Company and Personal News
2008 – year of collapsing
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
Last year the number of non paying firms grow by 14%, in 2008 four percent of all entrepreneurs couldn't acquit – said Coface Hungary in its newest research. The most...
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CASINO and Relay to open new store concept in Paris
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
The new Chez Jean store is a cross between a coffee shop and a grocery store and sells coffee, groceries, fresh bread, flowers, newspapers, tickets and lottery tickets as well...
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ALDI reports 24.8% sales boost
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The German retailer increased its number of stores by 9.9% over 2008, moving from 416 to 457 stores across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Aldi in the UK...
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Ad campaign about children alcohol drinking for parents sponsored by Borsodi
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
With the title „ Let's talk about it” the brewery published an information brossure for parents, about how the talk about alcohol consumption with teenagers. Borsodi continoues its well know...
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Promocash to develope chain in France
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The Carrefour owned company currently has 120 franchised shops as well as nine integrated outlets in France. Promocash will open 20 more cash and carry stores in France over the...
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Wineries from Eger protest against sales on dumping price
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
According to the Association of Wineries of Eger, the Hungarian retailers often sale Egri Bikavér (most well known red wein from Eger) under cost price. The directory of association decided...
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Lexmark Outlook Darkens
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The Lexington based firm warned that its fourth-quarter results would be lower than expected thanks to weak sales and high restructuring costs. Lexmark now thinks its fourth-quarter sales are going...
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Metro Group sales grow by 5.9%
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
The Metro Group has reported that its preliminary sales grew to EUR68 billion over the 2008 financial year. However, growth did not reach expected levels of more than 6%. The...
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Hungarian wine review in Amsterdam
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
ITD Hungary and the Hungarian Wine Marketing Kht. common organised wine show for 30 Hungarian wines on the Wine Professional between 12-14 January in Amsterdam. The public, first of all...
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Dreher makes campaign for responsible alcohol drinking
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Brewery Dreher Hungary made a new website under the title www.alkohol.info.hu. The aim of the site is to inform the public about effects of alcohol drinking. Dreher started its CSR...
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People love ads weaking up disere for possession
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
The most FMCG ads on billboard have average perception, but because of the characteristic image and the popular products this ads have high rates in identification and activation. Szonda Ipsos...
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Tesco redesigns former Woolworths shops
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Retailer giant Tesco has confirmed it plans to buy and reopen former Woolworths supermarkets under Tesco Express brand. The first unit will be open soon in Ulverston, near to Liverpool....
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Bizerba debuts new product at NRF Annual Convention
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Bizerba is presenting its fresh produce management system consisting of a new shop scales system K, the retail framework developed by Bizerba and a comprehensive content database. With this system...
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Iceland rebrands 51 Woolworths Stores
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
The frozen food chain has bought 51 of the 800 stores from the now defunct Woolworths group. Iceland will be creating in the region of 2,500 jobs across UK. The...
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Edeka To Create 8,000 Jobs In 2009
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
German food discount giant plans to expand its market share in Germany to 30% by 2010 from currently 27% by opening 1,000 new stores between 2008 and 2010. Edeka officially...
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HUF 1 billion penalty at Sparkler II. control
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
In frame of the adjusted monitoring authorities reserved products in value HUF 600 million. Supervision started on 20. November 2008, till 4. January 2009. inspectors punished in 5400 cases in...
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The end of the recession is unpredictable
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
In 2009 the decline of GDP in the entire European Union will probably close to 2%, within this the downturn in Germany and consequently in Hungary will be somewhat deeper....
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New CEO at Tchibo Budapest
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
Andrzej Jackiewicz leads Tchibo's Hungarian subsidary since January 2009. The 41 years old Polish specialist is responsible for strategic growth of the Hungarian firm. In frame of Tchibo's coffee branch...
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“The Germans’ desire for beer is continuing to fall
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
Beside the financial crisis a combination of an ageing population, changing drinking habits among younger people and the smoking ban which hit pubs and bars, had led to the drop...
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Consumers change product and shops to save money
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research last year the price of cooking oil grow by 28%, the increasing was 6% at sour cream and coffee, customers have to pay 2% more for...
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Bijou Brigitte stabilized its sales in Germany
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
Net income grow by 2.2% to 375 million euros, but the increase came from the new shops. The German discount jewelry retailer opened 80 new unit in 2008. The Hamburg...
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New marketing manager at Mio Technology
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
From 1th January 2009 Zsuzsanna Banga joined as marketing manager to Mio Technology. The 28 years old specialists gradueted at Miklos Zrinyi University, she started her carreer at Acer Computer...
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GKI's Consumer-business confidence in new historical low
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
Industrial companies' assessment of production and order stock worsened. But the evaluation of stocks of their own products improved. Plans for price changes were the same as in November, but...
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Pannontej continous production
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
According to on-line business portal VGO the crisis were solved at Pannontej's plants in Zalaegerszeg and Répcelak. The company get 60% of the contracted gas volue and it is enough...
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Praline and chocolate sales grow in 2008
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
According to Nielsen last year 7% more food were sold in the retail as a year before. The total value of 90 categories, researched by Nielsen, was HUF 1300 billion,...
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Growing year for Spar
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
SPAR Switzerland has reported a 6.3% rise in sales for 2008 to CHF957 million. The SPAR and EUROSPAR stores generated revenues of CHF533 million with a 7.0% rise. Sales of...
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Fresh & Easy sponsors schools in the US
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
Tesco’s US-unit Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has launched a school fundraising programme called Shop for Schools. In the promotion, running run from 1 February through to 31 March 2009,...
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Hungerit works on quorter capacity
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
When the gas problem can't be solved in short periode, next week we can't process the contracted live poultries – said Jozsef Magyar, company's CEO to business daily Vilaggazdaság. Instead...
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Pick Szeged decreased producing
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
In company's Baja plant mashines work with 50% capacity, in Pécs and Alsómocsolád and Szeged the total producing were stoped. Because of limitation of usable gas the company must to...
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Interposed closure of some Tesco supermarkets
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
The retail chain is looking for import in fresh milk and meat, after the producers of the sector said, because of the gas usage limitation they can't delivere to the...
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