News and articles
Expectations of a CEO regarding the supply chain
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retailers accounted for 47 percent of the 215 participants at the CIES conference held in Vienna, in early October. Current trends and concepts were illustrated by the example of a...
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Strategies for recession
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A roundtable discussion has been held under the title „Marketing- and communication strategies in times of recession” by the Hungarian Consumer Platform, Kirowski and GfK Hungária. The importance of a...
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Sweet billions as seen at ISM
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of sweets are growing world-wide. The ISM sweets and biscuits exhibition will be held between 1-4. February in Cologne. According to Márta Kakuk, Budapest representative of the exhibition, everybody...
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Belgian winner in beer tapping competition
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Tommy Goukens has won the 12th Stella Artois Beer Tapping Championship held in Leuven. Competitors from 30 countries attended the event, where Hungary was represented by Tamás Dömötör (32) from...
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Household consumption of champagne still dropping last year
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, the number of households buying champagne and sparkling wine continued to shrink last year, dropping to 45 percent of all households....
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Agricultural prices swinging
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Supply prices of agricultural products were down by 8.8 percent in September 2008, compared to September 2007. The price of plant products was down by 22.2 percent, while that of...
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Limonissimo
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Lemon substitute had been a popular product in the socialist era, owing to the popularity of tea made with lemon. Apart from lemon substitutes in the form of tablets, liquid...
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Delhaize group in seven countries
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The Delhaize group ranks 31st among the largest retail enterprises in the world. . It has 2 602 stores in seven countries, with 1 575 located in the US. In...
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Slovenian winner at Art Award
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
This year’s winner of the EUR 7,000 Henkel Central Eastern Europe Art Award is Miha Štrukelj from Slovenia. A total of 500 works have been entered for the competition....
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Fondants for six billion
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Fondants are to be sold in the value of HUF 6 billion in the 4-5 weeks before Christmas. 821 tonnes of Christmas figures worth HUF 2.2 billion and accounting for...
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EuroCIS in Düsseldorf
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The EuroCIS exhibition of IT and security technology for retailers is to be held between 10-12. February in Düsseldorf. So far, 141 exhibitors from 12 countries have registered for the...
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Concentration stopping in the fruit juice market
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of fruit juice were up by 5 percent in terms of value in the September 2007 – August 2008 period, compared to the preceding year, totalling HUF 47...
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Cooking oil producing highest price rise
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Prices were up by 5.1 percent in October 2008, compared to October 2007, and 0.2 percent higher than in September. Food prices were up by 0.3 percent compared to September....
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ARANYÜST – SZILVA, BARACK, KÖRTE, CSERESZNYE, MÁLNA ízekben
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A spirit made from fruits, with an alcohol content of 37,5%....
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Electrolux cut jobs
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
The company will fire 5% of the total employees, till now there is no information about from which region. Electrolux, the world's second-biggest home appliances maker, warned its 2008 results...
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Decreasing prices in agriculture
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
In October 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 16.5% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year – said the Hungarian Statistic Office. More specifically,...
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Demand for households papers and desodors grow
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research the common sold household chemicals are the fabric softeners, the toilet papers, dushgels and pocket tissues. The value of the TOP 10 households chemicals is over...
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The production of manufacturing fell by 8.6% in October
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office In October 2008, industrial gross output decreased by 7.2% compared to October 2007, the index adjusted for working days was equal to the non-adjusted...
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German firms plan wage hike in Hungary
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to a research, commissioned by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, German firms operating in Hungary plan an average 6.2% wage hike next year. The headline wages at...
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INTERMARCHÉ accelerates contactless payment
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Intermarché and Ecomarché stores will use contactless payment technology in France in early 2009. One third of its tills currently use the system. For payments under EUR20 users will only...
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Collective bargaining ended
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Employers and unions agreed at a Friday meeting of the OET to a general wage increase of 3-5% in 2009 and to establish Hungary’s monthly minimum wage at HUF 71,500...
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Pápai Hús in local hands
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
The government assumed state guarantee on 80% of the loans the buyer would take out from the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). The buyer was a project company that was brought...
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New CEO at SáGa
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
The Holland-born Henk Slagt leads since November the SáGa Foods company. For the 48 years old specialist Hungary is well known, further he worked 5 years at Sara Lee Hungary...
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VION changed to automated packaging
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
With high output volumes reaching 4,200 units per week, Vion Food Germany recently decided to adopt automated pakaging for increased quality consistency and cost control. Vion Germany employs almost 7,400...
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Cora would pay for PET bottles
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
From 15th December the retail chain startes a test periode and collect PET drink bottles in its Budakalasz and Torokbalint unit. On press conference the retailer said: first of all...
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This year in the first 11 months price increased by 6.3%
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Statistic Office in November 2008 consumer prices decreased by 0.2% compared to the previous month and rose by 4.2% compared to November 2007. In November 2008...
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Dutch Supermarket Sales Growth forecast only 3% in 2009
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The supermarket sector reported sales of 28.7 billion euros in 2007, a 4.7 percent rise. The sales in the week leading up to Christmas to go up by 7 percent...
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TESCO cuts prices in half in UK
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The British retailer, will launch a half price sale on 1,000 products this weekend. The UK’s largest retailer will launch the promotion on 12 December, with Christmas food, drink, toys...
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Origin and brand is important for shopping Hungarians
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the GfK Shopper Insight 2008 reseach half of the shopping Hungarians always or often compare the products with different brands. Almost half of the shoppers hold on to...
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Mobile communication in Tesco
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
In the 25 biggest Hungarian Tesco the customers with bluethooth-able mobile can get extra information about the retailers actions and other public information. The information service was developed by Landmedia....
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