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Friendly softeners – inside stores as well

Most softeners on the market are coloured, scented , even aroma therapeutic. New methods, such as fragrance marketing are playing an increasing role in trade marketing. The owners of leading...

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From store to store in Shanghai – Metro

Shopping tour in Shanghai. Our destinations: Metro, Lianhua (Chinese-owned supermarket chain) and Tesco. Our first stop is Metro, not only a temple but also a school of consumption here. The...

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Anuga: new location, new exhibition

6000 exhibitors from over 100 countries will attend the Anuga exhibition to be held in Cologne between 13-17. October. More than 80 per cent of exhibitors will be foreign companies....

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Chocolate bars recovering

Life is not very easy for chocolate bars nowadays. Healthy competition however, has resulted in growth not only for private labels, but also for brands successful in innovation, leading to...

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Eight out of ten households using softeners

According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, eight out of ten households use softeners. Those living with children or in a household of 3-4 persons buy softeners more frequently than...

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Hungarian consumers changing

Hungarian consumers have changed as much in the past 15-20 years as average European consumers have in 50 years- said Ákos Kozák, director of GfK Hungária Piackutató Intézet at the...

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Fachpack: packaging and transport at the same time

FachPack, PrintPack and LogIntern are three exhibitions related to packaging and held in Nürnberg between 25-27 September. Packaging solutions, printing on packaging, manufacturing of packaging materials and internal logistics will...

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Strong brands among fruit yoghurts

Fruit yoghurt is one of the largest food categories. According to data from the Retail Index of Nielsen, retail sales were up 7 per cent by April 2007 compared to...

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Discreet hiss, discreet fragrance

Conventional aerosol cans still account for a half of total sales in the market of air fragrances, though battery operated products show the most dynamic development. This segment receives substantial...

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Warm vodka and sweating women

Using conventional consumer surveys, Univer had failed to increase its sales in the Russian market as expected. They have however, found another method which can help to form a realistic...

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Rendezvous for beverage manufacturers in Nürnberg

The BRAU Beviale exhibition to be held in Nürnberg, between 14-16 November will be the meeting place for the European beverage industry. 1,400 exhibitors and over 36,000 visitors are expected...

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Continuous administration with difficulties

The Tax Office (APEH) collected Ft 73.2 billion ($384 million) from fees in the first seven months of the year; Ft 31.5 billion ($165.6 million) of the sum was channeled...

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HUF 13.5 million penalties in case of guar gum

Some of the company reported lately or not, or were behind the time with the revocation or worked not together with the authorities. In the last 6 weeks there were...

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The label is only a form?

Some manufacturers are deliberately 'hoodwinking' consumers over salt content, claims a new report from UK regulators. There is concern that consumers are being hookwinked and misled by some manufacturers who...

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Plans for a Stronger Customer Protection

The Customer Protection Directorate, to merge with regional offices into a new National Customer Protection Authority from September 1 this year, will hire more staff from January 2008, Prime Minister...

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The NBH upped its 2007 CPI

The National Bank of Hungary is waiting 7.6% yearly inflation wich is 0.3% higer as the prognosis of Mai. The primarily warranted by rising oil and food prices. Next year's...

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Guargum monitoring and penalty in Hungary

Authorities bound 90 products withdrawal in the domestic retail. There is a list on the authority's website with almost 200 firm name, which use dioxin tainted guargum, but only few...

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Less sales in small stores, in the hypermarkets the result is not so negative

In June the fall of retail sales continued. Compared to the previous month the volume of retail sales adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects fell by 0.4%. It is 3.6%...

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Two weeks to 111. Budapest International Fair

Goods of all sorts, family programs, concerts are waiting the visitors between 8-16 of September.This years themes are: Giftware and fancy goods, Handicraft institutions and services, Clothing and accessories, Furnishing...

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Another outbreak of swine fever in Romania

It was the third outbreak in the country in recent weeks and the second on a farm owned by Smithfield Foods Inc. The disease was found this week on a...

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No merge, but collective purchase

There is a reconciliation between Co-op and Real Hungaria retail chains about a purchase cooperation. The former new about the merge of the two companies was confuted, but the now...

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Cheap norse salmon on the borders?

Norway and EU is hopping a positiv answer from the WTO.  There has been a shocked reaction to claims from the Norwegian state broadcaster, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), that the...

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Russia bans Italian poultry to stop bird flu

Russia banned poultry imports from Italy starting Monday to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus after outbreaks in the EU member state.   An outbreak of low pathogenic...

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Chinese food meet the standars

More than 99 percent of China's food exports meet U.S., European Union and Japanese standards, according to a White Paper policy proposal released by the information office of China's cabinet....

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From 2009 no more Nickelodeon figures in junk food ads

Nickelodeon in pledging to limit the use of its characters on food packaging and promotional tie-ins when it targets kids under 12–unless the product meets certain healthy-living standards. Nickelodeon, which...

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HUF 87.5 billion general government deficit in August

The ministry left its estimation for the entire year 2007 unchanged at HUF 1,529 billion, or 6.0% of GDP (cash-based figure without local municipality budgets). As expected, Hungary had HUF...

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