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Ads expected to inform, rather than influence

According to a survey conducted by GfK Hungária in February 2007, 4 out of 10 people are open to innovations and willing to try new products. Advertisements are primarily expected...

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First in Europe regarding frequency of shopping

Average Austrians visit hyper or supermarkets 18 times per month and discount stores on 6 occasions. This makes them the European champions regarding the frequency of shopping. However, the disadvantage...

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Carte d’Or Vanília

The new Carte d’Or Vanilla ice cream is made with real vanilla extract straight from Madagascar… it’s worth tasting!...

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SIÓ Prémium Vilmoskörte Nektár

SIÓ Prémium Vilmoskörte Nektár is a popular domestic flavour, with 50 per cent fruit content....

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Bidding for Pöttyös gifts

The unique consumer promotion organised for Pöttyös was launched on 17. March and will last for 11 weeks. Special codes are to be found inside the packaging of Pöttyös products....

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Honour for Péter Feiner from Austria

Péter Feiner, managing director of SPAR Magyarország and chairman of the board has been awarded the Grand Order of the Republic of Austria by the by the President of the...

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Mineral water over HUF 44 billion

Sales of mineral water grew by 10 per cent in 2007 in terms of quantity, approaching 900 million litres. Sales increased by 14 per cent in terms of value and...

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Click and win!

Marketing campaigns can no longer be successful without using the Internet as well. The Internet has become part of our everyday life and our media consumption. Internet penetration in the...

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Changes in legislation concerning the environmental charge

This year, the Customs Authority has taken over tasks related to the environmental charge from APEH. As László Deák, one of the directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers has told us, this will...

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STR8 Power Pro termékcsalád

The multi-stage protection sytem of STR8 deodorants neutralises body odour and offers effective protection all day round....

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Knorr Rafinéria

What’s for dinner? This is a recurring problem for many housewives. The three new products by Knorr Rafinéria, which can be prepared in the oven, offer new recipe ideas. Owing...

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Univer expanding in Kecskemét

The cornerstone of a new plant was laid down on the premises of Univer Product Zrt. in Kecskemét, on 2. April. The HUF 2.7 billion project is needed to support...

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Top categories in store types

According to data from the Retail Index of Nielsen, the market share of hyper markets and super markets increased in the food market in the February 2007- January 2008 period....

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Customers looking for innovation in mineral water as well

According to Nielsen data, expansion has been unbroken in the market of mineral water. Consumers want innovation in this category as well. “Unbroken” expansion means double digit annual growth. However,...

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Sponsoring helps brands to overcome background noise

Sponsoring allows a brand and a program to be linked in a creative way, according to Krisztián Kovács, sales director of TV2. Sponsoring is an important part of their integrated...

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Co-ordination, legislation – together

VPOP has called for setting up of a Strategic Committee composed of representatives of all the competent Ministries, and the trade organisations, to work out recommendations and amendments to the...

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Cif Sütõ & Grill Tisztító spray

Cif Sütő & Grill Tisztító spray is a detergent which can remove the most stubborn stains from the kitchen and is easy on kitchen surfaces....

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AXE3

AXE3 – Mix in order to get noticed! The essence of Axe3 is that two aerosols with different fragrances are packaged together, which should be used simultaneously to get a...

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Dreher supporting tomorrow’s entrepreneurs

A special pen developed to improve handwriting won the main prize this year in the “Tomorrow’s young entrepreneur” competition organised by Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt. Dreher provides HUF 6 million and...

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Improving confidence index for KKV-s

The business confidence index among predominantly Hungarian owned enterprises was up to 97,8 per cent in the first quarter of 2008. No further restrictive measures are anticipated....

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Szentkirályi entering the ice tea market

Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. has launched an ice tea product line. These are available in 1.5 and 0.5 litre bottles, in lemon and peach flavours. Their objective is to sell 4.5...

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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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