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Value shops tip growth as shoppers trade down in UK
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
Aldi, Lidl and Netto, the discount supermarkets, are forecast to increase their share of Britain's grocery market by 60 per cent over the next four years. A new report claims...
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Cheap import and tax reduction could decrease the food price
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to common research of Kopint-Tárki Konjunktúrakutató Intézet Zrt. and AgrárEurópa Tanácsadó Kft. in long periode we have to be ready for high food prices. The specialist said because...
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Online Sales Up 60% In Romania
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Romanian online sales rose to E25m in the first six months of 2008, according to figures from RomCard. The number of transactions amounted to 300,000, while the average value of...
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The Deficit May Be Even Lower Than Planned
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Substantial improvement in the internal and external equilibrium this year with real wages in the business sector already climbing while inflation and interest rates remain high. The forecast prepared by...
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HUF 14 billion Ice Tea Market in Hungary
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to Nielsen Research the sales of ice tea grow in volume by 23%, in value by 19% between Mai 2007-April 2008. The most popular taste are lemon and peach,...
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Nestlé to sell prime property in Budapest
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
Nestlé has decided to sell a 2,500-square-meter property in Budapest with a panoramic view of the Buda Castle, the Chain Bridge and the Pest skyline. Nestlé is selling the property...
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Association of Hungarian Farmers accuse forestallers of cartell
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
Farmers protest against the low price of sourcherry in front of Hungarian Parliament. The farmers said the forestallers pay only HUF 50-60/kilo for sourcherry, what is only half of the...
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Private label organic foods lead in German market
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
New Nielsen data shows that German consumers have doubled the number of organic food items they have purchased in the past two years. Retailer brands have gained a larger...
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Lefelé módosította várható profitját a Marks & Spencer
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
The retailer posted profits of £1bn last year and analysts were expecting profits of around £870m this year. Overall M&S's UK sales were down 5.3% in the 13 weeks to...
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Dutch smoking ban
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
A tobacco smoking ban came into force Tuesday in cafes, bars and restaurants throughout the Netherlands. While patrons are no longer allowed to light up cigarettes, they can still...
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Hungarian Companies are more Pessimistic
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
The measure of confidence at Hungarian companies slipped to 85.4 percent in the second quarter of 2008 from 91 percent in the first quarter. Ecostat's TOP-100 index for sentiment at...
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Virtual shopping can't take all
Date: 2008-07-02 00:00:00
The Store of the Future 2012-15 report, commissioned by Visa Europe analyses the key customer, payments, technology and social responsibility issues affecting the likely development of retail stores in Europe....
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Germans to shop more in May
Date: 2008-07-02 00:00:00
German retail sales rose by more than expected in May, offering a glimmer of hope that a labour market recovery may be yielding fruit, although the outlook remains clouded by...
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Consumer Spending Higher-Than-Expected In May
Date: 2008-07-01 00:00:00
US consumer spending rose a better-than-expected 0.8% year-on-year in May, as tax rebates helped fuel the biggest rise since November 2007. Figures from the Commerce Department said the rebates helped...
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Austrian Food Specialities debuts in New York
Date: 2008-07-01 00:00:00
The Austrian food producers showcase their products on Fancy Food Show 2008 and later get meetings in Manhattan supermarkets. More than 2,300 domestic exhibitors from around the country and the...
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Hungarians consumpt less biscuit
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
Last year 27 tons of biscuit were sold in Hungary, it is deep by the European Average. Only Greeks, Czechs and Slovakians eat less biscuits as we. Hungarians eat...
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Payable household goods in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
According to Eurostat and OECD common research the electric equipments and household goods are several % less in Hungary than the European average. Within the framework of the European...
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Tesco, Asda Cut More Prices
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
Tesco PLC and Asda Group Ltd., the U.K.'s two biggest supermarket chains announced another round of major price cuts amid intense competition. Tesco will cut prices on 3,000 products...
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Hungarian Beer Market grow in value by 6% and in volume by 1%
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
Between June 2007 and Mai 2008 4 million hectoliter beer were sold in Hungary, it was a summe in value HUF 110 billion. According to Nielsen Research retail index 1...
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Expectations improved significantly
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
In June the seasonally adjusted Business Confidence Index of GKI remained essentially unchanged, but the expectations of consumers improved significantly and reached highs that haven’t been seen for two years....
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Bottled responsibility
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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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Are we good, or are we well?
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
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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