Company and Personal News
Surprises from 60 year old Tchibo
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Tchibo is celebrating its 60th birthday with several events and surprises in Hungary as well. They will have a nation-wide prize game, with a Volkswagen Golf 6 as the main...
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Faster than average growth in sales of insecticides
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
The market of insecticides expanded by 11 percent in terms of value in the March 2008-February 2009 period, compared to the preceding 12 months, with retail sales exceeding HUF 3.5...
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Euro zone slowing down as well
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
GDP was down by 1.6 percent in the Euro zone countries in the last quarter of 2008, compared to the third quarter, which was more than the anticipated 1.5 percent...
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Private labels on the offensive
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Private labels have been continuously increasing their share in retail sales for years. The assortment of private labels is widening and deepening at the same time. The perception of private...
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Agárdi Pálinkafőzde and its chief distiller world champions
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Agárdi Pálinkafőzde became world champion at the Destillata 2009 competition held in Vienna. The distillery won the title „Distillery of the Year’, while several of its products won “Palinka of...
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Demand shifting towards insect repellents with lower environmental impact
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
As long as insects will continue to exist, insect repellents will have a stable market. However, demand is shifting towards products which have a smaller impact on our environment. As...
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We are first in terms of insolvency in EU
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
According to Zoltán Dercze, director of Coface Hungary, we have the highest percentage of insolvent companies inside the EU. One out of 24 companies existing in January, will not survive...
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László Kiss CEO of Tokaj Kereskedőház Zrt.
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Hungarian State Holding Company selected the homeborn, young wine-grower for the position among thirteen tenderers. The winner conception of the 34 years old tenderer was about assuring the raw material,...
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Completa opening on line café
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
An on line café was opened by Completa in April at the www.completa.hu web site, where a lot of information is available about the brand and the products. Recipes of...
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Mainly domestic chains advertising insecticides
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
According to the GfK Leaflet Monitor, 450 advertisements of insecticides were published in leaflets circulated by retail chains in 2008. Only two of these were private labels. Domestic retail chains...
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Industrial statistics continue to worsen
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Industrial production was down by 25.4 percent in February 2009, compared to the same month in 2008 and by 4.1 percent compared to January 2009. As a result of a...
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Conference about free time
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
The average Hungarian consumer is a workaholic, working even in his/her free time, which means that free time has become more precious than money or commodities. According to the findings...
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Crisis management with efficient communication
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Crises undoubtedly shake the foundations of existing systems and lead to the appearance of better structures. Companies disappear or merge, and unusual solutions are invented, with the survivors benefiting from...
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Milk price hitting bottom
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Supply prices of agricultural products were down by 27.4 percent in February 2009, compared to the same month in 2008. The price of plant products was down by 37.2 percent,...
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Changing Synergon image
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Synergon which turned into a holding company last year has began to .transform its image. The most apparent sign of change is the new logo with new colours which is...
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Companies getting greener
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Regardless of the economic crisis, no company can afford to neglect the protection of our environment, because consumers are getting increasingly sensitive to such issues. – We spend a lot...
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Volume of foreign trade down
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Export was down by 28 percent in January, compared to January 2008, while import was down by 27 percent. The balance of foreign trade showed a deficit of HUF 47...
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Mobile bar by Poplart
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
A prize winning Austrian product has been added to the assortment offered by Poplart BTL Kommunikációs Ügynökség. The JUSTINCASE mobile bar fits in a bag and can be assembled without...
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Already huge CSR market still growing dynamically
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
In the opinion of Éva Bitter, independent sales consultant, CSR is a new form of communication for FMCG companies which is still quite rarely used, but can be far more...
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Portugal in the forefront of growth
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Food retail has been developing at a remarkable rate in Portugal, which was second only to Poland in terms of quantitative growth last year. Sales of FMCG products grew by...
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Always promoting learning
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Always is to launch a scholarship scheme for young people from poor families which is intended to help them in accessing higher education. Applications for the HUF 150,000 per year...
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Fruit yoghurt among the biggest categories
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Yoghurt consumption was up by 5 percent last year, exceeding 66,000 tonnes in the March 2008-February 2009 period. Sales in terms of value exceeded HUF 35 billion, with a 10...
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SIÓ–ECKES CSR programs focusing on children
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Corporate social responsibility is a strategy which represents a commitment to certain causes. For SIÓ-ECKES, the safe and healthy lifestyle of children has been such a cause for several years....
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Nielsen reporting from London and Brussels: „Food relatively resistant to crisis”
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
According to Jonathan Banks and Jean-Jacques Vandenheede from Nielsen, the number of purchases has begun to drop while demand is shifting from pleasant things towards necessary products. Everything is related...
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Wellness services on Tesco Row
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. is to launch a coupon campaign for customers visiting the shops located in its Bonyhád, Dombóvár. Miskolc-Avas and Szeged-Mórahalom stores. Customers holding receipts about goods worth more...
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Yoghurts for all occasions
Date: 2009-05-05 08:00:00
If protecting one’s health is affordable and this is communicated intensively, negative market trends can be defied. Yoghurt is probably the best example for this. Sales of yoghurt have risen...
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