Company and Personal News
Hungary manufacturing PMI fall 6 percentage
Date: 2008-03-04 00:00:00
Following a leap in January, Hungary's purchasing manager index plummeted to 50.6 points in February. The Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (HALPIM), the publisher of the...
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Acting in concert against forgery can decrease the black economy
Date: 2008-03-04 00:00:00
The new founded organisation's first assigment is to build a concentrated database. The Hungarian Corporation Against Forgery has a HUF 75 million budget for this year, members are six ministries,...
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Sales and profit increased at InBev in 2007
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
InBev NV, the world's largest brewer, said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on gains from selling real estate and tripled its dividend. Net income rose to 2.2 billion euros...
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Coffee prises on 10 years top
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
Prises must be grow in Hungary too, Sara Lee started to increase in February, Tchibo only in summer. According to ACNielsen last year 26.7 million kilos coffee was sold in...
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From June only from Hungarian Fruits and only in Hungary can make Palinka
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
The Hungarian Parliament talk about Palinka Regulation in March. According to the new laws proceed can be started against who abuses with the Hungaricum's name. The new regulation – starts...
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No tumult at cash desks
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
According to communique of Hungarian Trade Association customers and cashiers succesful resolved the first day of roundings. Gyorgy Vamos, president of the assotiation said, no fights, loud bickerings destroyed the...
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Britain preffers not the complete ban
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
Shops could be forced by law to charge for handing out plastic bags unless they agree to impose the fees voluntarily, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned in a hard-hitting...
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Administration of liquidation started at one of M.E.G.A Trade Companies
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
The company group's Dis Kereskedelemi Kft. was famous after relabeling action in 2006. As known at company's plant in Budaors more thousands kilos of food was relabeld in 2006. When...
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Economic growth in Hungary only in H2
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
According to a GKI 's forecast elaborated in co-operation with Erste Bank Hungary's economy will eventually get out of the slump it fell into in 2007. Following a huge downturn...
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The economic confidence in the euro zone sank to a two-year low
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
The economic sentiment indicator in the euro zone, which has been on a downward path since mid-2007, stood at 100.1 in February, down by 1.6 points from that in January....
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Hungary's industrial PPI accelerates to 3% m/m, 4.3% yr/yr in Jan
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
Hungary's industrial producer price inflation ticked up to 3.0% month on month in January from 0.4% in Dec 2007, and rose 4.3% year on year against an 1.6% growth in...
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Less bottles, more cans
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The market share of canned beers continues to grow, while less beer is sold in bottles, as price seems to be more important for consumers than the environment....
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Youthful consumption
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to the findings of a Nielsen survey conducted in 42 countries, the general attitude of society becoming more “youthful” has an effect on consumption. For example, people in their...
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Natural brunette is in, but blonde is still popular
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The segment of hair dyes has been expanding for years. Natural colours are the present trend. Marketing budgets of sufficient size play an important role in the present expansion. Competition...
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Large supermarkets dominant in Switzerland
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to a Nielsen consumer survey, the Swiss visit supermarkets or hyper markets 17 times per month on average and are willing to travel relatively long distances in order to...
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Gyermelyi tészta
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
A film about the irresistible attraction to Gyermelyi. The product is used as bait: the smart restaurant owner is eating Gyermelyi in the restaurant window… And success follows. Agency: Well...
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New officers for Maspex
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Marek Bucior was appointed general director of Maspex Olympos Kft. on 23. January. He has been working for Maspex Wadowice Group for 8 years, first in Poland and later in...
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Body care for older generations
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
As European societies are ageing, manufacturers are increasingly turning their attention the over 50 age group. Dove is a good example of this trend. – We believe that older age...
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Dynamic expansion in the market of electric toothbrushes
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Retail sales of toothpaste show stagnation, though sales grew by 5 per cent in terms of value last year and approached HUF 10 billion.. The sales of toothbrushes declined somewhat...
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Flour and cooking oil on top of the price wave
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Consumer prices rose by 0.4 per cent in December 2007, while prices were up by 7.4 per cent compared to the same month in 2006. Inflation had slowed down during...
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Recipes in Interspar stores
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Spar Magyarország Kft. has a new service for its customers. They offer a wide range of continuously up-dated recipes in 29 Interspar hyper markets from 17. January to 31. December....
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The life over 50
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
According to Csaba Iglódi, head of the communication agency NetAktív, many start a new life over 50 with different ideas and expectations than had been common in the past. An...
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Nice combinations by toothpaste brands
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The majority of the Hungarian population consumes only three tubes of toothpaste and a single toothbrush per year. The overall size of the market hardly shows any change. According to...
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When the inspectors come
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
In recent months, we have seen numerous reports about “dawn raids”, unexpected inspections carried out by the Business Competition Office (GVH). As such raids can be carried out without prior...
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Multibrand
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Manage wisely! promotion Agency: Human Telex/Phd Customer: Unilever Magyarország Kft. Product: Multibrand (Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Flora, Cif, Coccolino, Baba, Sunsilk, Signal, Amodent, Floraszept, Rexona, Rama, Globus, Delma, Delikát8, Bertolli, Lipton)...
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Brand campaign a priority
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
The Hungarian Brands Association organised its ninth campaign in February 2008. 10 popular brands – of Beiersdorf, EVM, Henkel, Kométa, Magyar Cukor, Procter&Gamble, Reckitt-Benckiser, Sara Lee Unilever – appeared on...
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True innovation brings profit and distinction
Date: 2008-02-29 08:00:00
Two-thirds of German households are open to buying new products for trial and 83 per cent of Nielsen clients in Germany list innovation among their top three priorities. Innovation is...
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