News and articles
Gloomy Sunday?
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The battle in the past 10 years between retail chains and trade unions about Sunday shopping seems to settle for a draw in Hungary. However, the debate continues on a...
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Modern packaging system from Cryovac
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
FLOW-VAC system by Cryovac® is one of the most successful packaging systems available in Europe. Designed in cooperation with ULMA, FLOW-VAC guarantees a perfect packaging for cheese and meat products....
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POS Media helps with advertising surface
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
In 2010, POS Media Hungary will support PCOS Szívügy Foundation with advertising surface that is worth HUF 8 million. The foundation helps those (about 10 percent of Hungarian women) who...
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Agricultural prices augmented at the beginning of the year
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
KSH’s report informs that the production price index of agricultural products went up by 0.2 percent in February 2010, compared with the same period a year before. This February vegetable...
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Competing with the neighbours drives the garden product market
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Experts say that the development of people’s gardens depends on how much they earn and on their rivalry with neighbours. From year to year, the garden product market expands by...
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Tracked fleets
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Many companies distribute solutions such as vehicle tracking system, satellite fleet management system or GPS fleet tracking. In everyday conversations GPS (Global Positioning System) means a navigation system installed in...
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STI Group acquired Line Packaging & Display company
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Europe’s leading POS solution provider and top-quality packaging material manufacturer STI purchased UK company Line Packaging & Display Limited, on 31 March 2010. The company has 100 employees and its...
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Tesco and Rosenthal announced a new loyalty point collecting promotion
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The promotion is called ’The art of cuisine from point to point’ and it will give shoppers the opportunity to buy products from the exclusive Thomas dinnerware range with a...
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Magnum Gold Icecream
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
New Magnum Gold?! is an irresistible vanilla and caramel ice cream with golden-coloured milk chocolate coating....
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Increasingly conscious decisions by shoppers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Last year the complete turnover of daily consumer goods bought by Hungarian households remained stable in nominal value, in comparison with 2008. However, in terms of volume turnover lowered –...
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Germans shoppers buy comfortably in a pleasant environment
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Edeka Group, the market leader in German food retail improved its turnover by 17 percent, compared with the previous year, and its sales revenue surpassed the EUR 39.6 billion threshold...
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PDA and smartphone: about to merge
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The market of PDA devices, which are capable of transmitting data directly from the store via the Internet, has been standing still for quite a while. Neither Microsoft nor Symbian...
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Dove MEN+CARE products
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Dove created its MEN+CARE product range especially for men. Shower gels contain a formula based on the MICROMOISTURETM technology, which is clinically tested to be efficient against dry skin. Deodorants...
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S-Budget is two years old
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
SPAR Hungary’s private label product range celebrates its 2nd birthday. Back in April 2008 40 products were launched, now SPAR offers 240 S-Budget products, 75 percent of which are Hungarian...
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Knorr Spice Magic
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
With the help of the two new Knorr Spice Magic products, marjoram roast chicken and rib roast are easy to make for everyone....
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Television advertising campaigns’ reach can now be measured electronically
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
GfK Panel Services Germany expanded its Web Efficiency Panel service: it now involves monitoring the reach of television advertising campaigns. Panel members were given special mobile phones which are capable...
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A stable yoghurt market with strong manufacturer brands
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Manufacturer brands strengthened their position in yoghurt retail sales: they improved by 1 percentage points in value (reaching an annual HUF 29 billion) and by 3 in volume against private...
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Behind the scenes
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The crisis generated cost efficiency measures and structural changes, which affected sales teams too. Work has been outsourced at several companies, either completely or in part. According to Ágnes Csiby,...
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The first quarter of the European food retailing was successful
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:40
The recovery from the crisis continued in the food retailing of the developed European countries: store turnover increased by 4, percent in value and 1 percent in volume, compared to...
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The foreign suppliers are cautious with the Hungarian firms
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:35
According to the Atradius Credit insurance; the rate of late and non payments is the hihest ever in Western Europe in early 2010, so businesses increasingly turned to claim managers....
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Tesco recruits regional suppliers
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:20
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. invites the local producers of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties to a supplier meeting. The Regional Supplier Forum, that will be held on the 3rd...
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One shopping center for nineteen thousand Pécs inhabitants
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:00
Among the five big cities of Hungary (Debrecen, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged), the highest number of shopping centers are in Pécs, the least in Debrecen, Miskolc, and (yet) in...
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Wal-Mart's first-quarter profit is a positive surprise
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:40
The world's largest retail company, the Wal-Mart performed over the market expectations, primarily due to the good indicators of foreign sales, which offseted the weak domestic market performance. The company's...
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Goats and sheeps may escape from the electronic chip
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:30
The European Parliament (EP), adopted the Hungarian amendment that the individual electronic identification (chip) should not be a mandatory in the cases of goats and sheeps under the age of...
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Consumer confidence is on its ten-month nadir in China
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:20
In April consumer sentiment decreases for the second month, which can be associated with the government measures taken against economic overheating. China's consumer confidence index decreased by 1.3 points to...
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Flexibility remains the most important feature of the Cryovac ® BDF
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:10
The new Cryovac ® BDF SOFT and Cryovac ® BDF Easy Opening solutions open up new horizons for product design, such as packaging and reducing costs. The new Cryovac ®...
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Several billion storm damages hit the agricultural sector
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:45
The weekend rain caused several billion HUF damage to the country's agriculture. According to the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture, more than 150 thousand hectares are under water. After the near...
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Another gold medal for the Demeter Winery
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:33
The Demeter Winery of Eger was highly competitive at the Bordeuax-based Challenge International du Vin competition this year. The winery’s Hanga 2009 wine received Gold medal at the prestigious wine...
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Kür Club: help to build up confidence
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:20
The SMEs, that want more attention are in a very difficult situation. It is difficult to excel among the competitors, find new customers or even retain the old ones. The...
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