Company and Personal News
Every fifth turkey is exported from Hungary
Date: 2010-09-27 00:01:52
The Hungarian turkey sector constantly loses its position in the last six years, but it is still dominant at the European and even at the world market – states the...
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Auchan employs disabled persons
Date: 2010-09-27 00:01:05
Auchan Hungary employs hundreds of disabled workers in its 12 stores from 2010, as cashiers, hostesses or salesmen. Auchan Hungary has signed a cooperation agreement with Work Force Kft., personnel...
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The new provisions of Pálinka distillation enter into force today
Date: 2010-09-27 00:01:05
The new excise tax rules of own and rented distilling enter into the force on Monday. An annual fifty liters of distillate of 86 degrees for own consumption is tax...
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Pasta factory to be built in Verpelét
Date: 2010-09-27 00:00:25
A specialized, frozen, stuffed pasta factory is being manufactured in Verpelét, with a base area of 5400 square meters. The investment may give jobs to 150-200 people. The investment will...
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The Benedictines are building a mineral water bottling plant
Date: 2010-09-27 00:00:05
The Bencés Ásványvíz Palackozó és Kereskedelmi Kft. (the Benedictine Mineral Water and Trade Ltd.) will build a mineral water bottling plant in Ravazd, with 80 million HUF costs. The company...
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The new Széchenyi Card Investment Loan started from the 1st of September
Date: 2010-09-24 00:09:55
The Hungarian government plans to support the micro, small and medium enterprise sector in order to recover the economy. With the three element of the Széchenyi Card Program (current account,...
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B & P, Braun & Partners made brand rankings in another country
Date: 2010-09-24 00:07:25
In Hungary the cult domestic brand, the Pöttyös Túró Rudi finished on the top of the rankings, while in Romania, the Coca Cola is the most powerful brand. The twelve...
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VEX and UX: The GKI – Microsoft competitiveness and environmental indices
Date: 2010-09-24 00:03:12
The Competitiveness Index (VEX) decreased in Romania, in the second quarter, compared to the previous, while in the other countries increased, with the most in Poland. The business environment index...
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World trade turnover declined in July
Date: 2010-09-24 00:01:25
According to the datas of CPB; World trade turnover decreased by 0.8 percent in July, which suggests that the economic recovery has lost momentum. World trade declined in July, the...
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The website of Mars has been renewed
Date: 2010-09-24 00:01:02
Mars Hungary uptated its website with richer informations, international and domestic corporate news and with raising awareness examples in September 2010. The focus remains on the five principles ensuring the...
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Henkel strengthened its leading position in the sustainability ranking
Date: 2010-09-24 00:00:58
Henkel, had been included to the Dow Jones global sustainability index (DJSI World) and to the Dow Jones Europe Sustainability Index (DJSI Europe) for the fourth time. The company is...
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The 23-meter-high warehouse was built in three weeks
Date: 2010-09-24 00:00:21
In Hungary, a growing need occured for the Leier custom-made concrete elements, that are fast, economical, flexible in both vision and building construction methods. The custom-made concrete elements of Leier...
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MINI Cooper design with Coca-Cola light
Date: 2010-09-24 00:00:01
The Coca-Cola light continues last year’s highly successful Fashion Designer program with Car Designer program this year. This time, the design of a white Mini Cooper can be planned with...
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Illusory retail sales growth
Date: 2010-09-23 00:04:31
The interviewed analysts explain the small retail sales growth of this July, with the increase of VAT last year. The volume of retail sales in July rose for the first...
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Sugar beet production is worth in Hungary
Date: 2010-09-23 00:04:09
The one and only Hungarian sugar factory produces 120 thousand tons of sugar this year, which is more than the quota of the European Union. The Magyar Cukorgyár Zrt. (Hungarian...
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One billion support for the school milk program
Date: 2010-09-23 00:04:01
Compared to this year's 400 million HUF, the government will support the school milk program with over one billion HUF next year, although a few years ago, the support was...
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Törley and György-Villa wine auction successes
Date: 2010-09-23 00:03:04
Another record was set up on the charity wine auction of the 19th Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival. The total amount of 3 million 300 thousand HUF was offered...
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Smaller apple yield Europe-wide
Date: 2010-09-23 00:01:01
This year, the apple will certainly getting more expensive, because one third of the expected crop was damaged by storms and pests. The are also problems with quality, because a...
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Tesco does not launch a web store in Hungary yet
Date: 2010-09-23 00:00:25
While Tesco launches its online store in Poland and in the Czech Republic next year, in Hungary we should wait for Tesco’s webstore. According to Philip Clarke future CEO of...
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Kométa debuted with a new TV spot
Date: 2010-09-23 00:00:01
The Kométa ’99 ZRt. is working together with a new advertising agency. The Creative Partners won the company’s brand communication commission on a restricted tender, for about two months ago....
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Beer is on top of promotional products’ ranking
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nielsen analyses promotional sales in fifteen food categories in hyper- and supermarkets. Altogether 44 percent of category sales (in value) were realised in promotion in the first half of 2010...
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A ‘thank you’ to customers
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
On 25 August the Tesco Clubcard loyalty programme commenced: after buying something in a Tesco store shoppers receive a point on their personal accounts after every HUF 200 spent. When...
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All brands fight dandruff
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The hair care market improved in value, but there was a decrease in volume. Anti-dandruff products still have the biggest market share, followed by dry hair and dyed hair products....
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Hungarian consumers plan their shopping in advance
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Hungarian shoppers are some of the most conscious in Eastern Europe: 82 percent of our compatriots say they plan their shopping in advance. More than half of Hungarian shoppers (55...
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We like to buy chilled candy bars for our children
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, the consumption of chilled candy bars is closely connected to the presence of children in the family. While families with children are responsible for buying...
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Heineken Hungária’s new CEO
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From SeptembervOladele Ajayi is the new CEO of Heineken Hungária. The first African manager in the Heineken Group to lead a Central European member company came from Nigeria. He studied...
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‘Let us do something for children together’ programme was a success in 2010
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The ‘Let us do something for children together’ programme ended and HUF 18,482,473 was collected. Danone Kft. has been helping the rehabilitation and healthy eating of children with cancer for...
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Facing innovations
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The facial care category managed to grow, but the market share of cheaper and private label products increased in this category too. Branded product manufacturers stepped up their efforts by...
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Consumers did not feel more inclined to buy in the summer either
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to KSH’s quick report, volume sales in retail were down by 4.7 percent in the first six months of 2010 and by 4.6 percent in June, compared to the...
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Demand is shifting towards higher lemon content
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Lemon juice sales decreased in volume but increased in terms of value in the past period. Ágnes Chvojka, Maspex Olympos Kft.’s junior brand manager explained this with this year’s unfavourable...
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