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Food labeling requirements to change from 1st July
Date: 2010-07-02 00:02:32
The National Trade Association (Országos Kereskedelmi Szövetség) has informed MTI Hungarian News Agency Corp. that regulations for the indication of preservation and expiry date will change from the beginning of...
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Euro-leaf logo for organic food
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:59
It will be compulsory to display he EU’s ecological logo on all pre-packaged organic food produced within the European Union from the 1st July, 2010. Besides the logo referred to...
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Recession has afflicted at least half of the workforce has been in the US
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:19
More than half of the workforce has been hit by the recession in the US. Those concerned have lost their jobs, their salaries and the amount of working hours have...
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German retail finally growing
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:08
Retail trade has grown for the first time after three months in Germany, strengthening the hopes of the stabilisation of domestic consumption. According to analysts, the reason behind the growth...
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There is a high demand for consumer credit
Date: 2010-07-01 00:01:44
Low-interest, revolving credit, fast and less administration and simple pre-qualification – these aspects are considered to be important for a client applying for customer loans – it is revealed from...
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We are eating healthier according to KSH
Date: 2010-07-01 00:01:20
Less fat, more vegetables and fruits – KSH (Hungarian Central Statistical Office) reports that we have come closer to the rates of healthy nutrition pyramid in the last years. According...
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FIFA World Cup revives sport related markets
Date: 2010-07-01 00:00:28
The World Cup does not only affect the market of flat panel tv sets, but also sportswear supply and sales – it is revealed in the data gathered by the...
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Sága-research on Hungarian women – less housework and more time with the family
Date: 2010-07-01 00:00:12
The study made by Sága Foods Plc. reveals that seven out of ten women wishes to spend less time with cooking and more time with her family. The aim of...
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E-bills can save us a trillion
Date: 2010-06-30 00:04:39
If the Hungarian companies switched to e-billing, our economy would get rid of 400 millions of paper bills and it could evade a cost of four billion euros with savings...
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Shopping addict men
Date: 2010-06-30 00:03:59
A German study claims that men can also become shopping addicts. The logos stimulated the rewarding system brain areas. Scientists have analyzed the brain activities of men susceptible of shopping...
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The EU about to export fruit more easily to Russia
Date: 2010-06-30 00:03:29
The European Union has made a revolutionary agreement with Russia – they have unified the regulations regarding the maximum allowed amount of pesticides in food. The agreement concerns fruits like...
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Destination centers instead of malls
Date: 2010-06-29 00:02:59
For retail real estate development it is no longer enough to have a clean concept. The developers need to examine the shopping habbits, the purchasing power and the location of...
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Cool weather is not favourable for beer consumption
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:40
After last year’s throw-back of 90%, the cool early summer further worsened the sales statistics. It can not be foreclosed the by the time of annual data comparison, there will...
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No more ’ten-eggs’ or ’four-apples’?
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:09
The latest proposal of the European Parliament would put an end to food distribution based on number of pieces. Instead, the volume of the product would be indicated on the...
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American consumers are optimistic
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:05
Consumer sentiment in the US has reached an unexpected peak since January 2008. Besides, the number of layoffs has remarkably decreased since the same period last year. The Michigan consumer...
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VAT rise in Romania
Date: 2010-06-29 00:00:01
The amount of the value-added tax has been increased from 19 to 24 percent in Romania according to a governmental decision. The immediate tax increase was neccessary, because the Romanian...
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The majority, benefitted from globalization
Date: 2010-06-28 00:02:20
The survey of Ipsos, that was made for www.canada.com with the participation of 18,624 adult respondents, living in 24 countries, representing the 75 percent of the world's GDP. In context...
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U.S. growth datas were smaller than expected
Date: 2010-06-28 00:00:25
Compared to the first estimations; U.S. GDP grew by 2.7 percent annually in the the first quarter – reports the U.S. Ministry of Commerce. In late April, the ministry has...
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The shrinkage of retail continues
Date: 2010-06-25 00:01:38
The volume of retail sales – adjusted from calendary effect – decreased by 4.7, percent in the first four months of 2010 and by 5 percent in April, compared to...
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How we can distill pálinka
Date: 2010-06-25 00:01:02
Although many hoped that anyone can buy fruits on the market and distill pálinka on balconies or in garages – at least according to the national ministry’s proposals there will...
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Euro area is slowing down
Date: 2010-06-25 00:00:20
The preliminary estimates suggest that the growth in the euro area slowed in June, both in the the manufacturing and services sectors. The performance of the manufacturing index was 55.6...
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Slovakian customers rush still not coming
Date: 2010-06-25 00:00:02
The weakening of the forint not yet excited those euro-paying customers, who live near the Hungarian-Slovakian border on the Slovak side. In the recent weeks Hungarians had to get used...
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Product labeling: the producers are satisfied, the consumer protection is not
Date: 2010-06-24 00:06:21
The food industry lobby won – say the consumer protectionists, who sharply criticized the new rules of the European Union, over food products labeling. The scheme is that all countries...
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ÉFOSZ made a denouncement
Date: 2010-06-24 00:06:01
The food industral lobby organisation denunced three chain of stores, because they think they violated the law. Datas were collecting for weeks. According to the informations of the Népszabadság; ÉFOSZ...
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Brand building and community sites
Date: 2010-06-24 00:05:59
Consumers are more likely to visit the web site of a packed product, than became the followers of the brand on Twitter or on Facebook – shows the online survey...
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No reduction in renting fees in the shopping markets
Date: 2010-06-24 00:05:41
Jones Lang LaSalle presents the latest Shopping Market Rental Map, which illustrates the current market conditions in Europe, taking an insight into the rent levels of the major shopping centers...
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Wine lovers drink wine instead of beer during the word cup
Date: 2010-06-24 00:04:12
According to the survey of Varga Winery and Vinoport.hu; more than 70 percent of the wine lovers drinks wine or wine and soda, instead of beer, even during the football...
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Waste coordinating union was founded
Date: 2010-06-23 00:05:55
The RECOMPLEX founded by the eight leading domestic selective collection and recovery coordinating organisations, offering a complex service of selective collection and recovery. The RECOMPLEX Treatment Organizations Coordinating Association deals...
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New concept for the pálinka distilling
Date: 2010-06-23 00:05:02
The planned domestic legislation of pálinka distillation envisaged by the government, contradicts the EU law. According to the plans of the goverment the new regulation would treat pálinka as not...
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Hungarian company to build hotel complex at a Serbia Cave
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:10
Hungarian company is also interested in the hotel complex that will be built at the eastern Serbian Resavska cave – informed the competent office of Despotovac district. The Resavskai Cave...
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