News and articles
Fall In Retail Sales in Germany
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
According to preliminary data from Germany's Federal Statistics Office, retail sales fell by 1.6% month-on-month in real terms in February and also fell 0.3% on an annual basis. Despite a...
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Hungary manufacturing PMI rises to 52.5 % in March
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
The rate of the March growth was smaller than in the same month of 2007 (59.0), and equals the increase detected in March 2006. According to the Hungarian Association of...
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Design Awards for the FMCG sector
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
The in Hungary 3 years old DesignRoom magazin found a Design Award for companies who use design as value added on the products and in communications too. This is the...
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Nielsen's first experiences by Aldi in Poland
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
The first stores of the German discount chain were opened on West and South part of Poland, the offer was more than 900 kind of products, 95% of them FMCG....
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Twice more experiences for MOL and WestEnd cardholders
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
The basic customers of two companies can enjoy the synergies of programs' from April. Mol has more than 500,000 basic customers, WestEnd has 23,000 cardholders. From this month the cardholders...
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Henkel Art.Award. for Contemporary Drawing
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
Entries for the Henkel Art.Award.2008 are to be sent by June 8, 2008 at the latest (date of postmark) to your local Henkel office. The prize winner will be...
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Voice of Entrepreneurs association in spring time
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
It's the third event series round in Hungary about questions concerning the domestic entrepreneurs. This year tax decrising and transparency of tax system is on the table. National Association of...
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Tchibo Family presentes: Espresso Album by Varadi Roma Cafe
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
Hungary's most loved expresso sponsors the Varade Roma Cafe concert on 26th April in Budapest at Laszlo Papp Sportarena. The concerts seems to be a unique, the stage has...
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Merci Petits in Heart form box for Mother's Day
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
This sweet present is worthy suvenir for moms. There are new tastes in the festive pack. Aside the classic flower bouquet merci Petits in heart form box is the right...
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Aldi starts with 17 stores in Hungary
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
The discount chain opens its units midle April. The company offers firt of all privat label products, 10-20 of them weekly twice on action price. According to press information there...
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Delhaize Group'Acquires 14 Supermarkets in Romania
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
The Belgian international food retailer paied 18.6 million euros for the La Fourmi chain. La Fourmi was the first supermarket chain to open in Bucharest in 1992. For 2007,...
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3th City Spar opens soon
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
The company believes in downtown stores, where people don't need a car to shop, its next unit will be in centre of Szeged on Szechenyi square. Spar bought the Plus...
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Tesco puts Fresh & Easy rollout on hold
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
With almost 60 stores now open since its launch in November 2007, Tesco has taken the decision to take a three month break from opening any new Fresh & Easy...
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Pernod Ricard wins €5.63bn for Absolut Vodka
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
Pernod beat off the favourite Fortune Brands, the American maker of Jim Beam, along with Bacardi and an investment group controlled by the Wallenberg family. Pernod, whose portfolio of brands...
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Also Schlecker spyes employees
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
Union representatives are claiming a second large German chain, Schlecker, has been watching its employees through spyholes. Workers at the discount drugstore have reported that store detectives and security staff...
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Cantaloupe from Honduras brought Salmonella outbreak in the US and Canada
Date: 2008-04-01 00:00:00
The FDA advises that U.S. grocers, food service operators and produce processors remove from their stock any cantaloupes grown packed and shipped from this country. Based on current information, the...
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Carlsberg Discussing Sale Of Turkish Unit
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
Carlsberg has revealed that it is in talks to sell its 95.65% stake in Turkish unit Turk Tuborg TBORG.IS to Israel-based Central Bottling Company Group (CBC). The Danish brewer said...
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Metro's Extra Disposal Cleared
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
The German cartel office has unconditionally approved retail group Metro's disposal of its Extra supermarket chain to Rewe. The 245 Extra chain stores that generate E1.6bn in revenue will be...
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Nestle's New Chinese Factory to Triple Ice-Cream Output
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
Nestle opened a new ice-cream factory in the Chinese city of Guangdong this week as part of its bid to increase its market share in the country. The 22,000-sq-m plant...
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Stockmann To Open First Department Store In Lithuania
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
Finnish retailer Stockmann said it plans to open its first department store in Lithuania after signing a preliminary lease agreement for a unit in a new shopping centre in the...
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Unemployment grow in Hungary
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
In the period of December 2007–February 2008, the number of employed people was 3,855 thousand and the number of unemployed people was 337 thousand, which meant an nemployment rate of...
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Ban British finance minister from pubs
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
A blogger-led internet campaign aiming to ban British finance minister Alastair Darling from U.K. pubs after he raised alcohol taxes appears to be making headway. The campaign to prevent...
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Extra reports for Microsoft Dynamics users
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
LLP signed an agreement with the Dutch Jet Reports office to sell its business solutions in Hungary. LLP from now deliveres many Jet Reports solutions to compliment Microsoft Dynamics offering....
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At first European can taste Coca-Cola's RTD coffees
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
The Coca-Cola Co. is launching three premium coffee beverages in Europe under a partnership with Trieste, Italy's illycaffè first announced in October 2007. The sale beginns in April in 10...
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Hungarian economy will bottom out from the last year’s “growth hole”
Date: 2008-03-31 00:00:00
According to the forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank the internal and external balance of the economy will improve further considerably in 2008. The...
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New owner for Mona Hungary
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
A change in ownership effecting four companies of the Mona group, including Mona Hungary Kft. has taken place. The new owner is NÖM AG (Niederöstereichische Molkerei Aktiengesellschaft). NÖM AG will...
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Top categories: plus and minus
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Nielsen monitors the sales of 90 food categories. The graph shows the changes which took place in the February 2007-January 2008 period. All categories produced expansion of between 3-17 per...
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Orange and peach on top
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Retail sales of fruit juice has been stable in terms of quantity but increased by 10 per cent in terms of value in the February 2007- January 2008 period. According...
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First hand account of EuroShop
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
POPAI Magyarország held its second meeting one week after the exhibition on 6. March, where EuroShop was the topic. Zsuzsanna Hermann, editor in chief of Trade magazin summed up what...
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Notes to a book review
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Not even marketing, or trade marketing tools or loyalty programs can guarantee a competitive advantage in the long run. Sales personnel are still the key figures in sales. Most companies...
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