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21 countries represented at IFE FOODAPEST

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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Food production in decline

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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Search engine for small enterprises.

Google has made its Individual search engine internationally available. The Individual search engine is a simple and cost-effective means for small enterprises and other organisations to accommodate the Google search...

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Business Days 2008

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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A European bronze for Belgium in discount stores

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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Creditworthiness in decline

According to an analysis prepared by Coface Hungary, the number of insolvency procedures increased by 24 per cent last year, which means that 3.7 per cent of businesses had become...

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EuroShop: all that is important for stores

According to Szilvia Máté, representative of the Düsseldorf exhibition in Hungary, a record number of exhibitors will attend the EuroShop event to be held in Düsseldorf between 23-27. February. 55...

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Bitter-sweet Belgian praline

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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Super year ahead following a good year

The main topic of the event was the new way of thinking in commerce with 82 lectures delivered by over a hundred presenters. Rewe is the third largest retail enterprise...

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Brands coming to life in stores

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

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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Nielsen: ways to be different

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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Superior entertainment

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

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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Black tea losing ground

Tea sales have been growing for years. According to Nielsen data, the market expanded by 9 per cent in terms of value in the December 2006 – November 2007 period,...

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Independent profession at last

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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United against obesity

Lectures on educating people about health and fighting obesity in Europe have been delivered at the conference held by the Food, Lifestyle, Exercise (TÉT) Platform. TÉT is an organisation for...

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Black tea continues to fade in the market

The market of tea is becoming increasingly colourful. Owing to the rapid changes in tea culture, green, herbal and fruit teas are challenging the once dominant black tea. Black tea...

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Choosing gifts

Choosing gifts is not an easy task because we intend to make two people happy. We want to make ourselves happy by giving something we feel is special and we...

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Information, hunger

Mella Frewen, general secretary of CIAA, expressed special appreciation at the press conference for the work of the Hungarian platform in introducing RDA labelling, as it is their mission to...

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Market of detergents above HUF 20 billion

Retail sales of household detergents show continuous increase and have exceeded HUF 20 billion. Overall growth amounted to 4 per cent in the November 2006–October 2007 period. Sales of washing...

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Food prices going up

The average increase in consumer price was 0,6 per cent in November 2007. Prices showed a year on year increase of 7,1 per cent. According to a KSH report, prices...

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Carrier and style: related notions

Karrier és Stílus Kft. held a conference about the notions used in its name on 11. December. Mrs. Csík dr. Klára Kovács, managing director of Karrier és Stílus Kft. spoke...

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Withdrawal of sugar

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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Scented and no stains

The market of detergents shows continuous growth and innovation. Drugstores are still the places where most consumers go when looking for innovations. Consumers have less time to spend cleaning things...

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Goose less popular

The Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) monitors the trends in the world markets of poultry and meat. Data from the Market and Price Information System KSH and AKI can be...

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Eventful end for the year in the market of sweets

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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Action Plan against fake products made in China

The EU remains China's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade hitting 356.15 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 27 percent year-on-year. The visiting EU Commissioner responsible for taxation and customs,...

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18% increase at Visa Hungary

Visa cards were used to make EUR 1.5 billion worth of purchases in Hungary in Visa's business year ended September 30, 2007.Last year the number of new Visa Cards growth...

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Hungary jobless rate rises in Q4 2007

According to Central Statistics Office, Hungary's rate of unemployment ticked up to 7.7% year on year. Hungary's rate of unemployment came to 7.4% on average in 2007, down by 0.1...

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