Company and Personal News
TESCO reduces water consumption in UK
Date: 2008-12-05 00:00:00
According to The Grocer, Tesco has reduced its water consumption by 40% in 28 UK stores through the use of rainwater capturing technologies. Engineers have installed tanks underneath new stores...
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Hungarians buy electronic equipments for Christmas
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
According to LG non-exclusive research customers know what they want to buy, wich brand and dont save money and time to find the best present. LG Electronics Hungary made a...
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Delhaize Mega-Image developing in Romania
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
According to reports in the Romanian press, Delhaize-owned Mega-Image is to focus its 2009 expansion strategy on Bucharest where the retailer plans to open eight stores next year. By the...
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New Hungarian Webshop on the net
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
C-enter.hu sells 25,000 products of almost 80 companies. C-enter sell since 1999 IT products, its website were visited by most than 10,000 unique users – said Zoltan Csaki, CEO for...
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New communication director at BAT Hungary
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
Zsofia Balatoni follows Agnes Tulik, who left the firm after 5 month work. The specialist worked before as the company's CSR director. Zsofia Balatoni (32) graduaeted at the common course...
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Hungarian prefer domestic products
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
More than half of the consumer would pay more for Hungarian products – according to a survey, reported by Edit Herczog EP politician, consumer protection specialist. According to the research...
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Raid on the Jozsefvarosi market
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
In frame of the Sparkle consumer protection action policemen, tax revisors, food safety and workprotection specialists, excisemen arrived at the market. 90 inspector made almost 100 control, in every second...
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Stella Artois's Museum+ program won Summa Artium Projekt Award
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
The jurey awarded Stella Artois and Museum of Fine Arts's common palmary program. In frame of the Museum+ Program Museum of Fine Arts invites visitors on Thursday evenings, with longer...
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Szentkiralyi Mineral Water on new wawes
Date: 2008-12-04 00:00:00
From December the mineral water brand steped into cosmetic industry with two new crem. Szentkiralyi – who belongs the licence- developed the „Vizek kremje” (Top of the cremes) hand and...
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More expensive foods – less consumption in Europe
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
According to a research by Nielsen in 21 European countries, in 11 countries people buy less food as before. In the 3. quater such countries came on the list as...
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New Cafeteria Card by OTP
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
The multifunction card can be used by several fringe benefits. The OTP group started with OTP cafeteria Card on 1th December 2008. This special card can be used trough POS...
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Tesco Sales slowling
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
Tesco PLC reported its worst U.K. sales performance since the 1990s and slashed its capital-expenditure plans in an effort to preserve cash, as the economic downturn continued to hit retailers...
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Angry retailers
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Trade Association, the Agricultural Ministry wants to make retailers pay dear because of the lack of competitive strength of domestic agriculture production. Last week the ministry...
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Price of industry jumped
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office the domestic sales prices of industry rose by 1.2% in October 2008 compared to the previous month and were 13.2% higher than in October...
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Investments in manufacturing were down
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
In the third quarter of 2008 the volume of investments in the national economy– on the basis of preliminary data – decreased by 2.3% compared to the same period of...
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INKU is bankrupt
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
According to report in Hungarian daily Nepszabadsag, on an Austrian provincial court on Tuesday officially started the bankruptcy proceeding against INKU – also in the Hungary interested furnishings store chain....
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Latin America Grows in Popularity as Trade Partner
Date: 2008-12-03 00:00:00
According to a 2008 survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, undertaken on behalf of Atradius, the leading global credit insurer, the countries of Latin America continue to be attractive markets...
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Morakert plans franchise shops
Date: 2008-12-02 00:00:00
The non-profit based Morakert wants to focus on its core business, to admit, proceed, package and sale the fresh vegetables and fruits from the farmers. Morakert was founded in 1996,...
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Retail Sales Expected To Grow Over Christmas Despite October Drop
Date: 2008-12-02 00:00:00
The German retail association, HDE, has said it expects Christmas sales to grow by 1% year-on-year, despite news that sales fell in October due to lower consumer spending. Citing a...
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Hungarian eat less Christmas sweets
Date: 2008-12-02 00:00:00
According to GfK survey last year the market of Chirstmas chocolates and candless decreased, also the number of consumer and the bought volume pro person was less. Hungarians bought 10%...
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Costa Coffee presedes Starbucks in Budapest
Date: 2008-12-02 00:00:00
The Italian-started, UK-based coffee chain is to open its first two cafés in December. The company, via Lapker Zrt. that sealed a franchise deal with Costa Coffee, will in the...
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Cadbury closed its Budapest Office
Date: 2008-12-02 00:00:00
The company makes a new distribution system, from 1th February 2009 one distributor will responsible for all Cadbury products sold in Hungary. Last years Cadbury invested huge money for promoting...
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Supermarkets against the plastic bag in Britain
Date: 2008-12-02 00:00:00
Britain's biggest supermarkets say they are on course to reduce by half their use of plastic bags by Easter. Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Waitrose are making progress in cutting the...
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New Praktiker stores in Bekescsaba and Szekesfehervar
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
The Bekescsaba unit is the 18th of the chain, but also the warehouse in Szekesfehervar will be open before Christmas. The smallest unit in Bekescsaba has 4200 sqm retail area...
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10. Buy Nothing Day in Budapest
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
Some two dozen environmental activists marched down Budapest's pedestrian Vaci Street, pushing shopping carts to mark the annually held Buy Nothing Day on Friday. Each year there are more goods...
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Money for e-commerce developing from the government
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
Only Hungarian SMEs and micro entrepreneurs can take part in the tender, also commerce chambels and interest group organs are welcome. There are several tenders in progress in Hungary that...
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Hungary second on tops list of CEE shoplifters
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
A new study conducted by the British Centre for Retail Research revealed that Czechs top the list of Central and Eastern Europe’s biggest shoplifters. Published Nov. 12, the 80-page report...
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European Food-chain Parliament
Date: 2008-12-01 00:00:00
Members come from all segment of food sector from farmers to processors, retailers, quality controllers, consumer protection organisations etc. The Central Agriculture Office Food and Feed Safety Directorate (CAOFFSD) organized...
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