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Brand evolution on a higher level (part 2)

Last time (Trade magazin 12/2012) we analysed people’s relationship with brands using the metaphor of basic human relations. The main question now is what kind of marketing activity we can...

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Dream job from Tourism Australia, but you'll need to work it

IT'S one of Australia's newest dream jobs, but be warned, if you're expecting to relax on an island paradise sipping cocktails and watching dolphins glide through the water, you're in...

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Happy Fish at the “Happy guest” hotel

After a hard day on the road to get to a long-winded meeting with boring colleagues you just need cheering up. Waiting in your hotel room, you need someone to...

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Wine-tasting in an advanced way

What if you want to get the taste of a wide range of premium wines, but you do not want to buy a huge bottle? WineSide has a great idea...

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If a chef is travelling – Video of the day

Anthony Bourdain's new show Parts Unknown premieres April 14th, and today CNN has both a preview clip of the show and an interview with Bourdain. First up, Bourdain explains how...

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Wizz Air launches its Budapest-Baku flight on 17th June

Hungarian WizzAir Company will launch Budapest-Baku-Budapest flight on 17th June, 2013, said the WizzAir’s Director Gyorgy Abran. According to him, the ticket sale has already started from today: “The flights...

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Grüne Woche in Berlin (part 2): Coffee, the poor and the rich

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, member of the Nestlé Group’s board of directors told in Berlin that the company would like to double its revenue from coffee sales in the next ten years....

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Lidl will sell more than 900 Hungarian products

By the end of 2014 Lidl will increase the proportion of their Hungarian products from 54 to 60 percent. Our magazine asked Jenő Grósz, Lidl Hungary’s chairman of the board...

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A growing number of Hungarians use their mobile phone for price comparison

A recent study by Nielsen emphasises that the mobile phone is the most important communication device and medium for many people. Although mobile shopping is still in an early stage...

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Winter destroyed two million hectares of Russian crops

Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) help to make business decisions. The latest forecasts from the International Grains Council (IGC) revealed...

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SPAR – among the leaders in online marketing

SPAR Hungary has been active in the field of online marketing since 2011, utilising the opportunities created by the internet and relying on the wide range of tools offered by...

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Bisnode: the decline in consumption continues to affect the businesses badly

The bankruptcy rate of companies dealing with producing food, beverage and tobacco product, dealing with automotive trade, retailing and hospitality increased between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, compared...

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GfK: financial thinking and risk-taking are not only determined by the available income

In autumn 2012, GfK Hungária examined the thinking, the needs and the expectations of affluent bank customers who have higher than average incomes. The key finding of the research was:...

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Awakening optimism among SMEs

A clear improvement in sentiment can be experienced among the domestic SMEs, whereas following last year’s uncertainty K&H’s SME confidence index started to increase significantly. Optimism can be mainly explained...

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BGF: fresh graduates earn 100-150 thousand forints in trade and catering

92 percent of the trade and catering enterprises are employing fresh graduates, with a typically 100-150 thousand HUF net starting wage. These fresh graduates are starting their careers for mostly...

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Production has started in Nestlé’s new factory in Bük

Production has started in Nestlé Purina’s enlarged factory in Bük. As the part of the 13 billion HUF worth investment, the four new production lines will double the pet food...

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One and a half billion HUF worth donations from the Food Bank

The Hungarian Food Bank Association distributed more than 5,000 tons of food donations worth 1.5 billion HUF in 2012, throught its 520 partners organizations. Thus, food packages were ditributed at...

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Fidesz: new tobacco shop tender for the smaller municipalities

Just as it was envisaged, the national tobacco shops will open in the summer, while the National Non-Profit Commercial Tobacco Co. annunces a new tobacco shop tender for the smaller...

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The Downtown Cheese Festival debuts with cheese auction and open-view kitchen shows

Cheese-making courses, open kitchen and cheese auction will await the guests of the 1st Downtown Cheese Festival (Belvárosi Sajtfesztivál) from Friday to Sunday at the Erzsébet square in Budapest. The...

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Online retail: development and restructuring

More and more people choose online shopping in Hungary – revealed a comprehensive market survey conducted by Olcsóbbat.hu and UNAS, with the participation of more than 2,000 online shops. 68...

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Fringe benefits: Széchenyi Rest Card leads closely followed by the Erzsébet-voucher

According to the analysis based on the answers of more than 30,000 employees, the Széchenyi Rest Card has maintained its leading postion on the market of Fringe benefits in 2013with...

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KSH: the guest traffic of the commercial accomodiations increased by 8.2 percent in February

In February, 17.9 percent more foreign guest spent 12.9 percent more guest nights at commercial accomodiations than in the same period of the previous year The number of domestic visitors...

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Extravagant champagne-image

What is a modern set of champagne like? The three dimensional design of Brut Gran Reserva by Torello winery is definitely not a boring piece of artwork…...

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Magic recipe

Those who know me also know that our company has been dealing with premium dairy products and dairy substitutes for nearly 8 years, and with other FMCG products for 20...

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Kraft Foods Hungária goes through a name change soon, too

The North American grocery business will henceforth be known as Kraft Foods Group (KRFT), which represents a name change and new stock ticker symbol. Its global snacks business bears the...

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Lego hotel in the USA

The Legoland Hotel opened in Carlsbad, Calif., Friday. Just outside the front gate of Legoland in California, it’s the first hotel of its kind in North America. The 250 guest...

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Ipsos F&F: Have breakfast like a king … – young people's eating habits

The majority of young people believe that the abundant breakfast, hot lunch, and a lot of fruit is part of everyday eating, but their eating habits are far from ideal....

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The national advertising pie shrank by three percent last year

Domestic advertising spendings shrank by about 2.9 percent last year. On the basis of the datas of the Hungarian Advertising Association, its vale was 174 billion HUF – was said...

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FruitVeB: greenhouse production can increase, due to the easening of the use of thermal energy

In Hungary the volume of vegetables grown in greenhouses can be significantly increased from 200 thousand tons per year to 600 thousand tons by 2020, due to the easening of...

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Vodka and bitters overtook pálinka

Vodka and bitters overtook pálinka on the domestic market of spirits in 2012 – writes [origo], after Magyar Nemzet. The change is due to the excise tax increase. Until 2011,...

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