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Hungary manufacturing PMI rises to 52.5 % in March

The rate of the March growth was smaller than in the same month of 2007 (59.0), and equals the increase detected in March 2006. According to the Hungarian Association of...

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Design Awards for the FMCG sector

The in Hungary 3 years old DesignRoom magazin found a Design Award for companies who use design as value added on the products and in communications too. This is the...

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Nielsen's first experiences by Aldi in Poland

The first stores of the German discount chain were opened on West and South part of Poland, the offer was more than 900 kind of products, 95% of them FMCG....

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Twice more experiences for MOL and WestEnd cardholders

The basic customers of two companies can enjoy the synergies of programs' from April. Mol has more than 500,000 basic customers, WestEnd has 23,000 cardholders. From this month the cardholders...

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Henkel Art.Award. for Contemporary Drawing

Entries for the Henkel Art.Award.2008 are to be sent by June 8, 2008 at the latest (date of postmark) to your local Henkel office.   The prize winner will be...

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Delhaize Group'Acquires 14 Supermarkets in Romania

The Belgian international food retailer paied 18.6 million euros for the La Fourmi chain.   La Fourmi was the first supermarket chain to open in Bucharest in 1992. For 2007,...

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3th City Spar opens soon

The company believes in downtown stores, where people don't need a car to shop, its next unit will be in centre of Szeged on Szechenyi square. Spar bought the Plus...

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Tesco puts Fresh & Easy rollout on hold

With almost 60 stores now open since its launch in November 2007, Tesco has taken the decision to take a three month break from opening any new Fresh & Easy...

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Pernod Ricard wins €5.63bn for Absolut Vodka

Pernod beat off the favourite Fortune Brands, the American maker of Jim Beam, along with Bacardi and an investment group controlled by the Wallenberg family.  Pernod, whose portfolio of brands...

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Also Schlecker spyes employees

Union representatives are claiming a second large German chain, Schlecker, has been watching its employees through spyholes. Workers at the discount drugstore have reported that store detectives and security staff...

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Cantaloupe from Honduras brought Salmonella outbreak in the US and Canada

The FDA advises that U.S. grocers, food service operators and produce processors remove from their stock any cantaloupes grown packed and shipped from this country.  Based on current information, the...

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Voice of Entrepreneurs association in spring time

It's the third event series round in Hungary about questions concerning the domestic entrepreneurs. This year tax decrising and transparency of tax system is on the table. National Association of...

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Tchibo Family presentes: Espresso Album by Varadi Roma Cafe

Hungary's most loved expresso sponsors the Varade Roma Cafe concert on 26th April in Budapest at Laszlo Papp Sportarena.   The concerts seems to be a unique, the stage has...

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Merci Petits in Heart form box for Mother's Day

This sweet present is worthy suvenir for moms. There are new tastes in the festive pack. Aside the classic flower bouquet merci Petits in heart form box is the right...

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Aldi starts with 17 stores in Hungary

The discount chain opens its units midle April. The company offers firt of all privat label products, 10-20 of them weekly twice on action price. According to press information there...

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Extra reports for Microsoft Dynamics users

LLP signed an agreement with the Dutch Jet Reports office to sell its business solutions in Hungary.  LLP from now deliveres many Jet Reports solutions to compliment  Microsoft Dynamics offering....

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At first European can taste Coca-Cola's RTD coffees

The Coca-Cola Co. is launching three premium coffee beverages in Europe under a partnership with Trieste, Italy's illycaffè first announced in October 2007. The sale beginns in April in 10...

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Hungarian economy will bottom out from the last year’s “growth hole”

According to the forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank the internal and external balance of the economy will improve further considerably in 2008.  The...

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Carlsberg Discussing Sale Of Turkish Unit

Carlsberg has revealed that it is in talks to sell its 95.65% stake in Turkish unit Turk Tuborg TBORG.IS to Israel-based Central Bottling Company Group (CBC). The Danish brewer said...

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Metro's Extra Disposal Cleared

The German cartel office has unconditionally approved retail group Metro's disposal of its Extra supermarket chain to Rewe. The 245 Extra chain stores that generate E1.6bn in revenue will be...

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Nestle's New Chinese Factory to Triple Ice-Cream Output

Nestle opened a new ice-cream factory in the Chinese city of Guangdong this week as part of its bid to increase its market share in the country. The 22,000-sq-m plant...

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Stockmann To Open First Department Store In Lithuania

Finnish retailer Stockmann said it plans to open its first department store in Lithuania after signing a preliminary lease agreement for a unit in a new shopping centre in the...

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Unemployment grow in Hungary

In the period of December 2007–February 2008, the number of employed people was 3,855 thousand and the number of unemployed people was 337 thousand, which meant an nemployment rate of...

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Ban British finance minister from pubs

A blogger-led internet campaign aiming to ban British finance minister Alastair Darling from U.K. pubs after he raised alcohol taxes appears to be making headway.   The campaign to prevent...

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Ban on smoking?

According to Ágnes Horváth, minister of health, her ministry will submit the bill for the amendment of the law on the protection of non-smokers to parliament by the end of...

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Pasta Wednesday

Gyermelyi Pasta Wednesday is a promotion for restaurant guests. Pasta fans will be able to sample Gyermelyi specialities in 300 restaurants at half the normal prices on 16. April. This...

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Date Swedes and drink beer with Romanians!

A survey has been prepared about European beer culture by the market researchers Added Value for SABMiller. 7,500 consumers have been interviewed in 15 European countries for the survey. There...

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What really matters is inside

When we see that the interior of a supermarket that we regularly visit has been completely redesigned, we usually feel that it takes us longer to find the products we...

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Carte d’Or Vanília

Nothing is as original and delicious as Carte d’Or, which is made using only quality ingredients and creative and exciting recipes, with all the passion of creation. Agency: McCann Erickson...

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Szentkirályi over 5 billion

Total revenues of Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. exceeded HUF 5 billion in 2007, with an increase of 16 per cent compared to 2006. They are planning to reach 6 billion this...

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