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Stunning solutions on the ground and in water
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to Max Linder, European communication and marketing director of MACtac, there are still undiscovered possibilities in communication with adhesive stickers. The Budapest subsidiary of MACtac is expanding step by...
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New industrial computer from Intermec
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The new CK3 industrial mobile computer by Intermec was launched in Hungary in November. The CK3 intended primarily for logistic applications uses the most advanced wireless communication and bar code...
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Drugstores showing dynamism in face, body and hand care
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of face lotions were up by 4 percent in the September 2007-August 2008 period, compared to the preceding year. The size of the market has exceeded HUF 9...
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Brief period of happiness after three difficult years
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
2008 has been a good year for agriculture as production has grown by 20 percent, following three years of decline. At the same time, the domestic market has shrunk, with...
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Latest products awarded the EHF title
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
For the products awarded the Excellent Hungarian Food title on 18. November, see the Hungarian text....
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Strategies for recession
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A roundtable discussion has been held under the title „Marketing- and communication strategies in times of recession” by the Hungarian Consumer Platform, Kirowski and GfK Hungária. The importance of a...
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Innovations for ageless skin
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Although the effects of the financial crisis can be felt in the market of personal hygiene products, average sales are doubled during the Christmas season. Manufacturers have a large number...
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Effect of price rise on sales
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The majority of FMCG companies have been forced to increase their prices. However, the effects of price increases can only be assessed subsequently. “Does an optimal strategy exist?” and ”...
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Over 10,000 visitors at leading event of the food industry
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The number of visitors at the IFE FOODAPEST and FOODATECH exhibitions held between 18-20. November was more than 10,000. This was the second IFE FOODAPEST organised jointly by HUNGEXPO Zrt....
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Slovenian winner at Art Award
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
This year’s winner of the EUR 7,000 Henkel Central Eastern Europe Art Award is Miha Štrukelj from Slovenia. A total of 500 works have been entered for the competition....
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Hand cream targeted primarily at the 60+ age group
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, 28 percent of households purchased some kind of body care lotion in the January-September 2008 period. Sales were down by 5 percent in...
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Number of insolvent companies growing
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The insolvency index was up by 10 percent in the first nine months of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. Insolvency is highest in the construction, wholesale and...
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CSB seminar about newest technologies
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A seminar was held by CSB-SYSTEM Hungary Kft about new IT solutions intended for optimising decision making processes in the food industry during the IFE Foodapest exhibition. Tracing integrated into...
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One third of the population using internet
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
At the end of the first half of 2008, over 49 percent of the Hungarian population above the age of 14 had access to the Internet. 3.09 million was the...
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Moderate increase in sales and average price
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores (25 percent), but the market share of hyper markets is even more substantial (32 percent). Sales of women’s hygiene products...
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Latvia in the top
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Consumer prices were up by 4.2 percent on average in the EU-27 countries in September 2008, compared to 2007. Inflation was lowest in the Netherlands, at 2.8 percent and highest...
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Successful joint exhibition
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A large number of innovations were presented at the Signexpo and Digitalexpo exhibitions held simultaneously on 27-29. November, in Budapest. There were over 100 exhibitors, while the number of visitors...
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Silver EFFIE for Invitel
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Invitel has received a silver EFFIE award for its autumn ADSL campaign designed and implemented by Neo Interactive. A total of 30 awards were handed over at the EFFIE ceremony...
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Intimate relationship with customers
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Consumers habits are changing continuously in the market of women’s hygiene products, but safety, softness, good absorption and fit remain essential requirements. Innovation focuses on air permeable materials, shapes and...
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Low prices and cleanness self-evident in the UK
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to Jonathan Banks, research director of Nielsen UK, low prices have become a precondition of competitiveness in the UK. Tesco ranks third globally among food retail enterprises and is...
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Fondants for six billion
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Fondants are to be sold in the value of HUF 6 billion in the 4-5 weeks before Christmas. 821 tonnes of Christmas figures worth HUF 2.2 billion and accounting for...
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Sales of women’s hygiene products up
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products were up both in terms of value and quantity in the first half of 2008. According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, sales...
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Incredible nights by the river Moscow
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Moscow ranks number one on the top list of cities regarding luxury. A two room apartment in a pre-fabricated concrete apartment block costs HUF 50 million and we pay HUF...
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Walking the rope like no other
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The Golden Dove awards of the direct marketing business have been handed over in nine categories this year. The Rope Walker agency received an award in both the lifestyle and...
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Uniform standards needed
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The position of vice chairman has been established in the Global Food Safety workgroup of CIES – The Food Business organisation in order to promote further global harmonisation of food...
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Awards for domestic flavours
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Award wining products can be sold for more money and awards offer advantages in marketing as well. Enterprises operating food production facilities in Hungary may apply for the right to...
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The financial crisis
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We will probably soon begin to feel the effects of the financial crisis. A brief overview of what we can expect has been prepared by my colleague, Balázs Lapis. „It...
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Sweet billions as seen at ISM
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of sweets are growing world-wide. The ISM sweets and biscuits exhibition will be held between 1-4. February in Cologne. According to Márta Kakuk, Budapest representative of the exhibition, everybody...
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Growing demand for frankfurters sold by weight in spite of higher price
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of frankfurters exceeded HUF 24 billion in the September 2007–August 2008 period. Sales showed stagnation in terms of quantity. Sales of pre-portioned products were down, while that of...
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Superbrands – for brand-conscious consumer
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The main objective of the Superbrands program is to increase awareness of the best brands and to promote brand-conscious shopping decisions. Superbrands are selected from the PIPACS data base of...
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