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Revolution in self service

According to a 2008 survey conducted by BuzzBack Market Research for NCR Corporation about consumer attitudes towards self service solutions, 67 per cent of French, German, Italian, Spanish and English...

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Aperitif a la française celebrating its fifth birthday

The event called „Apéritif a la française” started its world tour on 5. June. It is held at the same time in 24 countries and serves to present the full...

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Private labels playing growing role

According to data from the ConsumerScan survey of GfK Hungária Piackutató Intézet, the market share of private labels continued to grow in the FMCG market in 2007. In the first...

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IBM fights queues

IBM has launched a self service cash register system under the name “Anyplace Checkout”. Customers use hand scanners to read bar codes when products are placed in the shopping cart...

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An efficient foreign legion

Many people believe that the only purpose of import is to flood our stores with cheap products. However, appropriate quality products are often simply not available in the domestic market....

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Traditional stores till strong in Poland

Though the number of hyper markets is growing in Poland, their market share is shrinking. At the same time, supermarkets and discount stores have increased their market share. Traditional stores...

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Oily seed plant in Foktõ

The plant to be built by the Glencore group will be the largest facility of its kind in Hungary with an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes. Construction is expected to...

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Adapting to local conditions

According to an analysis prepared by the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and industry (BKIK) last year, the general marketing of multinational companies is prevalent in Hungary. Advertisements lack local features...

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Where is the Hungarian retail sector heading?

A study has been prepared about the future prospects of the Hungarian retail sector by the consultants of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the students of Corvinus University. It is foreseen as a...

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Széchenyi Card 2 launched

The two year Széchenyi Card 2 was launched by KA-VOSZ ZRt in co-operation with its partner banks, Hitelgarancia ZRt, and the Ministry of Economy and Development on 2. June. This...

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Naturalisation of brands: say and spell

Empty Coca-Cola bottles with the letters in Cyrillic have become collectors’ items, as only bottles with Latin letters are available today. Collectors should now go to China or Korea. Foreign...

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Deutschland, Deutschland über alles!

It is no wonder that German retailers are preparing enthusiastically for the European Cup, as the success of the World Cup held two years ago surpassed all expectations. Rewe for...

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Bottled responsibility

Corporate social responsibility serves as the basis for not only long term planning and corporate strategy but it is also a criteria for the evaluation of management performance in Coca-Cola...

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Shanghai

Regarding business, Shanghai enjoys far more significance the Beijing. The city was opened to foreign merchants in 1842 following the first opium war. Population reached 1 million by 1900. After...

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Are we good, or are we well?

There is a lot of resemblance between business and competitive sport. Results can be measured objectively in both. You can tell right away who is successful and who isn’t. Another...

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AMC waiting for applications for Excellent Hungarian Food trademark

AMC is waiting for applications for the Excellent Hungarian Food trademark. The required documentation can be obtained from AMC, or downloaded from the www.amc.hu web site. AMC offers companies qualifying...

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Price of swine also rising

Trends in the world markets of meat and poultry are monitored regularly by the Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI). Data from the Market Price Information System (PÁIR) of KSH and...

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Product for the occasion

One of the key words in retail is “occasion”. The nature of the product to be purchased often determines which store is visited by the customer. Occasions like Christmas, seasons...

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Energy drinks still going strong

Retail sales of energy and sport drinks totalled HUF 8,3 billion in 2007. This category is among those producing the biggest expansion. Retail sales increased by 60 per cent in...

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Little change in the tourist package

According to KSH data, shopping accounted for over half of the amount spent by visitors coming to Hungary for only one day in the first quarter of 2008. Accommodation and...

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Packaging in three steps – part 2: The letter

This is something we had to learn. We had about 5,000 years to learn. Even private labels have developed typographic characteristics specific to their category now, which is good if...

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Energy replenishment an everyday need

Apart form a general boom in the market of energy drinks, quality is becoming increasingly preferred. The expansion of private labels has slowed down and though the position of tutti-frutti...

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Real incomes rising in competitive sector

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt prepared with the cooperation of Erste Bank, data from the first quarter of the year seems to confirm expectations that economic growth...

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Increasing promotional spending in the US

According to a Nielsen survey conducted in the US, an increasing number of manufacturing enterprises use promotions. Both manufacturers and retailers want promotions to be effective. Both sides regard a...

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Most popular biscuits: sweet and smooth

Sweet biscuits have become increasingly popular in recent years. Retail sales increased by 11 per cent in terms of value in the April 2007-March 2008 period, compared to the previous...

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Fewer visitors in transit

The number of visitors staying for only one day was 3 per cent down in the first quarter of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. The number of...

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Domestic sales prices of industry rose by 11.7%

Export sales prices of industry, measured in HUF, decreased by 2.2% compared to the previous month and slightly, by 0.1% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.  ...

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Hungarians Drunk More Milk

In the first quater of 2008 the milk consumption grow, but people buy less „light” 1.5% milk and because of price, more 2.9% milk.  According to GfK's ConsumerScan research the...

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New tax stamp for alcohol drinks from July

The inspector can control the information on the tax stamps with a laptop and a bar-code reader direct in the store.   After the electronic data recording the product's way...

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It isn't worth not to pay the TV tax

The penalty is insignificant, but it has no sense therefore to come tax authorithy's horizon.   After nowadays rules TV tax must to pay for Hungarian Tax Authority, but first...

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