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Household chemical and cosmetics products seem to stabilise their position

Turnover of the 60 household chemical and cosmetics products measured by Nielsen went above HUF 145 billion in the first six months. Toilet paper, soap, face and anti-wrinkle cream, insecticide...

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Food import is shrinking

In January-May 2010 the volume of export augmented by 17 percent and import growth was at 15 percent. KSH’s quick report reveals that our export balance surplus was HUF 605...

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It is now that brand building among pralines bears fruit

Economic recession hit praline sales rather late, in last October-November. Data by Nielsen indicate that average prices grew significantly and small packaging units strengthened their position, while private labels also...

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Sandwiches from Kométa salami for first-graders in Kaposvár

In the first days of the 2010/2011 school year Kométa ’99 Zrt. handed out delicious salami sandwiches to 700 first-graders in 17 primary schools. The company’s managing director Giacomo Pedranzini...

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International PRICER recognition for Szintézis Group

On 2 September 2010 the PRICER conference was organised in Paris, with the participation of partners from all over the world. Strategic development director Dávid Szabó represented Szintézis Group –...

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Tibi Kid Chocolate

New, raspberry-yoghurt tibi Kid is made from real fruit and creates a pleasant harmony of flavours with the special milk chocolate....

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Shoppers prefer general detergents and special-use cleaning products

From the results of Gfk Hungária’s Eating Habits study we learn that the average Hungarian flat owner cleans the flat 2.3 times per week. 27 percent of them do it...

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Cream that makes you drunk

Cream is a novelty by a Cleveland company called Kingfish Spirits: flavoured cream with 15-percent alcohol content. Cream comes in vanilla, cherry, caramel, raspberry and chocolate flavours, and it can...

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Demand turning to fondant candy in small packaging unit

Fondant candy sales declined: in the period between last November and January 2010 nearly 3,000 tons were sold, 14 percent less than in the same period a year earlier. Nielsen...

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Nestlé radically reduced its offices’ energy usage

Nestlé Hungária Kft. uses 1,000 litres less water per day in its Budapest headquarters. 300 employees work in the 3,700 m² complex and the company reduced the building’s energy usage...

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Zoltán Poór appointed head of PannonMill

From 1 September 2010 Zoltán Poór is the president-CEO of Komárom-based Pannonmill Malomipari Zrt. Hungary’s leading mill industry enterprise is owned by Austrian company LLI Euromills and presently produces flour...

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Tchibo Exclusive

Tchibo presents the reborn Tchibo Exclusive, which is made from 100% arabica coffee....

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Variations on gentle washing

Contradictory trends have been experienced in the biggest chemical category – that of washing products. On 5 August Nielsen published a communication about detergent sales declining by 9 percent in...

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Cucumber juice

Mr. Q Cumber is an all natural crisp and refreshing drink that tastes like you just bit into an ice cold cucumber. With a bit of ice it eases even...

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In a better market position than the average

Chilled candy bars belong to the group of food products with the biggest turnover: its annual HUF 24 billion market it is the 12th biggest among the 90 measured by...

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Gallicoop’s five liver patés got top marking from consumers

Gallicoop’s liver patés performed the best at the 10th Meat Hygiene and Meat Examination World Congress. The company entered the competition with five turkey liver patés: Grandmother’s, Natura, Premium, Crackling...

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’Let us make our school a winner’ organised this year too

Univer Product Zrt. will launch the above mentioned programme once again from September. This year five main prizes are waiting for winners in the programme, which lasts from 1 September...

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Pur MAX Gel

Every drop of the new, thicker Pur MAX gel creates rich foam which lasts long on the cleaning sponge and gets rid of even the most stubborn grease stains....

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Autumn cleaning (and economising)

On the cleaning product and utensil market it is visible that households started economising because of the crisis. Category operations assistant manager Renáta Rabóczki shared Unilever’s experiences with us: –...

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iPhone-soap

Gadget lovers will adore this soap innovation: by using this they do not have to make do without their favourite iPhone. The popular smartphone is now available in soap form...

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Brand building at full speed among chilled candy bars

Pöttyös is the best known túró rudi brand, what is more, a survey by Braun & Partners and GfK Hungária in the spring of 2010 revealed that it was also...

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Gérard Depardieu promoted his own wine at the Hogatec fair

Gérard Depardieu, the world-famous actor appeared as a businessman at the Hogatec, the catering trade fair in Düsseldorf. He presented his own wine at the stand of Metro group. 403...

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We still love sweet wine

Each year, an average of 30-32 liters of wine we drink, we love sweet wines more. The premium drinks are mainly purchased as a gift – it was found out...

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GfK: the steps towards Hungarian health economy have failed

The researchers of the global trends, increasingly agree, that health economy will be the engine of the post-crisis growth and the new world order. Experiencing the difficulties of the system,...

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This year dynamic growth of world trade is expected

The World Trade Organization (WTO) revised upwards its growth forecast of this year's world trade turnover: growth this year will be a 13.5 percent instead of the 10 percent forecasts...

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The Váci street is the 37th most expensive retail space

The world's most prominent retail location has not changed over the past 12 months. The latest research of Cushman & Wakefield measured the highest rental growth in South America and...

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Targeted advertising messages from Twitter

The Twitter will soon introduce the concept of “promoted” tweet, which is similar to Google’s advertising mechanism. Twitter has currently 160 million users, and about one-fifth of them follow brand-or...

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Tesco's strategy: web stores all over the world

Tesco’s CEO candidate has announced that online retail sales will start next year in Poland, in the Czech Republic and then in Shanghai. Philip Clarke – who will take over...

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The 25th Jubilee SPAR Budapest International Marathon is ready to start

The greatest domestic running event, the 25th Jubilee SPAR Budapest International Marathon will be held on the 26th of September 2010. The SPAR is the main sponsor of the event...

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Tesco sells Viagra in the UK

The chain estimates that millions of men can live full sexual life with the nonprescription medicine, that will be available in the drugstores of the chain. According to the communication...

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