News and articles
New stars in the Milky Way
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Owing to the uncertainty and instability in the world market, there is a lot of excitement in the domestic milk industry, while new trends are also surfacing. – It looks...
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Agricultural price rises slowing down
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The prices of agricultural products were 35.3 per cent up in November 2007, compared to the same month in 2006. The prices of plant products were up by 60.2 per...
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Joanna Blythmann: Shopped, the shocking power of Britain’s supermarkets
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Joanna Blythmann is one of the best known English authors specialising in food. This book deals with the negative effects of the spreading of modern retail systems. However, she does...
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Healthy Growth in Functional Food Market
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:00
Consumers are becoming more skeptical about the health claims made by food and drink manufacturers. Datamonitor analysis estimates that the combined US, Western European and Asia Pacific functional food and...
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January's unemployment rate of 8.1 percent
Date: 2008-02-29 00:00:00
In the period of November 2007–January 2008, the number of employed people was 3,873 thousand and the number of unemployed people was 343 thousand. In the given period, 54.6 percent...
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GEFCO duplicated its sales in Hungary
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
The EFCO logistics integrator specialis had HUF 4 billion income, twohold as last year. Half of the sales came from distribution of vehicles and groupage and full/part-load road transport....
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Henkel 4Q Net Profit +11%
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
In the full year, Henkel posted sales of EUR13.07 billion, up 2.6% from 2006, organic sales grew 5.8%. Earnings before interest and taxes, or EBIT, in the fourth quarter...
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Not tumult at Janury clearance sales
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
According to Media Research Company in spite of the prise actions and sales outs people don't buy anithing. 75% of the answerers said that don't want and will to shop...
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Fine on Magyar Cukor Zrt. because of water pollution
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
In February 33,000 m3 pollutioned water fall into brook Ikva from company's distroyed reservoir. The bad case happened in Magyar Cukor's Petohazi plant, the firm has to pay HUF 22...
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Hungarian National Wine Exhibition in London
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
With assistance of the Hungarian Agricultural Marketing Centre 26 famous Hungarian Winery show its offer in London Opera on 4th March. For the prestigious event take part distributors, agent...
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Intelligence ADT Ultra•Max at Marionnaud
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
8 of the 10 international retail chains prefer ADT's solutions. After a successful test periode in 2007 Marionnaud choose for protection the Ultra-Max®, the authentic Acousto-Magnetic technology. The first...
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European companies have to decrease their sugar output with 1.14 millio tons
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
If they fail to make satisfactory cutbacks, companies risk a final cut with no compensation being imposed on them. Until now, 4.8m tonnes have been renounced within the restructuring scheme,...
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FMCG prise cartel in France
Date: 2008-02-28 00:00:00
If found guilty of anticompetitive practices, the companies could face fines of up to 10 percent of their annual worldwide revenue — possibly amounting to billions of euros. Le Figaro ...
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Extra guarantee at Indesit Company
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Customer can raise the „normal” two years guarantee at Indesit products with another two, at Hotpoint-Ariston products with extra 3 years. According to GFK Research Company on the Hungarian market...
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Grain's Prise on the Top
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Wheat for May delivery rose to $12.145 a bushel in after-hours electronic trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Global wheat stockpiles will probably fall to a 30-year low this...
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Tax authority assigns to use the old cash registers
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
According the Hungarian Tax Authority the older type of cash register, which can't rounding are availability. Authority brings in a verdict, that the rounding doesn't qualified as money-making, so traders...
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Electrolex sales over HUF 200 billion
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
The sales growth is to thank to the capacity increase of the plants in Jaszbereny and Nyiregyhaza. Last year Electrolux sales increased with 11% to HUF 201.1 billion. The company...
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Privat labels awarded
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
Each year, PLMA gives recognition to retailers and wholesalers for their achievements in store brand marketing and product development. The awards are presented at PLMA’s annual trade show and represent...
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Retail wings in Poland
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
January Retail Sales Up From 2007 Polish retail sales in January rose a strong 20.9% year-on-year, but fell 18.7% when compared to December 2007. According to figures from the national...
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Procter & Gamble Co to cut about 15 percent of its management staff
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
The company aims to accelerate annual productivity growth from 6 percent to 7 or 8 percent over the next five years. The world's largest household and personal-care products maker also...
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Aldi enters the Polish market
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
The German discounter Aldi, opened its first seven stores in Poland on 25 February. The network’s discounts are located in Poznan, Jelenia Gora, Sulechow, Glogow, Zory, Brzeg and Tarnowskie Gory....
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One third market share for Heineken Hungaria
Date: 2008-02-27 00:00:00
In spite of bad business environment the company increased its sales and profit in 2007. Last year the company sold 9% more beer, almost 2,400 hectoliters, the nettó sale...
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M&S Reported To Be Discussing Moves Into India And Israel
Date: 2008-02-26 00:00:00
Marks & Spencer is in talks with India's Reliance Retail for an equal joint-venture for apparel, food and cafes, according Economic Times, citing unnamed sources. A deal could be reached...
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Less handicraft wine, but solid image by Monarchia
Date: 2008-02-26 00:00:00
The trade company decreases its wine offer and building a strong brand. The Hungarian member of the Monarchia Matt International group, Monarchia Winery cut down its bidding from 25 to...
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Supermarket giants in online price war
Date: 2008-02-26 00:00:00
Britain's biggest supermarkets are preparing for a fierce online price war to gain market share and lure shoppers away from rivals. Escalating competition between the dominant players prompted one executive...
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Wal-Mart doesn't grow its suppliers from China
Date: 2008-02-26 00:00:00
The retail giant is present with shops in China, but doesn't believes in the product made there. Wal-Mart said it will continue to source an estimated $9 billion of manufactured...
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Developments at Hungexpo
Date: 2008-02-26 00:00:00
In the latest phase of improvements made by owner GL events, construction has been launched on Pavilion G.Gross exhibition space there will be 9,504 sq m, the indoor high 12...
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