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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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Still minuses
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
Retail turnover continued to shrink in October 2007. According to KSH data, sales were 2,7 per cent down in the first ten months of 2007, compared to the same period...
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176 medals at HunDeszt 2007
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
As the 6th of December was the day of palinka, results were announced at the Hun Deszt 2007 palinka competition where 220 spirits from 25 distilleries competed. 57 gold, 76...
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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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Hungarians are child-centred in bio
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
According to a Nielsen survey conducted among Internet users in 46 countries, the most popular bio foods in Hungary are fruits, vegetables and eggs, like in the EU. While almost...
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Football European Cup: + EUR 1,4 billion
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
According to a survey prepared for MasterCard, the 2008 football European Cup may yield a profit of EUR 1,4 billion for the economy of the continent. Each of the games...
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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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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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Gateway to world trade
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
The Global European Food Industry Event of ECRM to be held between 9-11. March in Budapest is intended to help trading enterprises and suppliers in making contact. ECRM helps the...
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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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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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Search engine for small enterprises.
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
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
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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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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Creditworthiness in decline
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
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
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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Super year ahead following a good year
Date: 2008-02-01 08:00:00
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
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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18% increase at Visa Hungary
Date: 2008-02-01 00:00:00
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
Date: 2008-02-01 00:00:00
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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Drastic price increase at beers
Date: 2008-02-01 00:00:00
According to Imre Sivo, president of Hungarian Beer Manufacturers, the companies can't swallow the high raw-material costs. Last year the malt price growth with 40-86%, the hop became 25-40% most...
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Fruit Logistica Berlin with Hungarian Exhibitors
Date: 2008-02-01 00:00:00
The Hungarian Agrar Marketing Center donated 14 Hungarian fruit and vegetable growers and traders to be present on the exhibition. Around 2,000 exhibitors from 70 countries present – 45,000 top...
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Action Plan against fake products made in China
Date: 2008-02-01 00:00:00
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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Fast growing on-line shopping all over the world
Date: 2008-01-30 00:00:00
Polling company Nielsen Online surveyed 26,312 people in 48 countries. 86 % of internet users had bought something on-line, 82% of Hungarians either. Nielsen says more than eight out...
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Spring time opens the M1 Outlet & Shopping Center
Date: 2008-01-30 00:00:00
The construction works are ready, tenants develop the shop-front and the instore. Nearby the international cloths brands two new renter, there are two new renters: CBA retail chain and Drogerie...
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EU pressures general labeling
Date: 2008-01-30 00:00:00
Food and drink companies would require to shake up labeling procedures and detail energy, sugar, salt and fat contents on the front of the packages they produce. The European Union's...
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Russia to extend food price freeze
Date: 2008-01-30 00:00:00
Russian food retailers will extend an anti-inflationary price freeze on basic food products to May 1. The freeze on prices for bread, milk, sunflower oil and eggs is designed to...
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