News and articles
Creating a tradition and a co-brand card
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Three banks stole the show at the night of the ”MasterCard – Bank of the year” awards. The most important categories were: current account keeping bank of the year, most...
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Season of seasons
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to marketing books, one of the tools that can be used for boosting sales is creating new opportunities for purchasing. The sweets industry seems to be good student. In...
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Sweeties for our eyes
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Storck Hungária Kft. is one of the major companies in the sweetie category with the Merci and Toffifee brands. We wanted to find out what special merchandising tools they use...
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Rising, falling and returning
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Registration tax which was introduced in 2004 to replace consumption tax and compensate for the effects of VAT reductions, turned out to be a Janus-faced tax. Regulations regarding registration tax...
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Another 26 Excellent Hungarians
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
József Gráf , the Minister of Agriculture handed over the Kiváló Magyar Élelmiszer certificate for 26 products of 16 manufacturers. Foodapest exhibition has traditionally been the scene of the handing...
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Expectations: creativity and modernisation
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
György Földesi has become sales manager of Sole-MiZo Zrt. with 15 years of experience in the business behind him. The position in the dairy products company with domestic revenues over...
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Small tigers
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
“100 small tigers” is the title of a fascinating publication by Coface Hungary and Üzlettárs magazine. The research data from independent researchers of Coface and Corvinus University is interesting reading...
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Modern store types dominate
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The retail trade of frozen products is growing. Sales of meats exceed HUF 12 billion, frozen potato sales are over HUF 3,5 billion, while frozen pizzas represent a market of...
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Digital future
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The development of IT systems holds many possibilities for retail chains. Modern, self-service technologies are rarely used in our region yet. But changes are coming. We asked Romulus Steinbinder about...
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Kissing tortoises and the environment
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Germans are less enthusiastic about spontaneity in food stores than other European nations. Though they watch prices, they are more concerned with “more value for the same price”. This is...
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Hungaropack
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The National Packaging and Conveying Federation organised a conference about environmental regulations for packaging during Foodapest. After the event, awards were handed over to the winners in the 23rd annual...
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DM to sell medicine
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Dm will enter the market of pharmaceutical products which require no prescription this year. The retail chain will purchase its products directly from a pharmaceutical wholesaler....
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Challenges and answers in the dairy market
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
A congress was held by the Dairy Products Association under this title on the 7th December. The main topic was market prospects for domestic dairy products and the related marketing...
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Escape to victory
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Very different strategies might all be successful in the market of frozen products – this is the conclusion I came to after analysing the answers I got from market players....
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Something has begun
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
More characteristic shelves, more versatile scales, more attractive refrigerators; Hungarian store furniture is beginning to catch up to Western European standards. This is not only a question of money. Attitude...
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Russ Chapman was right
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Since sales organisation change constantly, the task is to achieve and maintain a “dynamic balance” where we adopt to market conditions, but also meet internal, corporate expectations. Sales activities should...
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Europe and wine
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Major changes are coming in EU regulations for the wine market. A surplus of wine has accumulated in the EU and exports are growing more slowly than imports. The reforms...
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Euronics expanding in Budapest
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Euronics opened its fourth store in Budapest on 9. November. The new concept of the chain is reflected in the 550 sqm store space, innovative products are given special attention....
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Törley a millionaire in Estonia
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Törley Pezsgőpincészet is constantly expanding its exports. Estonia is one of the export markets, where Törley champagne has been available for 15 years. Sales are continuously growing, with a 60...
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The market has expanded both in terms of value and volume
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Fruit tea has become more popular than black tea, according to November 2006 – October 2006 retail figures. Herbal tea and green tea have also gained market share at the...
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Dry wines finding their way to the consumer
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Domestic wine consumption continued to grow last year. Half of the households buy wine occasionally, while 41 per cent never consume wine. Average consumption was 20,1 litres per household in...
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Bonbonetti
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Product innovations by Bonbonetti are Queen Konyakmeggy and Bonbonetti Moments, a dessert with peanut cream in seasonal packaging for Easter: plastic eggs....
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Lánchíd Klub open meeting again
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The ACNielsen gave a review of the most important product categories on the Lanchid Club open meeting. Growth was recorded for three-quarters of the 86 categories, mainly as a result...
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Kométa to export to South Korea
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Kométa is the only company in the industry to have retained its license to export meat products to South Korea. az iparágban egyedüliként őrizte meg húsexport-jogát Dél-Koreába. According to the...
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GKM counting on the Brand Association
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The Ministry of Economy and Transport is counting on suggestions from the Hungarian Brand Association to help in the development of the economy. According to an internal survey, the five...
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Teas are not all black nowadays
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The tea market seems to have benefited from the myth that black teas are not as healthy as other types, because attention turned to these other kinds of tea, which...
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Strategy based on three pillars
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Nation-wide presence, 22 stores, expanding logistic capacity, and extraordinary attention for customers – these are all elements of the market strategy of Interfruct Kft. The HoReCa strategy of Interfruct is...
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Bonbonetti
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
A new product from Bonbonetti is tibi KID milk cream dessert in 103 g size. Smooth, silky milk chocolate balls filled with milk cream in cheerful packages or as single...
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Everything about the agricultural policy of the EU
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
For the first time in the history of the exhibition, the EU was present at a collective stand. Information about the agricultural policy of the EU was provided by the...
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4 in1 voucher from Sodexho Pass
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Sodexho Pass Hungária Kft. has appeared with a universal gift voucher in the market. Vouchers issued up till now could be used in four areas: electronics and home equipment, books...
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