News and articles
SWISS expands its routes from/to Hungary
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
SWISS will be keeping its route network at its present extent in the coming 2008/09 winter schedules, and is even adding further frequencies on certain routes. SWISS's Geneva-based network sees...
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All Starbucks Coffee Will Be „Green” and Ethically Traded by 2015
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
Starbucks announced 13 goals, to be achieved by 2015, as part of its Shared Planet(TM) programme. The company stated that, by 2015, 100% of its coffee will be responsibly grown...
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TESCO cuts sales guidance in UK
Date: 2008-10-31 00:00:00
According to reports in the Financial Times retailer is cutting its sales growth guidance for the UK business for the first time in years. Tesco's former Finance Director Andrew Higginson...
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Junk Food Ad Spend Down, but Moving Across UK Media
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
Junk food ads have been appearing less on British television, thanks to an April 2007 ban on ads that mislead nutritional value, encourage excessive food/beverage consumption, or otherise promote an...
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The most efficient Hungarian ads will be awarded
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
The 7th Effie competiton was organised by the Hungarian section of the International Advertising Association and the Association of Communication Agencies in Hungary. EFFIE award – globally famous award in...
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Carrefour France fined EUR1.3 million
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
The retailer was fined for paying salaries below the minimum wage for France to 429 employees. Carrefour has been fined EUR1.3 million for infringement of workers' rights, a local police...
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Dutch Supermarket Sales Expected To Grow
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
The new study said revenues are expected to grow to E789m in the week before Christmas, up from E737.6m last year. During Christmas Supermarket sales during Christmas are expected to...
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Mirital wins the 2008 BEST OF PACKFORUM AWARD
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
International chief editors of retail publications were invited to vote for the best Packforum® packaging amongst 15 innovative European retail packs. Editors are asked to evaluate each pack, giving a...
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Data mining seminarium
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
In times of crisis for many players of the market the survival is the goal, also for giant companies is important to keep their cliensts or to get new ones....
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III. CSR Management Conference
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
According to the organisers Braun & Partners Network and the business weekly Figyelő, the event on 6th November, focuses on the practice site of the CSR. Some names from the...
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Ambient – 2,000 DS from one hand
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
Ambient signed agreements with the biggest domestic Digiatal Signage (DS) firms in Hungary, a huge digital indoor chain were instituted. Ambient Media Kft. increased its offer with Infirio Retail's 32...
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25 new stores at DM Hungary
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
In the business year, ended 30. September 2008. , company increased the sales by 18.4%, from HUF 51 billion to HUF 60.4 billion. The Austrian firm started 15 years ago...
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(HU) Naprakész információk az élelmiszer-kereskedelem stratégiáiról és megoldásairól
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
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EU mulls smoking ban in all work places
Date: 2008-10-29 00:00:00
The European Commission is preparing a public consultation on a smoking ban in all work places, including bars and restaurants. The discussion is at very early stage and no legislative...
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Hervis to expand in Romania
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
According to reports in the local press, Austrian grocery retailer Spar (Austria) will soon open its first Hervis sport/leisure store in the Romania’s capital Bucharest. Hervis's 5th store will be...
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Rewe Group to rebuild wholesale business
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
According to a report in Lebensmittel Zeitung, Rewe is considering completely rebuilding its international wholesale business. Company plans under discussion to bundle all wholesale operations and integrate them into the...
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Retail sales decreased
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
According to calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 1.4% in August, and by 2.0% in the first eight months of 2008 compared to the same period...
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GKI lowers its forecast
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
Economic think tank GKI has lowered its projection for Hungary’s GDP growth to 2.0% from 2.7% for 2008, and to 0.5% from 3% for 2009. The Hungarian economy will likely...
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Japenese pizza and sausage poisened by cyanid
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
Itoham Foods Inc. announced it had recalled 2.67 billion packs of goods after it came out, that the water used at the producing food containes cyanogen compound exceeding the accepted...
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Car insurance from Tesco
Date: 2008-10-28 00:00:00
From November Tesco's costumers can choose from the offers of the Hungarian insurance companies. The new service – provided by Hyper Project Biztosítási Szolgáltató Kft. – will be avalaible in...
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Friesland Foods to Sell Ice Cream and Milkshake Activities
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
From 31 December 2008 Friesland Foods Professional will transfer part of its sales and marketing activities for ice cream and milkshake mixes in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany to Briceland....
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Spar developing its chain
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
Untill year's end company opens 5 other supermarkets, one of them in the new mall of Debrecen. In August and September Spar opened five supermarkets in size of 700-100 sqm....
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New brand manager at Ceres
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
Karola Albrecht joined to Ceres marketing team. The 27 years old specialist gratueted at Daniel Berzsenyi Collage, she started her carreer at Cerbona in 2002 as marketing assistant, from 2004...
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Polagra winner thanks packaging
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
AGROHURT is a well established Polish dairy processor specializing in the production, curing, packing and wholesaling of high quality smoked cheese, supplied by the best cheese plants in the region....
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Finalist at Internet Retailer of 2008
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
More than 11,000 votes from the public decided on the best 10 Hungarian internet store. Over 1,000 of stores went to the prize. The TOP 10 are: bookline.hu, cherryon.hu, depo.hu,...
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Hungarian consumers care more about composition of food
Date: 2008-10-27 00:00:00
According to Nielsen's research in 51 countries, 53% of the Hungarians look more on the label of the bought food as before. 20% of the Hungarians every time look on...
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