Company and Personal News
Worse rating for Hungary
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, both the internal and external balance is expected to show significant improvement in 2008. A significant reduction in the...
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Regional player on home ground
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Rauch Hungária is a successful competitor in the fruit juice market, which has good reason to be optimistic about the future. In spite of rising costs and the success of...
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Energy for Talmácsi from Coca-Cola
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Coca-Cola Magyarország held a spectacular, whole-day event in March to celebrate the fact that, Gábor Talmácsi has become their platinum-rated partner. Talmácsi will appear in campaigns for the Burn energy...
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You are organic, but is your detergent as well?
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Pioneer of bio-detergents in Hungary. Ladies & Gentlemen Hungary Kft. began wholesale distribution of environment-friendly ECOVER detergent products in the autumn of 2007. ECOVER offers perfect solutions for the everyday...
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More tampons sold
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products grew by one per cent in terms of quantity in 2007, compared to 2006. As a result of a 4 per cent rise in average...
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More foreigners in Budapest
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a KSH report, the number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation increased by 2.7 per cent in January-February 2008, compared to the same period in 2007,...
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Toiletpaper, a typical routine category
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
On of the most common routine paper products is toilet paper. One of the things we only tend to notice, when we run out of it. It is much the...
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Competition to encourage outdoor activities
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
drogerie markt launched a competition for primary schools on 10. April. It is intended to encourage children to focus on sport and outdoor activities when the weather is good.. Creative...
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Faktoring ABC – about factoring in simple terms
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
We hear about factoring every day, but relatively few businesses actually use this financial service. Probably, not many people are familiar with the advantages of factoring. We have asked Andrea...
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Mosquitoes dominating the market of pesticides
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
As a result of last year’s warm and dry weather, with hardly any mosquitoes, sales dropped in the market of pesticides and insect repellents by 5 per cent in terms...
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Cooking oil on top
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Consumer prices were up by 0.6 per cent in March, compared to February and 6.7 per cent higher than in March 2007. According to a KSH report, food prices were...
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Where even kings go on foot
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Regardless what we call them, visiting toilets is part of our everyday lives. An exhibition about the history of toilets was held by Zewa between 26. September and 21. October...
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Revenues up by 20 per cent for SIÓ-ECKES last year
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The net revenues of SIÓ-ECKES Kft. were up by nearly 20 per cent last year and reached HUF 17.6 billion in 2007. They continue to remain the market leaders in...
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Fighting insects on all levels
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Sales of pesticides and insect repellents total nearly HUF 3,5 billion annually. The category shows constant growth over longer periods, with dynamic expansion in the tick repellent segment. The season...
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Retail trade still down
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Total sales in the retail sector were 3 per cent down in January 2008, compared to 2007. According to a KSH report, overall sales in the retail sector amounted to...
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Strictly recorded purchasing
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
There are many areas in the food industry where bulk purchasing, storage and handling of materials is needed. SAP systems do not offer solutions to this problem, but HostLogic Kft....
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Insolvency continues to spread
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The number of companies becoming insolvent grew by 21 per cent in the first quarter of the year, compared to 2007. Construction and commerce remain the riskiest industries. According to...
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Active communication yields the expected results
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
In the market of pesticides and repellents, S.C. Johnson is the leader in terms of communication. They also support the Tick Association, since warning people of the hazards related to...
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Drastic rise in price of rice
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The price of rice has produced a rise of 70 per cent in the last three months. Mihály Bencs, the managing director of Riceland Magyarország Kft, has explained the latest...
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Vilmos… not easy for him either
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Five men in rubber boots, each with a small glass in his hand, form a circle. This is the third round. Their faces are red from the cold and the...
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Carlsberg's majority ownership in Estonian Beer Company
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
75% of the Shares of Saku Õlletehase AS went to the Carlsberg, the rest are freely tradable on Tallinn Stock Exchange. The previous owners of BBH AB were Scottish &...
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Hungarian Industrial Producer Sales Price Rose by 10 % in One Year
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices of the whole industry grew by 0.8% in March 2008 compared to the previous month, which figure was slightly higher than the monthly increase rate measured in...
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New Milli drink yoghurts on the shelves
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The new products are to buy in two tastes: strawberry-raspberry and peach-maracuja. The drink yoghurts have 10% fruit content. Friesland Hungaria developes several healthy foods, under the name Milli too,...
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Four new Aldi store to open in Mai
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
The German discount chain started with 5 unit in midle of April, one week later other 4 stores were opened. According to Aldi website, after the 2th of Mai...
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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Hungarian offer stands from several white and red wine and a champagne of Torley, together with withe wine from Winery of Nagyrede and the Royal Tokaji. Hugh Johnson – author...
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Danone to Spend EUR 220 Million in R&D
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
In 2008, Danone plans to conduct 50 clinical studies, as the company shifts its strategy from biscuits and dairy products to health food products. French dairy and baby food company...
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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The new law would allow supermarkets of up to 1000sqm to open anywhere they wanted. Until now, petits commerçants – or small shop owners – have been protected by a...
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