News and articles
Tchibo Plaza Roadshow
Date: 2013-06-20 10:18:14
In April-May and June-July 2012 Tchibo and Wonderduck organised out-of-store activities in 6 Budapest shopping centres (Westend, Mammut, Árkád, MOM, Aréna, and KÖKI Terminál). New Caffisimo coffee machines and Tchibo...
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5 million by ALDI via Red Cross goes to flood-victims
Date: 2013-06-20 10:04:10
ALDI Hungary has offered a product-palette of 5 million HUF to those affected by the floods, including food products as well as toilet paper and cleaning accesoires. The company has...
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TerraCyle: the Hungarian cigfag-collecting goes on
Date: 2013-06-20 09:58:20
TerraCycle is a private U.S. small business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. It makes consumer products from pre- and post-consumer waste (“upcycling”) and reusing other waste materials TerraCycle began with...
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The 3rd Budavár Beer Festival was a success
Date: 2013-06-20 09:08:43
The 3rd Beer Festival in the Castle of Buda proved to be a success on the last weekend of the summer: nearly 44 thousand visitors tasted 150 thousand pins of...
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Household chemicals and cosmetics retail increased over 97 billion HUF in the January to April period
Date: 2013-06-19 14:10:29
The retail value of household chemicals and cosmetics were more than 97 billion HUF in the January to April period this year, one percent more than in the same period...
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GfK: a lot of people buy on the web
Date: 2013-06-19 14:00:36
According to the datas of the Digital Connected Consumer study of GfK Hungária, three out of four Hungarian adult internet users have purchased on the web. The Hungarian online purchaser...
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Magazine: Ikon and its icons
Date: 2013-06-19 12:41:13
An excellent PR idea from Debrecen restaurant Ikon: they decided to include in the menu the favourite dishes of the town’s honorary citizens and Pro Urbe award winners. Dishes appear...
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Ipsos: We like online banking
Date: 2013-06-19 12:40:28
According to the international internet survey of Ipsos, 56 percent of the respondents are arranging their banking affairs online. The Hungarian average is slightly lower (47 percent), but Hungary is...
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Unilever helps with Domestos detergents in the disinfection after the flood
Date: 2013-06-19 12:35:26
The Unilever Magyarország donated 10 000 liters of Domestos detergents for the disinfection works to the National Disaster Management Directorate. The organization uses the donation for the disinfection works in...
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EU food safety rules to be rectified
Date: 2013-06-19 12:30:27
The European Union's food safety – animal and plant health – system as well standards for regulations on reproductive materials are world class, but the new challenges require continuous modernization...
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The base price of milk has changed
Date: 2013-06-19 12:25:03
The Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization decided at its meeting on 13 June 2013 to modify its projection from 90 HUF to 94 HUF for the quta year, lasting from...
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Brand new GS1 Service with Brandbank product datas
Date: 2013-06-19 12:10:38
The Internet, the social networking and the mobile technology advancements have transformed the way in which manufacturers, retailers, brand owners can connect with consumers. In addition, the brand owners’ dream...
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The MNV Zrt. and the National Foreign Trade Office have signed a cooperative agreement
Date: 2013-06-19 12:00:19
The Hungarian State Holding Company (MNV) and the National Foreign Trade Agency (HITA) have signed a cooperative agreement in order to join the activities of the two cooperations and in...
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New York’s Mayor is dreaming of a mandatory food waste recycling system
Date: 2013-06-19 11:00:23
Michael R. Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor after his efforts repressing sugary soft drinks, ban smoking in parks and the promotion of cycling announced the plans of voluntary, later mandatory food...
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Summer recipe competition for playful gourmands
Date: 2013-06-19 10:56:54
It's not quite the expected move from the side of a washing soap-manufacturing brand, but the new Jar Platinum is being promoted by a gastronomical competition built around personal recipe-collections....
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SPAR and INTERSPAR receives Superbrands again
Date: 2013-06-19 10:45:47
The brands SPAR és INTERSPAR are receiving the prestigeous Superbrands award for the fifth time. The company is honoured to keep up with the high quality standards the award requires,...
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Technological breakthrough with Ariel
Date: 2013-06-19 10:45:25
With Ariel, clothes became white and bright with much less effort. With further innovations like Ariel's activated bleach, and the introduction of an Ariel liquid detergent that helped protect colours...
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Lidl is putting down its succes to their Hungarian products
Date: 2013-06-19 10:40:23
Lidl is the sixth on Nielsen's top list of retailers, and it keeps aiming for an even higher position to keep a dynamic growth. The company is convinced that the...
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Chipsmap: how do different nations like their chips?
Date: 2013-06-19 10:37:05
Did you know that Hungarians like their chips with sour cream, while Germans are crazy about Hungarian-style chips? Chio has put together a European flavour-map so that you can have...
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This year, 28 hotels and 5 restaurants applied for the Hungarian Tourism Quality Award
Date: 2013-06-19 10:35:28
This year, 28 hotels and 5 restaurants applied for the Hungarian Tourism Quality Award, which was announced by the Hungarian Tourism (MT) Ltd. for the eight time this year –...
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Czerván: the new fruit and vegetable sector strategy will be completed within weeks
Date: 2013-06-18 12:35:45
The fruit and vegetable sector strategy will be completed within weeks and will be submitted to the Parliament no later than the fall session. One of the important objectives of...
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The NAV has issued three thousand licenses until now
Date: 2013-06-18 12:21:29
Until now 4525, tobacco retail license applications were submitted to the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV), and 3021 licenses were issued – the NAV told MTI on Tuesday. The...
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New taxes due to the delay?
Date: 2013-06-18 12:15:35
The analyst of the Buda-Cash believes that Varga Mihály, Minister of National Economy’s additional tax raising measures are necessary, because of the delay of the online cah registers and e-toll....
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Average earnings in the first half of the year
Date: 2013-06-18 12:12:16
In January-April, the average gross earnings were an average 3.4, percent higher than in the same period of last year, while net earnings calculated without taking the family allowances into...
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EU’s cohesion and agricultural policies are before new challenges
Date: 2013-06-18 12:10:47
The EU's common agricultural policy has a more than 60 years of history, it is one of the oldest community policy – Feldman Zsolt, Deputy Minister of State at the...
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Religious orders for the preservation of fruit species
Date: 2013-06-18 12:10:38
The assumption sisters and the Jesuit order have joined to the ombudsman’s initative that aims the conservation and recovery of traditional Hungarian species – the Fundamental Rights Commissioner's Office told...
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Judgment is expected later this year in case of the special tax on retail
Date: 2013-06-18 12:00:26
The European Court of Justice’s judgment in the case of special tax on the retail activity in Hungary is expected later this year- Lehóczki Balázs, colleague of the press department...
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Prime European property values stabilise in Q1 2013
Date: 2013-06-18 11:30:47
Following an exceptional quarter of investment into European property, where transactional volumes reached the highest level since 2008, values across the Continent have stabilised in Q1 2013, according to new...
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The majority of Hungarians are having vacation in Hungary
Date: 2013-06-18 10:50:28
Nearly 40 percent of households are planning a trip in the 2013 season. This is a 3.9 points higher result than a year earlier. The majority of the domestic tourists...
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Magazine: What happens to menu cards?
Date: 2013-06-18 10:38:20
Menu cards and drink lists show what is on offer and help guests decide what to order. Austrian daily Der Standard asked readers: Why do waiters take menu cards away...
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