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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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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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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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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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Unbroken trust
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Reader’s Digest magazine has again prepared a survey about the brands regarded as most reliable by consumers. The survey covered 15 European countries and 24,000 interviews. Quality, price, image and...
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Meetings and conferences
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
When a not very exciting conference is held next door and another similar one is held in the other end of the country, the choice is quite obvious. However, if...
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Nielsen-evening about consumers and chains
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
External influences participate in making competition harsher. According to Judit Tóth Szalókyné, director of Nielsen, analysis of consumer expectations is playing an increasingly important role in gaining an edge in...
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Fruits and vegetables in the focus
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Regarding development, the production of fruits and vegetables will be treated as one of the priorities in agriculture during the next seven years. EU funding will be available for modernising...
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Hungary in a world of conferences
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
According to data from the Hungarian Conference Bureau, Hungary ranks 23rd among locations for conferences organised by international organisations, with 117 events. This translates into a market share of 1,31...
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Maze of paragraphs
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Many regulations pertaining to sales of OTC products and also to pharmaceuticals which require a prescription changed in the beginning of the year. While selling of OTC products in retail...
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Success in Luxembourg
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The meeting for Ministers of Agriculture, held in Luxembourg in the beginning of June ended with positive decisions for Hungarian producers. As Ádám Ficsor Ádám, under secretary of the Ministry...
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Selling no longer the priority at fairs
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Today, there is practically no difference between the meaning of the words “trade exhibition” and “trade fair. Though deals are rarely signed, these events have become very important marketing tools....
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Coupons, points, VAT
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
We asked Zsolt Tenczer, senior manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers, about the differences between the way VAT deductible after promotional vouchers is calculated n the EU and in Hungary. Vouchers and coupons...
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Target: half a kilo per day
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Structural reorganisation in the production of fruits and vegetables has been proceeding in the right direction for the past three years. Programs being prepared by the European Agricultural Development Fund...
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Secrets of successful exhibitors
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
Many people believe that the most cost-effective marketing tools for small to medium enterprises are exhibitions. However, hard and creative work is also needed to attract attention. Spectacular stands are...
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„We had been very successful for the first 20 years”
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
We are in a small family store in the medieval city centre of Spoleto. This is a typical example of the traditional retail businesses which still hold a 30 per...
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TÉSZ: pros and contras
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
The supply chain of fruits and vegetables in the EU is based on the sales co-operatives of producers (TÉSZ). At the moment, only 68 such organisations exist in Hungary and...
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City of vending machines to be built in September
Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
“Vision of Vending” – a vision of the future in the world of vending machines. This is the main concept of the Eu’Vend exhibition to be held in Cologne, in...
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