News and articles
Adidas, does not want to overtake Nike
Date: 2011-01-10 13:30:48
Within five years, Herbert Hainer, Chairman and CEO of the Adidas Group would increase the turnover of the company by 50 percent to 17 billion euros. “Greatness is not all”...
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Home competition for restaurants
Date: 2011-01-10 13:11:01
New gastro trend widespread in Italy: instead of walking to a restaurant, dinners are held in flats. The bill must be paid at the end of the dinner. Italian restaurants...
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The young winemaker of last year was voted on the internet
Date: 2011-01-10 13:07:01
The online voters have chosen Demeter Csaba of Eger as the young winemaker of 2010. About four thousand people participated in the online voting. The recognition was handed over the...
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Wizz Air did not have a good year
Date: 2011-01-10 10:17:41
Last year was not a “framatically good” year for airlines, and the same applies to Wizz Air, too: the company hopes that 2011 may turn out to be better, no...
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DuPont announces binding offer for Danisco
Date: 2011-01-10 09:08:20
Danisco A/S has received a binding offer from DuPont. Danisco’s Board of Directors recommends this offer, which we believe represents a strong value proposition to our shareholders and is in...
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OBI cooperates with WWF
Date: 2011-01-10 07:01:11
“The 11th January OBI Hungary and WWF Hungary launch again their successful beaver class program series, which allow about 2600 primary school students from 16 cities to learn about the...
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Prize-show my HAAS over
Date: 2011-01-10 05:51:17
A pensioner from Gyula has won the prize-show of HAAS Ltd, namely a brand new Ford Fiesta. Other prizes included 100 pendrives and 10 Haas-branded bicycles....
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Goldman Sach: growth in 2011
Date: 2011-01-09 19:04:14
The world economy can expect another strong year of growth in 2011, according to our annual economic forecast. The United States can expect substantial acceleration in real GDP growth over...
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GfK Hungária: declining consumer confidence
Date: 2011-01-07 19:21:09
The value of the Consumer Confidence Index, decreased in the last quarter of 2010, compared to the previous growth, just like the consumer expectations index, which fell by 34 points,...
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The largest CBA-outlet of Szeged closed
Date: 2011-01-07 14:32:59
The largest Szeged-based CBA-outlet has just closed this week – newspaper Délmagyar has published on Thursday. The information was announced in the form of a note attached to the front...
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German newspaper opinion: the surtax do not discriminate the foreign companies
Date: 2011-01-07 14:13:13
Handelsblatt has published a commentary over the surtax on Friday. According to the correspondent of the German economic and business daily; the German Minister of Economic Affairs became the servent...
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Critical situation in the pig sector
Date: 2011-01-07 12:42:39
The Hungarian Association of Pig Breeders (MSSZ) told that the pig breeders are ready to demostrate, because of the critical situation of the Hungarian pig sector. The price of live...
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100 million to promote local wine culture
Date: 2011-01-07 12:26:36
Agrármarketing Centrum (AMC) published an open tender invitation, on the basis of the proposal of the Wine Marketing Commission (AMC), on the implementation of “local small projects”, that are promotes...
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Tesco Hungary’s Chief Executive leaves
Date: 2011-01-07 12:22:23
Per Bank will continue his work in England as a Director of Procurement – reports Magyar Nemzet. Per Bank has recently talked about plans to open 30 new stores open...
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The dioxin-contamination flooded Lower Saxony
Date: 2011-01-07 12:22:06
Dioxins were not only found in chickens and eggs, but pigs were also infected with it. Due to the risk of dioxin-contamination, almost five thousand farms are being closed in...
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Euro zone’s economy increased by nearly 2 percent last year
Date: 2011-01-07 12:21:12
The euro zone's economic growth declined more than estimated during the third quarter of 2010- reports Eurostat. The revised data shows that, the quarterly growth was 0.3 percent, while the...
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The revenue of Praktiker reduced
Date: 2011-01-07 12:19:55
According to preliminary datas; the sales of one of Europe's largest DIY store, the Praktiker decreased by 5.9 percent – below 3.45 billion euros – last year. The fourth-quarter sales...
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Counterfeit drugs at retailers
Date: 2011-01-07 10:25:17
n Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has carried out an operation to identify fake pharmaceutical products in retail outlets using Thermo Fisher Scientific's...
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Ted Williams Kraft commercial premiere is on
Date: 2011-01-07 01:15:16
A week ago, Ted Williams was another downtrodden guy panhandling along the interstate that snakes through Columbus, Ohio. Today, he’s only the most famous dude in America. And get this:...
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Not much is known about the most popular breakfast drink
Date: 2011-01-07 00:43:24
Even though two-thirds of Hungarians drink coffee on a daily basis, there are plenty of misbeliefs linked to instant coffee. Only 16 percent of those asked are aware of the...
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No uniform rules for FMCG-packaging exists in Hungary
Date: 2011-01-06 19:04:20
Tere is no fixed consumer protection law for the packaging of various products, including FMCG-products: there are no requirements to indicate data like origin, producer ingredient etc., which may lead...
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Product placement will increase the revenues of TV channels
Date: 2011-01-06 14:01:53
The media act allows product placement from January in a number of television programs, so – despite the fact, that the channels must warn the viewers – it will be...
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The dairy farmers received 25 billion HUF support last year
Date: 2011-01-06 12:50:44
The producers of the milk sector received 15 HUF per kilogrammes support in 201 This amount is almost double of the support of 2009 – said the Ministry of Rural...
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Man of The Year: Engelbert Liegl in logistics
Date: 2011-01-06 12:41:24
Every year, the logistics journal Navigátor appoints the “Man of the Year” on the Hungarian forwarding scene. In 2010, the prestigious award went to Austrian-born Engelbert Liegl. The 44-year-old managing...
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The special taxes may fail
Date: 2011-01-06 12:40:01
According to experts; the taxation of the telekom sector is a clear violation of the EU laws, and problems may occur with the taxes imposed on the hypermarkets, because of...
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We explain how the new card-system at Sziget festivals work – from merchants point of view
Date: 2011-01-06 12:30:01
In order to reduce queuing time at the sales pitches of this year's Sziget festivals and thus increase traffic, no cash will be accepted at the festival areas. Instead of...
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In Hungary, there are no dioxin contaminated eggs
Date: 2011-01-06 12:10:51
Hungary did not receive from those import poultry meats and eggs, that were contaminated with dioxin. Holger Eichele, spokesman for the German Ministry of Agriculture told that the dioxin contaminated...
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New participant at Fashion Street
Date: 2011-01-06 12:04:42
The offer range of Fashion Street expands with a new Spanish-Hungarian bistro and with a delicatessen shop. The Picanter terrace & delicatbistro – which is a delicatessen shop, a bistro...
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The sugar factory of Kaposvár operates with biogas
Date: 2011-01-06 12:01:48
In the only sugar factory of the Magyar Cukor (MC), Inc. in Kaposvár such a post-fermenting department was built with EU support, that covers half of the energy demand of...
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New logo at Starbucks
Date: 2011-01-06 12:01:33
One of the world's largest coffee chain the Starbucks has changed its logo, however, the green color has remained. One of the world's largest and most famous coffee chain the...
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