Company and Personal News
World trade is declining for the second month
Date: 2012-06-22 12:18:45
According to the datas of the Dutch CPB Economy Analysis Center, world trade declined in volume for the second consecutive month in April, due to the slowdown of global activity....
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Amazon.com to enter the Hungarian market
Date: 2012-06-22 12:15:04
Online retailers expect an expansion in sales larger than last year’s 20 billion HUF. The industry’s mammoth Amazon.com enters the Hungarian market as well. Last year’s e-commerce sales – without...
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Magazine: METRO: 30-percent proportion for sales in promotion
Date: 2012-06-22 12:12:17
Yvette Krubl, communications manager of METRO Hungary told our magazine that the proportion of goods they sell in promotion is around 30 percent – about the same as last year....
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The dm drogerie markt received Superbrands Award this year again
Date: 2012-06-22 12:02:42
The Committee of Experts of the Superbrands Magyarország dispensed the Superbrands awards for the eighth time this year. The Superbrands award is given to such consumer brands that are proved...
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New shopping mall opened in Siófok
Date: 2012-06-22 12:00:58
The Sió Pláza entertainment and shopping center opened on Thursday in Siófok. The mall was built with a 5 billion HUF investment, implemented by the Sió Ingatlan Invest Kft., which...
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Coop supporting the Hungarian Olympic Team
Date: 2012-06-22 11:46:36
Co-op Hungary Co., is a golden sponsor of the Hungarian Olympics team, and thus has given the Hungarian sportspersons a 15 kilometer-long fan-ribbon on 22nd June in Művészetek Palotája, Budapest....
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The dm drogerie markt supported the Higher Education Blood Donor Competition with vouchers
Date: 2012-06-22 11:22:42
The winners of the Sixth National Higher Education Blood Donor Competition were recently published in Szolnok in which the Budapest Corvinus University, and Károly Róbert College were also included. The...
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Fish stocking: Catfish spawns will be stocked in place of pikeperches into the Tisza-lake
Date: 2012-06-22 11:20:19
The artificial pikeperch stocking of the Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. failed due to the unfavorable weather this year, but from catfish they will stock double volume to the reservoir....
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The Hungarian beer market increases again
Date: 2012-06-21 12:28:47
The decline of the domestic beer market lasting since 2006 seems to be reversed: last year sales grew by 3.8 percent. The Association of Hungarian Brewers explains the good results...
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Exemption under the mall stop
Date: 2012-06-21 12:15:48
The Ministry of National Economy has granted exemption under the mall stop to the Polish Echo Investment’s MUNDO District Centre planned in Zugló, which has a serious history among the...
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The EU does not like the Hungarian taxation of pálinka
Date: 2012-06-21 12:10:40
The European Commission on Thursday called on Hungary to terminate the partial excise tax exemption of pálinka, ban the traditional hen cages as soon as possible and strongly requested to...
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Tokaj Trading House: Hungarian medal rain in Great Britain
Date: 2012-06-21 12:08:00
The wines of Tokaj Trading House Plc. competed with excellent results at three prestigious British contests recently. The largest Tokaj-Hegyalja winery was enriched with gold, silver and bronze medals. The...
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HITA: Hungary is the most attractive investment destination in the region
Date: 2012-06-21 12:03:50
According to rankings, published in the 2012 May issue of the Site Selection magazine, Hungary is the most attractive investment destination in the Eastern European region. According to the North...
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EURO 2012 – So far, 200 thousand liters of beer was sold in the fan zone in Kiev
Date: 2012-06-21 12:01:18
The football fans drank 200 thousand liters of beer in the fan zone of Kiev, since the beginning of the Ukrainian-Polish Football European Championship. Eight kilometers of sausages were sold...
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New Spar supermarket was opened in the 18th district of Budapest
Date: 2012-06-21 11:55:45
The SPAR Magyarország Kft. opened a new Spar supermarket on the 21st of June in the 18th district of Budapest under Sallai road 15/B. With the opening of the modern...
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Starbucks expands with a tea house chain
Date: 2012-06-21 11:27:22
The world's largest coffee chain, Starbucks wants to open its first tea shop in October. The shop will solely sell tea – the Handelsblatt writes. The shop will operate under...
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The ratio of domestic food products decreased in the Slovak stores
Date: 2012-06-21 11:20:46
The ratio of domestic food products decreased to a record low level, to 46 percent, compared to last year's 50 percent in the Slovak stores –the Slovak Chamber of Food...
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Coca-Cola expands to Asia
Date: 2012-06-21 10:55:03
Coca-Cola Co said on Thursday that it plans to operate in Myanmar as soon as the U.S. government allows companies to invest there, a move expected imminently. The world's largest...
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Pálinka safe is planned to be established in Szabolcs
Date: 2012-06-21 10:00:36
The establishment of a museum pálinka safe is planned in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where the region's most successful distillates will be preserved for posterity. The development of the safe was offered...
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Heat – Increasing mineral water, beer and ice-cream sales
Date: 2012-06-20 13:15:50
Mineral water, beer and ice-cream retail sales are increasing during the heat. Fodor Attila, director of communications at CBA told MTI on Wednesday, that from Friday, the sales of summer...
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NÉBIH will be more stringent in the future
Date: 2012-06-20 12:55:15
The Parliament adopted the modification and its implementation of the Law on the prohibition of unfair distribution behavior, which will be in the national jurisdiction of the National Food Chain...
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EP’s Agricultural Committee was opposed to the ban on foie gras
Date: 2012-06-20 12:05:33
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee accepted the 2012-2015 EU animal welfare strategy report, but rejected the proposal to ban foie gras – announced Glattfelder Béla MEP (Fidesz)...
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Combine harvesters started up in the heat
Date: 2012-06-20 12:02:53
The the winter barley harvest has been started in the country's hottest regions in Bács-Kiskun and Baranya counties. Accoring to the informations of the village farmers, the yield is ranges...
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Spectacular brand event from Milka: Guinness Records was born in Budapest
Date: 2012-06-20 11:58:33
A Guinness record was born on the Milka Great Slow Dancing Day in Budapest on the 9th of June. 5,188 people was dancing slow in the Athletic Centre in the...
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84 percent of the consumers remember the positive verbal advertisements
Date: 2012-06-20 11:45:21
According to the recent study of trnd, consumers mostly call up positive verbal advertisements experiences in connection with products and services. Thanks to the help of trnd, the large companies...
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Magazine: Children of the millennium are the customers of the future
Date: 2012-06-20 11:39:27
The Y generation – those born around the turn of the millennium – will soon dominate the world and retailers had better win this generation now – this was the...
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Mall developments continue rapidly
Date: 2012-06-20 11:25:26
The global shopping mall developments continue with a rapid pace. The expansion of the middle class and the merchants leads to unprecedented constructions and the opening of new centers, especially...
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Praktiker focuses on private labels
Date: 2012-06-20 10:51:57
Praktiker has opted to put a major emphasis on their private-label products in the Hungarian market. Previous brands will be switched to Budget and Praktiker as a brand of its...
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The number of pigs would be doubled from 666 billion HUF in seven years
Date: 2012-06-19 13:32:48
According to the pork industry strategy of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) a total of 666 billion HUF additional development resources would be needed beside the current funding level...
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VM: discriminatory pricing will be terminated
Date: 2012-06-19 13:30:48
According to the law amendment of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) discriminatory pricing will be terminated in case of milk, carcass meat, poultry, vegetables and fruit products. The law...
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