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Magazine: A significant proportion of households only buy one type of toothpaste

GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan survey reveals that not everyone uses toothpaste: every year eight out of ten households (78 percent) buy the product. In 2011 the toothpaste market remained stable and...

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Management Board of Praktiker AG asks noteholders for a reduction of the interest rate

To support the company’s ongoing restructuring process – as already envisaged with the publication of the restructuring programme end of November 2011 –, Praktiker AG is asking the holders of...

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2012 is the year of peach

The annual Pálinkafestival of Budapest is going to open its gates on 10th May and will close on 13th. Just like in the previous years, visitors get to choose from...

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Tesco in co-operation with Wonderduck Agency

Wonderduck Agency is one of the winners of Tesco's Hostess Agency Tender. The co-operation started on 1st March 2012 and will be closed on 31st December 2013....

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Henkel develops reworkable underfill

In today’s electronic devices such as smartphones there are numerous complex engineering components. Expanding on its portfolio of advanced underfill materials, Henkel has developed Loctite UF3810, a new underfill technology...

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The small breweries enrich selection

The small breweries in Hungary enrich the domestic supply of the beer market, with producing beer specialties. Their production is 0.2 percent of the total annual Hungarian beer production –...

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Experts consider the retail sales growth as a positive turning point

Experts consider the January increase of retail sales as a positive turning point, but they also draw attention that it is not yet possible to conclude a year-round process from...

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KSH: retail sales increased in January

The retail sales volume in January of this year was 0.6 percent above the same period of the previous year; sales increase in food stores, as well as in the...

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The Hungaricum Association initiates changes to the bill

The Hungaricum Association (Husz) initiates the change of the hungaricum bill, because they do not see that the financial basis of the administration is insured – said Birinyi József, President...

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The EU and national competition authority also examine the Auchan, Cora acquisition

The Competition Authority (GVH) does not decide it yet to ask Brussels for the right of authorization  in the Auchan, Cora acquisition. The domestic subsidiary of the French Auchan announced...

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Unicum Plum: a novelty from Zwack

At Hungary's first bitter master course, Zwack Sándor presented Unicum’s latest product the Unicum plum. The beverage specialty is a real world novelty. It is the first herbal liqueur, which...

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Auchan can be profitable in 2014

Auchan Hungary Kft. closed last year with a 7.6 billion HUF loss, due to the significant tax burden, and the high amortization, but if the crisis tax will be terminated...

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Three Grand Gold Medals were given the at the Veszprém County Competition of Bottled Wines

Three wines were awarded with Grand Gold Medals at the Veszprém County Competition of Bottled Wines at the competition of the Chamber of Agriculture of Veszprém County. 77 wineries took...

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Avalanche researchers studies the changes in ice cream

Avalanche experts are helping to study how ice cream's structure changes when it is stored in a household freezer. Samples of ice cream have been scanned with an X-ray machine...

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Free number to call if foodchain-safety irregularities found

Starting from 26th March 2012, the National Foodchain-safety Authority (NÉBIH) will offer a green number free of charge to call for citizens finding an irregularities. The launch of the service...

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Magazine: Let them play!

Last time we were focusing on games, this time we try to analyse their social aspects. Let’s start with introducing a few playful programmes and sales increasing ideas. Traditional food-wine...

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PayU conquers Europe

The Polish Platnosci.pl system owned by PayU SA, being the leader of the domestic online payment market, enters new European countries. Together with expansion, the company implements a new image-building...

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Do everything to avoid fat food!

Television adverts for food high in fat, sugar and salt should not be shown before the 9pm watershed, according to Scotland's public health minister. Michael Matheson has written to UK...

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Abraham hams by Zimbo

From January 2012, Abraham-hams from Germany are being distributed by Zimbo Perbál Ltd. in Hungary. The brothers Rolf and Jürgen Abraham founded a ham smoking company in Moisburg near Buxtehude....

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Tesco is looking for new regional suppliers in Szolnok

Tesco is about to move on to learn about even more Hungarian suppliers within the compass of their Regional Suppliers’ Forum. The next forum will take place in Szolnok, on...

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The banks accept the Széchenyi Rest Cards of the other banks

After months of negotiations, the Széchenyi Rest Card issuer banks made their terminals permeable, which can improve the popularity of the new cafeteria device. The number of workers, who have...

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Czech tourists like the Budapest Spring

Budapest, as well as the Hungarian thermal baths and spas are the most popular tourist destinations of the Czechs in the spring – shows the analysis of Association of Czech...

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The market of household chemicals and cosmetics remained 300 billion HUF

Household chemicals and cosmetics retail sales amounted to 300 billion HUF between March 2011 and Febrary 2012, the same extent as last year. According to Nielsen’s Retail Index, stores sold...

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Pro Europe initated EU inquiry in connection with the environment protection product fee

The Pro Europe organization sent an another complaint letter to the European Commission in connection with the conversion of the Hungarian environment protection product fee. The Pro Europe in its...

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Campaign for the native regional fruit species

Rural Development Minister Fazekas Sándor has signed the regulation on the propagation and distribution of the native regional fruit species. The regional fruit species will be added to the National...

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NGM: nearly 6 percent real wage increase in 2011

The average national economy net earnings in 2011 increased by 9.9 percent, compared to the previous year. Beside a 3.9 percent inflation, it is a 5.8 percent real income growth...

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IAB Hungary: 30.4 billion was spent on online advertising last year

According to the datas of IAB Hungary: last year, the companies spent 30.4 billion HUF on online advertising, which is 3.2 billion and 12 percent higher than in the previous...

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The Balatoni Crown voucher has been introduced

Navracsics Tibor Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Public Administration placed the voucher that is replacing money on the market. The Balatoni Crown is the first system, which operates...

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Tesco's food safety practices meet the food safety standards

Official controls were initated in connection with Tesco’s meat treatment practices, because of the news heard in the media, but the controls did not reveal any abnormalities in the controlled...

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Food trade and drugstores also benefited from the OTC turnover in Germany

The retail sales of nonprescription drugs and medicinal preparations (OTC) reached 8 billion euros in Germany last year. According to Nielsen market research company; this is a  2 percent increase...

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