Company and Personal News
The Szegedi paprika received EU protection
Date: 2010-11-03 16:07:02
The European Commission, put the Szegedi paprika on the”protected area of origin of products” (appellations d'origine protégées, AOP) list – was announced in Brussels on Wednesday. The “szegedi fűszerpaprika-őrlemény” was...
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Two hundred thousand people visited the Corvin during a week
Date: 2010-11-03 16:06:13
Thanks to the customer services, as well as the family-friendly operating philosophy of the Corvin Shopping Center, more than two hundred thousand people visited the new complex in the last...
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The world's largest brewery did not cause a surprise
Date: 2010-11-03 15:52:44
Anheuser-Busch Inbev reported about profits as expected, in its third quarter flash report, published this morning. On the level of EBITDA, the Anheuser-Busch Inbev has reached a 3.53 billion USD...
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Hell Energy: large success of a young brand
Date: 2010-11-03 15:51:40
The Hell Energy Drink – four years after its entry into the market – now available in 18 countries, and acquired a dominant role in many countries with its performance....
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Increasing industrial orders in the U.S.A.
Date: 2010-11-03 14:22:07
The new industrial orders in the United States, increased by 2.1 percent by 8.8 billion dollars, to 421 billion USD in September. Expectations were about a more modest, 1,3 percent...
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French Weeks organized by Sopexa in Cora hypermarkets
Date: 2010-11-03 12:05:44
The Hungarian office of Sopexa organizes a special event called French Weeks a local Cora hypermarkets, from 3rd to 14th November 2010. The main goal of the event is to...
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Aufwind Schmack to start test operation of biogas plant in April
Date: 2010-11-03 09:12:30
The Hungarian-based unit of Germany's Aufwind Neue Energien plans to start test operation of a HUF 3.9 billion biogas plant it is building in Szarvas in April, Aufwind Schmack announced....
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McDonald's Happy Meal is banned!
Date: 2010-11-03 09:01:20
San Francisco became the first major city in the USA to ban restaurants from giving out toys with meals that have more than a set amount of calories, fat and...
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The OTP may acquire share in the largest Croatian food company
Date: 2010-11-02 20:06:56
Podravka announced, that the company will not purchase the 10.65 percent of shares of the company, so OTP can gain share in Croatia's largest food producer and distributor company. Previously,...
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Nearly 19 million HUF donations gathered in the scope of the Tesco promotions
Date: 2010-11-02 20:05:52
Tesco costumers collected 19 million HUF with the purchasing of 200 HUF nominal value fundraiser coupons, between the 13th of October and the 1st of November for the victims of...
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All in one
Date: 2010-11-02 19:22:08
How did Raiffeisen Bank change its former lending policy? We talked to György Dercsényi, the head of the bank’s small enterprise sector. T. M.: – The last 12 months were...
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New loans in the Széchenyi Card Programme
Date: 2010-11-02 19:17:44
The economic crisis changed the Hungarian financing market; increasing risks forced financial institutions to survey the financial conditions of debtors more thoroughly. Enterprises with a weaker creditworthiness were steered to...
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Expansion during the recession
Date: 2010-11-02 19:15:40
The factoring market did not escape the crisis either, but despite this negative environment Erste Faktor Zrt. became the most dynamically developing actor on the market. We asked CEO István...
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Innovative products
Date: 2010-11-02 19:11:35
Erste Bank traditionally pays great attention to developing financial services for the SME sector. We asked Krisztián Vitéz, Erste Bank Hungary Nyrt.’s small enterprise sales director • – Erste Bank...
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Companies are still waiting
Date: 2010-11-02 19:06:28
According to a survey by Coface Hungary, from the companies asked nearly 40 percent saw their sales revenues decline by more than 10 percent in 2009. Another 10 percent of...
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A complex approach
Date: 2010-11-02 18:59:46
The last 12 months were characterised by contracting business lending and less active commercial banks. We asked Zoltán Boldis, the product and process development director of Budapest Bank’s corporate sector...
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What you can eat today…
Date: 2010-11-02 18:40:41
In the autumn several market research companies published data and results from the domain of healthy eating. Nielsen revealed that Hungarians find healthy food products too expensive. Ipsos found that...
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On four wheels for Hungarian food production
Date: 2010-11-02 18:35:32
Coop Rally was organised for the fifth time, and the 84 cars travelled around the central and northern part of Transdanubia from 16 until 18 September, to tell people about...
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Agricultural prices soared during the summer
Date: 2010-11-02 18:31:55
The production price level of agricultural products augmented by 12.8 percent in July 2010, compared with July 2009. Vegetable products became 20.5 percent more expensive, while livestock and products of...
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Drugstores’ market position became more stable
Date: 2010-11-02 18:29:11
The annual market of household chemicals and cosmetics exceeds the value of HUF 300 billion. According to Nielsen, these products’ retail sales did not change this January-August, compared with the...
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Decrease in the prices of food products
Date: 2010-11-02 18:24:42
In August KSH reported a monthly consumer price decrease of 0.6 percent. Compared with August 2009, prices rose by 3.7 percent. In the first eight months prices were 5.2 percent...
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We still consciously pick the place of our shopping
Date: 2010-11-02 18:23:25
According to a study titled ‘Retail analyses 2010, the first six months’, made by GfK Hungária, in the first quarter of 2010 a positive trend characterised households’ spending on food...
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Ipsos launched a validated online research system
Date: 2010-11-02 18:21:44
Ipsos Zrt. launched a new online research service, called Validated Online Opinions (VOV in Hungarian). VOV is a research panel recruited from the users of networking website iWiW, which has...
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Fewer tourists visited Lake Balaton than expected
Date: 2010-11-02 18:19:39
According to data from KSH, in January-July 2010 the signs of economic recovery were not significantly palpable in the tourism sector: fewer domestic guests were registered at commercial accommodation sites....
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We visit shopping centres less frequently
Date: 2010-11-02 18:18:12
GfK Hungária’s latest (July 2010) survey on shopping centres reveals that the number of those going to shopping malls one or more times per week slightly fell, and the proportion...
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‘It is ending precisely now…’ (Part 6)
Date: 2010-11-02 18:16:45
This new, 6-part series by Trade magazin and GfK Hungária Market Research Institute focuses on price trends, pricing policies and consumer expectations in terms of price. Let us summarise what...
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Shops are buzzing in France
Date: 2010-11-02 18:15:20
According to a quick estimate by Eurostat, in July 2010 retail sales improved by 1 percent in the EU-27 and by 1.1 percent in the eurozone, compared with the same...
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By 2020 an expansion of supermarkets and discount stores is expected
Date: 2010-11-02 18:14:09
GfK Hungária recently examined short-, mid-, and long-term retail trends. Based on the results they prepared several scenarios for 2011-2020. Hypermarkets’ market share is expected to remain 23 percent in...
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Cheese drink is here
Date: 2010-11-02 18:09:59
Japan surprises the world with something new every week. This time it is cheese drink: tropical orange juice with 51-percent fruit content is flavoured with exotic cheese. The drink tastes...
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Cartridge cleaners
Date: 2010-11-02 18:08:19
Liquid soap and washing up liquid refills are not novelties these days. Not until somebody comes out with the idea of refill cartridges. Planet People from Canada put a collection...
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