Events
P&G to separate its coffee business
Date: 2008-02-06 00:00:00
The coffee unit had sales of about $1.6 billion and operating income of about $ 350 million in fiscal 2007. Procter&Gamble Co. is planning to split off its Folgers coffee...
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Inspection at European big supermarket chains
Date: 2008-02-06 00:00:00
A European Parliament petition on investigating and remedying the abuse of power by large supermarkets operating in the EU has received signatures from 60% of all MEPs. The increasingly dominant...
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Hungary's economic growth will pick up and its inflation will slow down this year
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
Based on the past months' developments, the extent of the changes is likely to be smaller than previously thought, economic think tank GKI said in a forecast elaborated in co-operation...
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The labor market of retail to increase in 2008
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
According to Hungarian National Labour Service this year's end will have a positive balance, 56,000 more job will fill up as last year December.The authority said there will be a...
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French Supermarket Workers Strike over Wages
Date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00
Thousands of French supermarket workers went on strike on Friday to demand higher salaries and better job conditions. The strike by supermarket employees was the latest in a series of...
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Top-100 Hungarian Companies are Less Optimistic
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
The ECOSTAT TOP-100 business confidence index was 86,6% at SME's 79,4% in January 2008. Hungarian companies are looking to the future with a degree of apprehension, according to the stats....
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A Helping Hand for SMEs for free
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
The Mentoring Business Transfer is sponsored by European Union, essential business informations are teached in 10 days. The Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry takes part in the program, wich...
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Fake products in value of HUF 18 million were atteched at Jozsefvarosi and Rakospalotai Markt
Date: 2008-02-04 00:00:00
The specialist of Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard opens 15 closed kiosks and containers. According to authority 3,000 fake clothes and 200 paar of fake shoes were found. At Rakospalota...
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Extraordinary snapshot – domestic food industry in 2007
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The well known and grave problems of the Hungarian food industry continued to exist in 2007 and no major positive breakthrough took place. Domestic purchasing power is in decline, while...
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Frost makes apple expensive
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The average price of agricultural produce was up by 34,4 per cent in October compared to the same period in 2006. According to KSH data, the average price of plant...
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Nielsen: ways to be different
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
A presentation about consumer expectations in retail was held by Sabine Schnell, director of Nielsen retail services in Germany. Retailers in the future will try to be distinctive compared to...
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Has been better – will be better?
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Regarding last year, everybody agrees that it has been a difficult period and it’s far from being over. As a result of austerity measures, purchasing power and sales dropped, while...
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Food production in decline
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Industrial production was up by 5,9 per cent in October 2007 compared to the same month in 2006. According to KSH data, the volume of production was 8,6 per cent...
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Gloom ahead for retailers
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The atmosphere was not really optimistic at the annual conference of the National Association of Retailers. Recession is felt in practically all segments of the retail business. According to Péter...
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Difficult year behind and ahead of us
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Last year was a difficult one as a result of austerity measures and decreasing purchasing power. Though exact figures are not available yet, the end of the year shopping frenzy...
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A European bronze for Belgium in discount stores
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
There are only 8,000 food stores in Belgium which has a population equal in size to that of Hungary, where we have over 20,000. According to a Nielsen survey, even...
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Week dedicated to packaging in Düsseldorf
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The largest Interpack exhibition of all times is to be held between 24-30 April 2008 in Düsseldorf. Interpack Processes & Packaging 2008 will occupy the entire area of the Düsseldorfi...
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Two giants battle in Hungary as well
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Two giants and gigantic competition. The battlefield is Europe and to some extent, the whole world. Aldi is present in ten countries in Europe, but it also has stores in...
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Bitter-sweet Belgian praline
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The Belgian GDP is USD 38,000 and economic growth is 3-5 per cent, but they have their problems too. Theoretically, the Walloons and the Flemish should live together in harmony....
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BioFach in Nuremberg: food, wine and body care
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Visitors from Hungary are among the 10 largest groups among visitors from 112 countries to the exhibition. The number of Hungarian exhibitors has been around 30 for the past six...
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Brands coming to life in stores
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Hostess promotions are the biggest “events” that take place inside stores. What are the details which need to be taken into consideration in order to make such events truly effective?...
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About 2007 and 2008
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
In recent year, our prime ministers have picked up the habit of addressing the public in “State of the Union-style” about the year. This reminds me of the joke: “This...
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21 countries represented at IFE FOODAPEST
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
220 exhibitors from 21 countries attended the first IFE FOODAPEST exhibition held between 20-22. November 2007. This was the first event organised jointly by HUNGEXPO Zrt. and MONTGOMERY International Ltd....
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Withdrawal of sugar
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Many people believed that hard times were over for local producers of sugar in 2006, when Eastern Sugar closed its Kaba factory and handed back its production quota which accounted...
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Superior entertainment
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Organising events is an ancient activity which has matured over the centuries both in terms of technology and human resources. According to György Pártos, strategic director of Creamteam, success can...
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The secret of real wiener schnitzel
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Gathering information and being well informed is essential today, in our accelerated life. We must be familiar with the market we compete in and consumers are also increasingly familiar with...
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Business Days 2008
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The Business Days 2008 conference is to be held jointly by Trade magazine and Lánchíd Klub again between 24-26. September this year, in Hotel Pelion, Tapolca....
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Looking for a way out
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Open and constructive discussion took place at the roundtable conference organised by the Milk Product Council and SOLE-MiZo. The 75 participants were trying to work out the best conditions for...
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Independent profession at last
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The Association of Hungarian Event Organisers was established in 1992, and has over 105 members at present. However, this activity was only issued a TEÁOR registration number of its own...
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Eventful end for the year in the market of sweets
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Austerity measures do not seem to have had much effect in the market of sweets, with supply showing dynamic growth. The expanded assortments of Bonbonetti Choco Kft., Nestlé Hungária Kft....
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