News and articles
Solid Sales Growth at Carrefour
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
French retail giant announced sustained sales growth of 8.5% at constant exchange rates in its 1H 2008 results. The company said it was strongest first half growth since 2005. This...
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Internal and external equilibrium improve
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
The forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank shows that the Hungarian economy gets out of the growth hole in the second half of the...
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Organic sales at 10-year low in UK
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
English experts are warning that consumers are more confused than ever about whether it is worth paying the higher prices, especially while they are trying to reign in their spending....
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PepsiCo to finish Acquisition of Russian Juice Leader
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
Lebedyansky is the world's sixth-largest juice manufacturer and the largest in Russia, with an estimated market share in Russia of around 30% and annual revenues in 2007 of approximately $800...
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TESCO plans store for pensioners in UK
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
Supermarket giant Tesco could be about to open its first pensioner-friendly supermarket in the UK, it has been revealed. If given the go-ahead, the store would feature extra wide aisles,...
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X5 Retail strong Q2
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
The Russian retail Group NV said second quarter net profit reached $74 million, up more than five-fold from $14 million in the year-earlier period thanks to surging sales and tighter...
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SCHUITEMA to sell ten stores in Netherlands
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
Dutch retailer Schuitema has said it is to sell ten ailing C1000 stores. Seven will be handed over to discount retailer Aldi, while two will go to Schwarz Group's Lidl,...
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Prada May Postpone IPO in an Uncertain Market
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Earlier in the year, rumors swirled about a potential Prada IPO, divesting the company of a third of its shares and forcing the Prada family to reduce drastically its 95%...
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Demonstration at Tesco's Headquater
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Angry dairy farmers protested outside Tesco's Cheshunt HQ, demanding an end to a “price war” they say will hit them in the pocket. Around 50 representatives from all four corners...
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Almost 40,000 liters bum wine were found
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
The specialists of Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard hunted down wine forgers in Soltvadkert, where they wanted to put out 36,000 liter of false wine. The penalty will be HUF...
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M&S slashes plastic bag giveaways
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Marks & Spencer has achieved an 80 per cent cut in the number of plastic carrier bags it is giving away. The high street retailer is launching an advertising campaign...
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Retail area grow, the stores stand behinde chains
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research to market share of hyper- and supermarkets and discounts increased in H1. Hypermarkets has 30%, supermarkets 11%, discounts 19% from whole retail sales. The biggest growth...
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2,000 entrepreneurs claimed Szechenyi Card2
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
The new card construction started on 2 June, since that time point more than HUF 7 billion credit was placed. Széchenyi Card2 can be claimed by handing in the necessary...
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High-dose omega-3 beverages from Norway
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
A line of high-dose, omega-3 juice drinks produced by Norwegian fish oil specialist Pharmalogica, has expanded its distribution from 200 to 1100 retail outlets in six months. The company said...
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Blockades for higher supplier price for apple
Date: 2008-08-29 00:00:00
The producers want to give HUF 15-20 for one kilo apple, the growers would to get HUF 30 for it. Farmers want to make meetings faster by closing the roads....
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Winery of the year Vylyan
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
The 3 most important wine authority honored the step of Vylyan for populization the Hungarian wine and wine cultur on the domestic market and abroad. The second best winery in...
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Heineken H1 – 5.3% organic grow
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
Dutch brewer Heineken NV reported a 34.8% rise in first-half net profit, buoyed by cost cutting, higher sales of premium beers and its acquisition of half of Scottish & Newcastle....
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New leader at MasterCard Hungary
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
From 1 September Milan Gauder is the business director of MasterCard Europe in Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. The specialist, who is the successor of Zdenek Houser, works since 2005 at...
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SPAR store in Mátészalka
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
The new unit is SPAR's first store in the city and the 381th unit of the chain. The company has 158 SPAR supermarkets, 29 INTERSPAR hypermarkets, 20 Kaiser's supermarkets and...
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Univer protecs the schools
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
The marketing action with the titel „Let's our shcool win!” primery and high school can win sport elements and money. From 1 September Univer sold products with „school point” on...
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Trade confidence index has increased
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
There was no change in the value of the GKI economic sentiment index, adjusted for seasonal effects, during August. According to the survey conducted by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. with support...
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Ambient Media – New star on the indoor-instore horizont
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
Zsolt Dunavölgyi founded a new ambient media agency, it works with a strong digital signage portfolio. The company offers attendance in several HoReCa places in the Infirio Club&Restaurant chain, its...
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(HU) A VOSZ szerint áttekintésre szorul a termelői szerkezet
Date: 2008-08-28 00:00:00
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15 Dead in Food Poisoning in Canada
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Fifteen deaths in Canada have now been linked to listeriosis, health officials confirmed. There are another 29 suspected cases, officials told reporters, and Agriculture Minister said the government expected more...
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Most good are delivered by train
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
In quarters I-II 2008, the volume of transported goods grew by 3%, while the performance expressed in freight tonne kilometres increased by 6% compared to the same period a year...
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POS Media Ukraine has entered into an exclusive media partnership with Metro
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
As of August 2008 POS Media Ukraine has entered into an exclusive partnership with the wholesale retail chain Metro Ukraine, which represents 12% of the retail sales in the Ukraine....
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First anti-theft label created for direct contact with fresh produce
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The combination of Checkpoint’s Food-Safe EAS labels, certified for direct contact with food, and Sealed Air Cryovac Smartpak vacuum shrink bags, is also anticipated to allow retailers to reduce inventory...
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Do we know what teenegers say?
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Platform of Hungarian Consumer presents its new conference on 1th October about Hungarian Consumer under 18 . How could we reach and adress the youth under 18 years? How do...
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Dunacenter construction works to start in September
Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The shopping mall built on the site of the former textile factory with HUF 6 billion cost, open next autum for public. The Dunacenter offers in the first construction phase...
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