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SPAR supermarket modernisation continues

The SPAR Hungary Ltd. completed the redesign in 2009, on the 174 stores of the Plus network taken over in 2008. The stores opened again as SPAR Supermarkets. The biggest...

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The Bonduelle would acquire France Champignon

The Bonduelle Group and Butler Capital Partners announced, that negotiations are taking place, over the purchase of the France Champignon group. As the result of the 1997 fusion of the...

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METRO’s website renewed

METRO’s website the http://www.metro.hu was given new look and occurs with new features from the 18th of January. Thanks to the innovations, the appearance of the site, the novelties in...

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Csányi’s company purchased feed manufacturer

The Competition Authority (GVH) granted to the CSIM Pte. Ltd belonging into the interest of Csányi Sándor to buy the Tendre Ltd. dealing with animal feed. The CSIM is a...

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Tesco denies, that its Ózd unit sinks

The Tesco Store of Ózd will not be closed – states Hackl Mónika, head of communication at Tesco. According to the news spread in Ózd, the mall is constantly sinking,...

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Smaller companies can get source

The small business venture capital program may be launched in Hungary first, among the countries of the European Union, with a close to 31.5 billion HUF of EU support, a...

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Event Organizers: Alliance on the day of the profession

Event organizers would probate their interests jointly. A traditional solution was chosen: they set up their own conference. Not only the members of MaReSz are expected on the professional day,...

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Ipsos: The advertising newspapers have a significant impact

The untargeted advertising newspapers have a significant impact on customers, by motivating the impulsive purchases. Also inform of promotions and new products and give a kind of “hunting experience” –...

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The development of professional store chains can save the bakers

Last year, the situation of the bakery companies has not improved, this year their market position may deteriorate further. The bakery companies can escape forward, with the development of professional...

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Cognac sales have been decreasing since 2008

Cognac sales declined by 12.4 percent worldwide in 2009 – said the professional organization of the French Cognac Producers. Sales are reducing for the second consecutive year, after the 6.2...

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The Christmas turnover of SMEs decreased

According to the online survey of MarketingCommando; The Christmas sales of the small and medium sized enterprises further reduced in 2009, compared to 2008. Fourty-four percent of the surveyed firms...

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Metro has fed up with price war

Metro retail chain's leader demands the cessation of increasing price reduction war in food trade. According to Eckhard Cordes; the price war is contrary with the original intention and has...

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NetPiac.hu was annexed

According to the agreement between the Bookline.hu and NetPiac Ltd., the NetPiac.hu online store will be absorbed into Bookline.hu’s own web store and will take over the operation from the...

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Diego Bevilacqua joins to the METRO Cash & Carry International team

With the appointment of Diego Bevilacqua, the company's international team expands with a new Customer Marketing Leader and the German METRO Cash & Carry will further strengthen its customer orientation....

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Sunflower instead of beer

Already this year, a Belgian group can start the production of high oilacid sunflowerm, in the building of the former brewery, in Komárom. It is planned, that every year, 20...

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Grüne Woche Berlin: Hungarians meet with German purveyors

One of the world's most prestigious agricultural and food industry exhibition, the Grüne Woche Berlin is in full swing. The Hungarian participants called the attention of more than 400 thousand...

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The consumption of vodka and gin increased last year

Spirits turnover at the organized retail was stable with about 70 billion HUF, between December 2008 and November 2009, just as in the same comparable previous period. Compared to the...

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Hungarian competitiveness reduced

The competition index (VEX) of GKI-Microsoft slightly decreased in the third quarter of 2009 in Hungary, Romania and Austria. The value of the business environment index (UX) was 20, higher...

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Hershey can buy Kraft Foods

The Hershey can make a bid of 17.9 billion USD next week, for British Cadbury, baffling the buying intentions of Kraft Foods. The Hershey will finance the acquisition partly by...

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Pálinka consumption is popular

The commercial brewed spirits rate increases by 10 percent annually, but the current annual production of 1.5-2 million, is well below of the hire brewing’s 10 percent reduction, still producing...

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Expanding American industry, rising consumer confidence in the U.S.

In December, the industrial production of the United States increased by 0.6 percent, the same extent as expected. The manufacturing production decreased by 0.1 percent, in November, while  mining production...

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German raid because of cartel of suspection

The German Federal Cartel Office raided at 11 German retail companies and at 4 manufacturers, due to the suspicion of illegal price coordination. Raid took place at the largest German...

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New Persil sensitive skin products

The consumers with sensitive skin have high expectations for the products used for washing up. The clothes are continuously in contact with the skin, so detergents should be skin-friendly. Henkel’s...

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Henkel brands are the official suppliers of the Dakar Rally

Two Henkel brands (The Loctite ® and the Teroson) was elected as the official supplier of the Dakar Rally for the sixth year. The most sensational rally race of the...

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Grüne Woche: Hungarian food products in the focus of international interest

Gráf József Minister of Agriculture informed 80 German and foreign journalists over the wide supply and high quality of Hungarian food, on Thursday afternoon’s press conference at the Berlin Fair....

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Annual inflation was 4.2 percent last year

Consumer prices in 2009 increased by an average 4.2 percent. In last year December it was standing 5.6 percent higher than in the December 2008 and have not changed, compared...

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Szoftverbörze will be held in cyberspace

Between 17 and 19 March, one of the largest Hungarian IT exhibition, the Szoftverbörze (Software bourses) will be held – this time in a virtual form. The exhibition is free...

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Giants’ struggle for costumers

Deloitte made the ranking of the most powerful commercial chains. The great surprise is that Tesco slid down from the podium. The British Tesco was overtaken by the German Metro...

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A significant increase occured in the rate of domestic bank savings last year

According to GfK’s survey; In Hungary, 17 percent of the population believe that they can save, in the fortcoming 12 months. The survey covers 14 Central and Eastern European countries....

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Cartel suspect – Metro is under investigation

The German Cartel Office put under investigation several trade and production chains, because of the suspicion, that they coordinate their prices. The Metro is one of the companies, that are...

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