Events
Test lab in the future's restaurant
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
Cameras monitor every reaction of the customers. In the new research center, devoted to exploring a both simple and complicated question: What makes people eat and drink the way they...
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10 tons food was found in the re-labeling plant
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
In the Sparkle-action the supervisors pounced in a food depot in Budapest. In the illegal food depot relabeled and new dated foods: meat, sweets, eggs and softdrinks were found. The...
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Fake milkdisributor found
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
The Budapester enterpreuter operated without permissions. In Sparkler-action, collective control of several authorities, 5 tons milk product were found. The milk, cheese, cottage-cheese in value of HUF 7-8 million must...
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HUF 680 billion excise in government pocket
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Due to the continuously control increase the legal petrol, cigarettes and alcohol sales. According to industrial dates there was 7.1% higher sales in the first 10 months as a year...
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Next year's carriage must cover the lost from this year too
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
According to plans of Budapest local government trucks should pay ten times higher fees for coming into the city as now. Association of Transport Companies said this year carriage can't...
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Auchan to invest 0.5bn-euro in Romania
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
French retailer targets 22 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants by 2010. "We will continue to expand with large-scale hypermarkets, because this what we specialise in. The Discount Market store...
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Conctactles payment starts in Europe
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
French hypermarket chain to trial contactless payment of MasterCard Europe. Normal the PayPass technology is used by shopping under 25 euro, but this card could make the payment 40% faster...
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Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration increase the default penalty
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Next year guilty must pay HUF 1 million because of invoice problem. The default fines increase from HUF 100,000 to 200,000, form 200,000 to 500,000. One million HUF is...
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BioFach: Hungarian visitors in top 10
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Looking at the statistics of the BioFach exhibition, Hungarians seem to display a deep interest in the bio-market by international standards. 530 Hungarians have been registered at the last exhibition,...
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Nice and accurate targeting
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Bertalan Bognár, head of marketing, Mail Division of the Hungarian post Office spoke about the data base gathered from their survey conducted in the spring. The data base can be...
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Milk price to continue rising
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to Miklós Istvánfalvi, chairman of the Milk Product Council, this year has brought major changes for milk producers. Prices have begun to rise. In July for example, these were...
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Product info from the net
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to the Internet Insight Report of Gfk Hungária, Internet is already an important source of pre-purchase information for customers, despite the fact that online sales are still marginal in...
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Sweets at the Cologne ISM: boom with higher prices
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The ISM exhibition held in Cologne has come into the focus of attention again, as a result of the global boom in the sales of sweets. This event is to...
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Changes in the in-store world
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Tímea Pesti, managing director of HL Display and the chairwoman of Hungarian POPAI began her presentation by describing the proportion of impulsive purchases in various sales channels in the UK....
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Fewer but more modern mills
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Hungary is part of the corn belt of Europe. Annual production is between 13-16 million tonnes. An increasing proportion of production is warehoused and exported. As an result of the...
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(HU) Növekedési források az új piaci helyzetben
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
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Grüne Woche: business and politics
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The Grüne Woche food exhibition to be held between 18-27. January 2008 in Berlin is an important source of business an political information. It is also an example of sustainable...
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Cartoon heroes selling products
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to Judit Csányi, managing director of Kidz Entertainment Hungary, licensing agreements are still rarely used in Hungary, but the trend is positive. Though using protected figures for advertising campaigns...
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Fragmented baking industry in weak bargaining position
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The gross production of the baking industry is expected to exceed HUF 100 billion this year, which represents 5 per cent of the food market. Production remains very decentralised with...
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Dolce vita in stores as well
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Italians enjoy life and food. The rate of economic growth is 3-4 per cent, inflation is around 2 per cent and Italians are spending more on food. Private labels are...
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East and West meeting at Fruit Logistica
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
As a result of the growing significance of fresh fruits and vegetables in competition among food retailers, the interest displayed towards the Fruit Logistica exhibition to be held between 7-9....
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Putting us in the mood
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Tamás Pálóczi, managing director of Mood Media Hungary spoke about the methods used to create a specific atmosphere in stores. He pointed out that sensory marketing can be a key...
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Chocolate still leading
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Total sales of sweets exceed HUF 150 billion in Hungary. According to Mrs. Kanyó, general secretary, members of the Hungarian Sweets Manufacturers’ Association account for 83-85 per cent of this...
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Milan, part 2. – Iper and Esselunga: „Merchants should be modest”
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The Italian retail network is not a very concentrated one by European standards. Modern stores make spectacular efforts to attract customers. Our correspondent has visited hyper markets of Finiper and...
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European recognition for Széchenyi card
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Széchenyi card has been selected by the jury of the European Enterprise Awards 2007 to be one of the 13 finalists. The result of the final will be announced on...
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TV partner for brand building
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Tamás Sipos, sponsorship manager of TV2 described the advantages of sponsorship over advertising spots. Sponsorship is linked to programs directly. In case of strategic co-operation, the channel offers Brand Care...
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Less sugar than expected is still enough
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Sugar reform in the EU signals the beginning of a new era for the Hungarian sugar industry. Though domestic sugar production is only a fraction of what it used to...
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Iper Portello
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Finiper is one of the largest operators of hyper markets in Italy. It ranks 8th among retail companies, with 25 hyper markets, 115 supermarkets and annual revenues of EUR 2,8...
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Prophecies and facts in Tapolca (part 2.)
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
We hard five presentations on the second day of the Tapolca conference about innovative brands, Trade Marketing Klub held a meeting in the evening, while the third day was devoted...
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Champagne market expanding around Christmas
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The Christmas/New Year’s Eve season accounts for 40 per cent of annual champagne sales. Though the annual level of consumption shows stagnation, end of the year consumption is growing. Over...
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