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Schwarzkopf Essential Color tartós krémhajfesték

Cindy Crawford reveals the secret of her beautiful hair colour: Essential Color, the first permanent colour from Schwarzkopf which contains natural ingredients and no ammonia. White tea and lychee extracts...

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Ham producers communicate via packaging and schedule price promotions

Last year the contracting ham market experienced positive trends in the Easter period, however, the biggest winners were cheap import products and private labels. Strong domestic brands manage to hold...

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New meat sales director at Kométa

From 1 January 2010, András Lengyel is the new sales director of KOMÉTA ’99 Zrt.’s meat branch. András Lengyel (40) started his career at Unilever Magyarország Kft. in 1994 and...

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Non-food categories perform well at Henkel

Henkel group’s washing-household cleaner and cosmetics branches did well last year: the former expanded by 2.9 percent, while the latter realised a 3.5-percent growth. Due to the economic crisis, the...

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Energy drinks kept flying high last year

While value sales of the 90 food categories measured by Nielsen grew by 2 percent on average, energy drinks skyrocketed with 18 percent in December 2008-November 2009. The annual market...

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Import pig is still cheaper than domestic

The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the production price of domestic pork fell by...

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An empire of the senses

By Digital POP we mean all those modern technology solutions which use some kind of device to influence the buying process. Trade magazin and Magyar Telekom and its now Origo-owned...

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Syoss hajformázó termékek

Professional hair styling at an incredibly favourable price. Agency: BBDO Budapest Customer: Henkel Magyarország Kft. Product: Syoss hajformázó termékek Apperance: RTL, TV2 és kábelcsatornák Period: February–March...

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Environmental, economic and moral issues in Berlin

Besides the 400,000 visitors and 12,000 exhibitors, there was another record for the 75th Grüne Woche: agricultural politics was more important than ever before. The ministers of agriculture from 46...

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RAUCH opted for new agency

RAUCH Hungária Kft. chose a new creative agency: Grey Advertising won the two-round invitational tender. Grey Budapest prepares and manages RAUCH’s complete ATL and BTL activities from February 2010. According...

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New trade fairs in Düsseldorf in 2010

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH will organise two brand new trade fairs this year: with the international glass production, processing and product fair Glasstec they will hold Solarpeq, a solar production equipment...

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Energy drinks are getting stronger in small shops too

Nielsen’s data indicate that the ‘crisis mood’ does not have an impact on energy drinks yet. The category changed significantly in the past 2-3 years, the dominance of premium brands...

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Foreign debt is shrinking

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy will stagnate in 2010. Depending on the economic policy of the next government, budget deficit will...

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POS-002

In January 2010 POS Media Europe’s offices, present in 7 countries, ran nearly 100 campaigns. After the Christmas rush companies took a break, preparing for the next campaign efforts. This...

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FMCG-Ball

The second ball for the FMCG sector organised by Trade magazin and Lánchíd Klub was attended our guests on 27 February. We invite you to the third FMCG-Ball next year...

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Organic food products cope with the crisis rather well

Market researchers say that in most countries the crisis did not decrease the demand for organic products. However, Hungarian retailers say the growth has stopped. In Europe’s leading ‘organic states’...

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Unstained donation – the first laundry opened in the country

The second ‘Unstained donation’ programme ended on January 27, when the first laundry employing homeless people was inaugurated in Veszprém. Vanish supported the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service’s laundry with HUF...

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SPAR’s further expansion in 2009

Last year SPAR turned the 177 acquired Plus stores into SPAR shops. 2 INTERSPAR and 5 SPAR supermarkets were also built. The company’s consolidated turnover was HUF 397.3 billion –...

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New flying record with support from Red Bull

Red Bull supports a new world record attempt: Felix Baumgartner intends to break the sound barrier by jumping off from a hot-air balloon at a height of 36,500 metres, wearing...

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Hungary on top of the inflation list in December

In December 2009, in the EU-27 consumer prices were 1.4 percent higher on average, compared to prices in December 2008. The biggest increase was measured in Hungary (5.4 percent) and...

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Fa 3D Protect dezodor és 3D Fresh tusfürdő

The deodorants unite 3 product advantages: they control perspiration, neutralise body odour and provide a long-lasting scent....

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A day of recreation

Despite the difficulties 2009 brought there were success stories in the FMCG sector. Karrier és Stílus Tanácsadó Kft. held a conference on 3 February, titled ‘The road to success’ to...

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GKI: returning confidence, increasing business cycle

In March, the GKI Sentiment Index was close, the consumer confidence index was even higher than the last pre-crisis level, which was in September 2008. According to the survey of...

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Shortage in the coffee market

Over the next few years, the shortage can increase in the coffee markets of the world, because the production is not keeping pace with the growth of consumption. According to...

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China hardens

According to Chinese opinions; that will result in serious consequences, if the United States would restrict the import of products and services of Asian countries in America, referring to the...

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New Executive Director at Danone

From the 16th of March, a new Executive Director took over the management of the Danone Dairy Production and Distribution Ltd. The Italian expert, Paolo Maria Tafuri (49) arrived with...

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Cooking-oil scandal in China

New food scandal bursted out in China: The authorities highlighted that at least ten per cent of the cooking oils are produced illegally, and the oil contains highly toxic aflatoxins....

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DREHER 24 Everest Expedition: To the summit

Klein Dávid and Várkonyi László aim to reach the summit of the Mount Everest without the help of oxygen supply and sherpas, in the scope of the Dreher 24 Everest...

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McDonald's for sustainable growth

McDonald's has been seeking for years to use less and less natural resources in its restaurants. Thanks to the company's energy conservation program, the water usage significantly decreased, despite the...

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Plant credibility shutdown required from Bajnai

Májer János, Tokaj’s independent mayor sent an open letter to Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, over the shutdown of public credibility of the straw-fired power plant, planned to build in Szerencs,...

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