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Advertising in stores

It has many names: POS, POP, in store, POP communication etc. , but we all know what it is about: reaching consumers in the stores. This is becoming increasingly important...

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Entities liable to pay environmental charge:

– first distributor of product, in case of domestic production, or entity using it for its own purposes; – first domestic distributor of product, in case of import from EU,...

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Szarvasi Mozzarella light 100 g és Szarvasi Mozzarella light mini 100 g

It is unique in its category in Hungary, a „light” product with reduced fat content for those who prefer to lead a healthy life....

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Kalinka Premium Vodka

Slava is a 27 year old Russian, who has been living in Hungary for 6 years. He likes to live here. He sends video messages to his friends in Russia...

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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club

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

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

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

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

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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Four new Aldi store to open in Mai

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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Metro Q1 Loss Widens, But Sales Up The Metro Group

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

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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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing

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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Enterpreneurs' Forum in Debrecenben

The National Association of Enterpreneurs and Employers organises forums between the enterpreneurs and authorities since three years all over Hungary. Laszlo Perlusz spoke about organisation's yearly program, which focuses on...

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Lactalis Enters Romanian Dairy Market

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Fake olive oil in Italy

The Hungarian authorities dosn't have any information about Hungarian sell of this oil. The fake oil looked like extra virgin olive oil. It even tasted and smelt like extra virgin...

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Refreshing the Zsolnay Cafe at Béke

The Radisson SAS Béke Hotel has inaugurated its new catering facility, the Zsolnay Cafe & Bar Lounge.  The new facility brings together the offers of the former Zsolnay Café and...

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Luxury hotel with monolithic towers for Esztergom

Plans have been revealed for a 230-room, 5+1-star hotel to be located in Esztergom's Prímás-sziget. The complex was designed by Gábor Zoboki, award-winning architect of the Palace of Arts, who...

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