops to open

According to Transdanubian datas – while housing market continues to stagnate – over the past few weeks, the interest has been dramatically increased almost in the entire region after cheap...

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The European Commission will help the dairy farmers

A proposal was made by the European Commission that the period of intervention in the cases of butter and skimmed milk powder should be extended because of the crisis in...

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The European Court of Justice will be judge the criterias of the individual products

The European Court of Justice decided that chocolate can be individual, if different from the norms of the industry. According to the decision, the form of Bounty's chocolate slice cannot...

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German industrial orders has been increased

The highest rate of growth in the last two year was produced by German industrial orders in May, surpassing the April stock by 4.4 percent. The impressive growth rate is...

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Hungarian meat exports to Russia get a green light after one year

The Russian veterinary and phytosanitary supervision lifted the temporary export restrictions affecting four Hungarian meat processing companies. Gilyán György, Hungarian Ambassador in Moscow has already received a promise earlier that...

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The economic and cultural effects of Balaton Sound

According to a survey among the festival visitors of Balaton Sound, more than two-third of the visitors travelled to the site because of the event. After 2007 and 2008, the...

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Food waste of the developed world could save the hungry

According to the most recent calculations, the population of Europe and the United States builds up enormous amounts of food waste: the amount of ordered but did not consume food...

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Information on the intake of calories quantity

The consumer protectors have long been treating as a priority target the various fast food chains. Last year in the states of California and New York, larger fast food chains...

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Vianni and Limit is expanding in Eastern Hungary

Vianni and Limit retailer distibuting primarily domestic chemical products, but distibuting also food, further expanding the number of its shops this year. The first Eastern Hungarian unit is expected to...

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Coface expects larger downturn than expected

Coface expects the global economic downturn, a total of 6.6 percentage points for the period between 2007 and 2009, which is a larger downturn than formerly expected. According to the...

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Baker Festival in Komárom

Several thousand people visited the monastery-fortress of Komárom during the weekend, where the national Baker Festival took place for the seventh time. This year, the Napoleonic times was summoned by...

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The benefits of Mediterranean diet

According to studies; the Mediterranean diet strengthens the immune system, reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The basic of the diet is consist ofvegetable dishes: cereals, dry legumes, nuts,...

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In-store advertising gaining popularity in times of crisis

As clients question the effectiveness of advertising in conventional mediums, indoor advertising in supermarkets is gaining support and popularity. Marketers, retailers and media companies have attempted to make in-store advertising...

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Five-point improvement in consumer confidence in June

Nielsen market research company's consumer confidence index improved to 45 points in June after the 40-40 points of May and April, and the 37 points of March. The consumer morale...

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Adapting to recession

According to the forecast of GKI and Erste Bank, Hungary, Hungarian GDP is likely to drop by about 6.5 percent this year, but the external balance is set to improve...

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Loan guarantee for 189 billion HUF in 6 months

The Garantiqa Loan Guarantee Ltd. reported assuming guarantee for 15,532 contracts amounting to 189 billion HUF on the loans of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the first half of...

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PepsiCo plans one billion dollar investment in Russia

PepsiCo Inc. has announced plans to invest US$1 billion (€720 million) in Russia over the next three years, together with its partner Pepsi Bottling Group. The company says that the...

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More milk and fish, but less fruit and potatoes were consumed in 2007

According to the Central Statistical Office, food consumption per person was a total of 61 kg in 2007. The domestic meat consumption in 2007 was 63 kg per person. The...

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Dreher – The Responsible Drinking Program was renewed

More than 41 thousand people visited the www.alkohol.info.hu web site, which expanded with new themes as the newest element of The Responsible Drinking Program of Dreher Breweries Ltd. Dreher Breweries...

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Rewe strengthens cooperation with independent retailers

The Rewe Group has confirmed the Management Board's course proposed for a successful future. The so-called “Declaration of Munich” was adopted unanimously. The declaration focuses on adopting the Rewe brand...

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