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Politicians against shopping on Sunday
Date: 2007-07-04 00:00:00
„Give Sunday back to the people!” – said the hungarian Christian Democrat Party. The party in the opposition wants that the multinational companies would have a profit less day, it...
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Food Nutrition Labels are Puzzle
Date: 2007-07-04 00:00:00
In a study of educated adults — 75 percent had at least a high school education — most had trouble understanding everyday food nutrition labels. Dietitians aren't surprised, since...
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Sale and lease back
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
European commercial property sales and leasebacks are set to grow to about 30 billion euros a year as firms seek to unlock the value of real estate on their balance...
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Tesco moves into the buoyant UK property market
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
Sellers will be able to list their homes on a Tesco website for a one-off fee of about £200.Last year, rival supermarket Asda provided touch-screen terminals with details of properties...
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One month – 1300 checks – HUF 91 million penalties
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
For authorities controlled in June together, the Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration, the Consumer Protection Agency, the Hungarian Labor Inspectorate and the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard. Missing bills,...
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Credit from the Drugstore – German method set an example
Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
The personal bank services are important in Germany, but this time the place of the credit application is not a branch bank, but a coffee house or a drugstore. Most...
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Decrease in Budapest but increase in Szabolcs
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
The interim biennial purchasing power index compiled by GfK Hungária shows that well-performing counties are stagnating or dropped back slightly. Since 2000 there was a permanent growing in the capital,...
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Year of M&A
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
According to Reuters global M&A activity is on target for a record year after a first-half surge. An increase in cross-border corporate mergers helped Europe push past the United States...
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Gaining deeper customer insight is the key to gaining a competitive edge in the retail
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
Loyalty cards give retailers a better guide to customer preferences study finds."Customer loyalty is based on the extent to which merchants connect with customers' interests, values and needs," said Nigel...
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Hungary's external and internal balances improved in the first four months
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
Hungary's Central Statistics Office (KSH) has revised that the cumulated trade gap at the end of the first quarter was EUR 442.4 m, down from prelim EUR 463.9 m and...
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Price of household goods decreased, food prices increased
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices rose by 0.4% in May 2007 compared to the previous month, and by 7.8%compared to May 2006. The export sales prices expressed in HUF were higher by...
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Italy wins in „cheese war”?
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
It sets up a thrilling finale when the full Court of Justice will rule later this year on whether “Parmesan” can be made only by northern Italians or by any...
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Own brand confectionery grows across European markets
Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
European confectionery private label market share is continuing to grow strongly, according the latest statistics by Neilsen for the Private Label Market Association. Results indicate that the retailer brand market...
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European Food Safety got well
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) which shows that notifications on risks to food safety fell by 5% in 2006 compared to 2005.This is the first time since the...
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Business confidence of big Hungarian companies improve in June
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
The index gauging the confidence of Hungary's largest corporations stood at 58 points in June, up 4 points from May and at a six-year high, indicating outstanding optimism, Ecostat, the...
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M.E.G.A. group is played into the hands of Ukrainian
Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
The ownership change was made in Februar, after the re-labeling scandals, but the Registry Court has enroled now the two new owner from Ukraine. The M.E.G.A. Group, with five firme,...
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Hard competition on softdrinks market in Ukraine
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
Orangina Group, the beverage producer has acquired Rosinka, a Ukrainian soft drinks manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum. Rosinka, which has a workforce of 600, saw its 2006 turnover reach 30...
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Toxic industry raw materials in chinese food
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
Chinese media are reporting that authorities have shut down 180 food factories, after inspectors found industrial chemicals in products from candy to seafood. Authorities say formaldehyde, illegal dyes and industrial...
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Warehouses near to the downtown
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
Construction work has begun for a 20,000-square-metre (4.94-acre) business park in Táblás street in Budapest's 9th district. InNove Business Park will comprise warehouses and office space. It is located at...
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Uninterrupted growth at LLP
Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
LLP Group, a leading provider of ERP and CRM solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, has reported 2006 total revenues of 7.7 million EUR, representing 12% growth over 2005. The...
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Modern store types continue to get stronger
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Total retail sales of liquid flavourings (mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard) exceeded HUF 10 billion in the April 2006–March 2007 period. All three categories showed expansion....
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Boom in Germany
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. prepared with the help of Erste Bank, the balance of external and domestic payments will show significant improvement this year, but this...
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Beware of the midget!
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
This was the title of a movie, in which Goldie Hawn saw a hit man in every short man she met. I call sales people who fail to sell –...
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Flavourings in all sizes
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Slow growth is detectable in the market of liquid flavourings. However, no major innovation can be seen in the market of mayonnaise, mustards, ketchup and horse radish, as consumers seem...
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Second fastest price rise for food behind energy
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
In the first five months of 2007, prices were 8,6 per cent higher on average than a year earlier. According to KSH figures, food prices grew by 1,6 per cent...
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Discounting
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
A classic cash register shows us how much we have sold. Though barely noticeably yet, amounts in cash registers at the end of the day have begun to shrink. Small,...
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401-2500 square meter stores improving their position
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Retail sales of cereal bars declined by 3 per cent both in terms of value and of volume in the April 2006–March 2007 period. The total market was estimated at...
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Less money spent by foreigners
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
7,7 million foreign visitors arrived in Hungary in the first quarter of 2007, which is 7 per cent more than a year earlier. They had spent a total of 17,5...
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