News and articles
VINEX turns 12
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
VINEX is the largest and most complex winery event held in the Middle and Eastern European region. The Grand Pric Vinex wine competition is also held during the exhibition, organised...
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Revenues up by 20 per cent for SIÓ-ECKES last year
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The net revenues of SIÓ-ECKES Kft. were up by nearly 20 per cent last year and reached HUF 17.6 billion in 2007. They continue to remain the market leaders in...
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Improving global living standards, expanding market for chemical products
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
World-wide sales of chemical products have expanded at a faster rate than previously, since the last Nielsen survey. The Nielsen survey covered 29 categories and its findings were published in...
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Women’s hygiene increasingly confidential category
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
While demand for panty liners and tampons is increasing, the market share of hygienic liners is shrinking. The proportion of scented products is also rising. Brand loyalty is still strong...
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Deficit in cattle and poultry in the EU
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) monitors the global trend sin the market of meat and poultry. Data from the Market and Price Information System of KSH and AKI can be...
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How do we choose? The optimal light commercial vehicle
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Buying a light commercial vehicle is unlike buying a car. We are not only buying a vehicle, we are buying a package, which should offer the best possible solution for...
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Dr. Oetker Shake-Shake tejturmixok
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Dr. Oetker Shake-Shake milk shake is a pleasantly soft, creamy, delicious milk drink available in 4 flavours for those hot summer days. (banana, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate)...
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New Spar brand among basic foods
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Spar has developed a new private label product line in response to rising living costs. The S-Budget brand covers over 40 new basic food products. S-Budget is to be introduced...
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You are organic, but is your detergent as well?
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Pioneer of bio-detergents in Hungary. Ladies & Gentlemen Hungary Kft. began wholesale distribution of environment-friendly ECOVER detergent products in the autumn of 2007. ECOVER offers perfect solutions for the everyday...
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Quick and comfortable hair removal – with a razor
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
There are three ways of getting rid of body hair, but as this category is very sensitive to price, innovations and promotions can influence customer decisions. A slow shift towards...
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Worse rating for Hungary
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, both the internal and external balance is expected to show significant improvement in 2008. A significant reduction in the...
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Regional player on home ground
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Rauch Hungária is a successful competitor in the fruit juice market, which has good reason to be optimistic about the future. In spite of rising costs and the success of...
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Wilkinson Extra 3 Sensitive eldobható borotva
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The 3 blade premium razor provides an extremely neat shave, owing to its tilting head, ergonomic handle and cream strip with vitamine E....
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Four new Aldi store to open in Mai
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The German discount chain started with 5 unit in midle of April, one week later other 4 stores were opened. According to Aldi website, after the 2th of Mai...
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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Hungarian offer stands from several white and red wine and a champagne of Torley, together with withe wine from Winery of Nagyrede and the Royal Tokaji. Hugh Johnson – author...
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Danone to Spend EUR 220 Million in R&D
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
In 2008, Danone plans to conduct 50 clinical studies, as the company shifts its strategy from biscuits and dairy products to health food products. French dairy and baby food company...
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Carlsberg's majority ownership in Estonian Beer Company
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
75% of the Shares of Saku Õlletehase AS went to the Carlsberg, the rest are freely tradable on Tallinn Stock Exchange. The previous owners of BBH AB were Scottish &...
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Hungarian Industrial Producer Sales Price Rose by 10 % in One Year
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices of the whole industry grew by 0.8% in March 2008 compared to the previous month, which figure was slightly higher than the monthly increase rate measured in...
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New Milli drink yoghurts on the shelves
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The new products are to buy in two tastes: strawberry-raspberry and peach-maracuja. The drink yoghurts have 10% fruit content. Friesland Hungaria developes several healthy foods, under the name Milli too,...
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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The new law would allow supermarkets of up to 1000sqm to open anywhere they wanted. Until now, petits commerçants – or small shop owners – have been protected by a...
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Metro Q1 Loss Widens, But Sales Up The Metro Group
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
Net loss for the quarter amounted to E4.0m, from E1.0m last year; while EBIT amounted to E152m. However, sales rose 7.3% to E15.6bn, helped by strong growth in Eastern Europe....
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Tesco Starts Trial Of Carbon Footprint Labels
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The retailer is piloting carbon labelling across 20 of its own label products. There isn't consensus about every piece of data among the specialists. Tesco will telling customers about the...
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Lactalis Enters Romanian Dairy Market
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The French dairy giant completed its takeover of the Romanian LaDorna group in a deal reportedly worth up to EUR 100 million. Lactalis acquires all shares of LaDorna, which is...
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Lidl chain with 260 units in Poland is looking for buyer
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported, citing unnamed sources, that Schwarz is seeking a buyer for its Lidl stores in Poland, which are potentially worth around 250 million euros. The Polish paper...
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Fake Clothes in Value HUF 42 million was found
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The solders of Hungarian Costum and Finance Guard controlled two Bulgarian camions. The first camion cames from Turkey and according to logistic information it delivered clothes. Trough the control the...
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Hungarian retail trade turnover dropped
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Retail trade turnover at constant prices decreased by 2.5% in February, and by 2.7% in the first two months of 2008 compared to the level measured one year before according...
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Heineken's giant investment in Sopron
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The new watercleaner system costs EUR 2.2 million. The plant was built from 100 tons of steel, 800 qm beton and 1,000 meter steinless steel. The company use the same...
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Big success at Gyermelyi Paste Wednesday
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Almost 300 restaurants offered paste specialities on half price. 40,000 guests taste the dishes. According the new researches Hungarian likes pastes, people eaten yearly 6-7 kilos from it. Paste...
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Rent a car – better business as to buy
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The rent a car market is 3-3.5 times so big in Austria as in Hungary, altough there live only 7 million people. Fox Autorent Kft. offers cars with almost 0...
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