Company and Personal News
Red wine against stroke
Date: 2010-04-28 00:00:20
Red wine consumption in the case of stroke reduces the rate of brain damage – at least this is the conclusion reached by the researchers of the U.S. Johns Hopkins...
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Customer confidence needs to be strenthened (X)
Date: 2010-04-28 00:00:00
Originality-and quality check of food products is necessary. )Since the 2006 scandal, illegal trading with vehicle components has become more common instead of abuses with highly protected vehicle documents. The...
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Ferenc Puskás is the new face of Szentkirályi
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
After Luís Figo, another world-class footballer became the face of Szentkirályi: with the approval of his family, Ferenc Puskás’ image will lead Szentkirályi’s 2010 campaign. Owner-managing director, Levente Balogh told...
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Miskolci Árucsarnok was modernised
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Coop’s most profitable store is Miskolci Árucsarnok, which had been completely modernised after 15 years before it reopened on 29 March. Gates had to be opened 30 minutes earlier than...
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Choosing a store and shopping decisions in front of the shelf
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Nielsen’s new ShopperTrends survey revealed that a wide selection of products, a good price-value ratio and good quality are the most important competitive advantages for a retail chain, but domestic-owned...
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Minor growth in the processing industry
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
In January 2010, industrial domestic sales prices were 1.8 percent higher in comparison with the previous month and 1.6 percent higher in comparison with January 2009. Domestic sales prices by...
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International recognition for Henkel
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Henkel has been present on the World’s Most Ethical Companies list for three years now. The list of 100 companies is published by the US Ethisphere Institute and it ranks...
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The several-year shrinking of the store network stopped last year
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Last year Nielsen registered 19,900 general food stores in Hungary, practically just as many as a year earlier. The number of hypermarkets rose from 137 to 152, while the 401-500...
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‘Fair share’ is the most effective
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Many FMCG manufacturing companies carry out in-store surveys themselves, but these prove to be less efficient than they expect. My experience is that many decision-makers need complex systems that fit...
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Deficit in retail
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
In terms of volume, retail sales were 5.6 percent lower in January 2010 than in the same period the previous year. Retail sales were up by 0.6 percent in January...
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New owner at Lekkerland
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
From February 2010, HU Management Kft. is the 100-percent owner of the Hungarian affiliate of German company Lekkerland AG & Co. KG. The company’s name, logo, strategy and commitment to...
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When Tesco finished 22nd
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
The ranking of food retail companies started with a Top 50 list way back in the past. In 1994, Áfeosz was number one (with a turnover of HUF 110 billion),...
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Focusing on customers inside and outside of the store
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
The space outside the store talks to us, it communicates. Walls, giant posters and citylights attract our gaze. People find hyper- and supermarkets very easily, there are signs all over...
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A decrease in prices dragged Slovakian turnover down
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
According to Lucie Hrusová, communications and customer relations director of Nielsen Czech Republic the turnover of hypermarkets in Slovakia fell in terms of both value and volume last year. Discount...
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New Hungarian products in Tesco stores
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
From the middle of March, 49 new Hungarian products are available in Tesco stores in Debrecen, Kazincbarcika, Mátészalka, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Ózd and Hajdúszoboszló. These products (including specialties like organic milk...
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Question – Answer: MONA asks Bonafarm
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Just like NÖM AG, the owner of Mona Hungary, the Bonafarm Group also tries to establish a closed, economical and secure integration. But how can a uniform and efficient strategy...
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Shelf rail came alive
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Innovation plays an ever-increasing role inside the stores too. As the result of cooperation between Toshiba Tec, CBA and Szintézis, in August 2009 electronic shelf rails were installed in Veszprém’s...
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Facts and misbeliefs about our trade with Slovakia
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Slovakia is the 5th biggest target market of our agricultural export, but it is also one of our top five import markets. Among the countries of the Visegrád Group, Slovakia...
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Hungarian innovations director at Eckes-Granini Group
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
As of 1 May 2010, Katalin Zarándy will be filling the position of innovations director at Eckes-Granini Group’s headquarters in Nieder-Olm in Germany. She has worked for the company since...
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Cheese was special: value sales declined, but volume sales augmented
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Cheese turnover fell by 5 percent to HUF 72 billion last year, while in terms of volume a 10-percent growth was registered and retail sales surpassed the 50,000-ton threshold. The...
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Tuned to the frequency of shopping
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
In Hungarian retail more and more stores use equipment that performs the job of human workforce. Germany company Wincor and Hungarian IT specialists already developed everything the store of the...
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From Michurin to Volkswagen
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
By buying and using the Mirelite name, Mirsa not only saved a Hungarian brand, but they also proved that SMEs can be strong if they have a modern company structure....
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Gold and silver medals won in Paris!
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
At the 16th Vinalies Internationales, a prestigious international wine competition held in France on 26 February-3 March, Törley’s Chardonnay Brut 2006 sparkling wine won a gold medal, while Chapel Hill...
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(HU) Alternatívákat keresnek a sajtmárkák a dömpingár ellen
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
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With evergreen bags for the environment
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
METRO, SPAR and Tesco urge their customers to quit using disposable plastic shopping bags and switch to environmentally friendly solutions. After every shopping bag sold by METRO Hungary, 5 Forints...
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Dr Bernd Hallier: Retailers know a lot about their customers
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
According to Dr Bernd Hallier, the director of EHI Retail Institute retail is one of the driving forces behind information technology. He told Trade magazin that in Central and Eastern...
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Earth Hour 2010
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
METRO, Unilever and the STI Group all joined WWF’s Earth Hour project and turned the lights off for an hour on 27 March 2010. METRO turned off its column lighting...
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In 2009 cheap cheeses pulled the market
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
As GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan revealed, we bought 12 percent more cheese in 2009 than a year earlier. The average household purchased 16.9 kg of cheese, largely due to an increase...
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With cool calculation
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
Saving energy is the driving force behind innovation in cooling technology. The economical use of cooling equipment results in lower operation costs for retailers. In Hungary, the most important trend...
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New corporate affairs director at BAT Hungary and Austria
Date: 2010-04-27 08:00:00
As of 16 March 2010, Gergely Mikola replaced Bas Tonnaer in the corporate affairs director’s seat at British American Tobacco Magyarország. In the last 6 years the 33-year old new...
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