News and articles
New president-board chairman at SPAR
Date: 2012-03-01 11:59:25
Managing director and chairman of the board Peter Feiner of retailer Spar Magyarorszag Kereskedelmi is resigning on 1st 2012. Erwin Schmuck, managing director of the unit’s Austrian parent company, will...
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P.O.P. Hungary and Rafinanz Promotions now have an international Procter and Gamble mandate
Date: 2012-03-01 10:50:59
P.O.P. Hungary Zrt. and Rafinanz Promotions are working together in strong co-operation to lead the dentist-visitor teams of Procter & Gamble in Hungary as well as on the Czech market....
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Above the 300-billion threshold
Date: 2012-03-01 01:37:09
Managing director Norbert Hovanyecz told our magazine that in 2011 SuperShop and its Partners focused on consumers’ reactions to economic difficulties, instead of the difficulties themselves! SuperShop was emphasising price...
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SIÓ refreshed itself and appeared in new segments
Date: 2012-03-01 01:32:04
Marketing director Dávid Aniot told our magazine that SIÓ was satisfied with its last year’s performance as the company managed to preserve its market share. Currently SIÓ’s share from the...
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Changes in transfer pricing: simpler but more rigorous rules
Date: 2012-03-01 01:24:08
At the end of January PricewaterhouseCoopers Hungary organised a business breakfast where Dr Gábor Laki, head of department at the Ministry for National Economy and Anita Mekler, the director of...
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Magazine: Brands – no pain, no gain
Date: 2012-02-29 14:09:55
The Hungarian Brand Association has mixed feelings about 2011: the organisation itself had a rather successful year but the business and regulatory environment turned much more rigid, creating much worse...
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Export may be the break out point for the food manufacturers
Date: 2012-02-29 13:45:58
Export can be a break out point for several Hungarian food production companies in the stagnant domestic market environment. Stepping out to a foreign market, however, also carries risks. In...
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Food development in practice
Date: 2012-02-29 13:40:17
The Hungarian food industry will be competitive, the only way that it can increase its domestic and export market role, if it will strengthen innovation activities, research and development –...
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KSH: the downward trend of investments, modested by the agriculture and the manufacturing industry
Date: 2012-02-29 13:20:56
Last year, the national economy investments were 4.5 percent behind the previous year's investment volume. Downward trend characterized the fourth quarter of 2011 and the whole year. In the last...
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The list of Hungarian orchards to be renewed
Date: 2012-02-29 12:57:55
The Central Statistical Office will census the orchards located in Hungary between June 1 and November 30 including areas, planted with fruit trees – told the Ministry of Rural Development...
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The Hungarian seed is a strategic product
Date: 2012-02-29 12:39:45
The Hungarian seed is a strategic product, it can be sold unlimited all over the world – said Szépe Ferenc, head of the agricultural department of the Ministry of Rural...
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Hungarians want sustainable farming
Date: 2012-02-29 12:39:21
HALPIM / Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management is the leading professional association of companies, institutes and individuals involved or interested in the fields of logistics, purchasing, supply...
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Flora’s heart-friendly program received an award
Date: 2012-02-29 12:18:54
Flora’s health screening program titled Program for the Hungarian Society was awarded in the Corporate Social Responsibility category. The Flora Heart Friendly Steps initiative thanks to the screening program reached...
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More than half a million serenades with Heineken
Date: 2012-02-29 12:15:53
With Heineken’s latest Facebook application more than half a million people gave a serenade to thhei beloved ones on the occasion of Valentine's Day. The application is successful in Hungary...
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EuroCIS: innovation awards for Auchan, Douglas, Metro, Rewe
Date: 2012-02-29 12:08:28
Nine companies have received the award of EuroCIS tradeshow and the European Commercial Insitute. As a whole, 28 companies from all over Europe have decided to compete for the award...
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The the most popular travel destinations of the pre-reservation period
Date: 2012-02-29 12:02:35
The Start Utazási Iroda (Start Travel Agency) has compiled the list of the most popular travel destinations of the pre-reservation period, on the basis of nearly 800 thousand online searches...
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Gluttonous Thursday Plus: professional restaurant week in Budapest
Date: 2012-02-29 11:52:24
Held the Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Gluttonous Thursday is a day when participating restaurants offer 50% off their menu prices. The Hungarian Tourist Office began this tradition, which has grown...
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That's the way American moviemakers see the best restaurant of the world – Video of the day
Date: 2012-02-29 11:30:24
French Laundry is a restaurant in Yountville, California, and happens to be one of the best restaurants of the world, and this is how a commercial sees the place:...
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Tapping in Hungary
Date: 2012-02-29 11:20:07
According to a recent survey; the restaurants frequently visited by tourists often do not pay attention to the quality of beer. Because the significant part of the guests are not...
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Bonduelle: Myths and Facts – on canned and frozen vegetables
Date: 2012-02-29 10:24:27
What guarantees the high quality of the products? Are the cans of Bonduell from Hungarian ingredients? So many questions, which now Bonduelle provides the answer to finally dispel myths about...
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2012 Hooters Girl of the Year Kaylee Farris – Video of the day
Date: 2012-02-28 13:58:28
Fort Smith Hooters Girl Kaylee Farris has been named Hooters Girl of the Year 2012. This honorary title is given to one Hooters Girl every year, who exemplifies all the...
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The first and only Hungarian fast food restaurant chain closed
Date: 2012-02-28 13:08:11
The first and only Hungarian “fast food restaurant chain” has closed the gates of its first and only unit. The venue located in Váci utca was opened in December 2010,...
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KSH: 40 thousand more people are working than a year before
Date: 2012-02-28 12:50:13
The number of employees between November 2011 and January 2012 January was 3 million 816 thousand, 40 thousand more than a year ago – announced the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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Düsseldorf, EuroCIS: our colleague's report
Date: 2012-02-28 12:48:50
There are a great number of unique ideas discussed within the compass of this year's EuroCIS tradeshow in Düsseldorf which might seem to be some episodes from a science fiction...
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Hungarian Product Grand Prix competition announced for 2012
Date: 2012-02-28 12:42:21
The 15th Hungarian Product Grand Prix® competition was announced in 2012. Its main objective is to promote a quality-conscious approach, by which conscious consumer behaviour can be achieved. Applications are...
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GKI: The number of bankruptcies will slightly increase this year
Date: 2012-02-28 12:33:25
According to Hungarian companies, the number of bankrupt businesses will slightly rise this year as well, following an all-time high of last year. They expect a particularly strong wave of...
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No serious errors were found in Zala county during the food safety control
Date: 2012-02-28 12:31:39
During last year’s more than 3,500 food safety controls, inspecting 150 firms a total of 21 million HUF fine was imposed in Zala county by the Food Chain Safety and...
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The CBA organizes the country's largest domestic wine competition for the sixth time
Date: 2012-02-28 12:30:34
The CBA organizes the country's largest domestic wine competition for the sixth time this year. The jury will choose the best wine from 767 samples with blind tasting. The competition...
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Vodafone and Visa agreed over mobile payment
Date: 2012-02-28 12:28:58
The Vodafone and the Visa announced the creation of a global cooperation agreement, in which the costumers can pay for products and services from their mobile instead of cash. The...
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Tesco Mobile to be launched on the 1st of March
Date: 2012-02-28 12:26:17
The new participant of the Hungarian telecommunications market, blowsthe market with a a double card cellphone. On the 1st of March, Tesco Mobile will begin its mobile communication serviced using...
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