News and articles
The Christmas turnover of SMEs decreased
Date: 2010-01-19 00:01:11
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
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:59
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
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:33
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
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:22
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
Date: 2010-01-19 00:00:07
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:05:29
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:04:21
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:03:25
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:02:51
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:01:15
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.
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:55
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:38
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:21
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
Date: 2010-01-18 00:00:09
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
Date: 2010-01-15 00:06:20
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
Date: 2010-01-15 00:05:17
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
Date: 2010-01-15 00:04:29
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
Date: 2010-01-15 00:03:17
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
Date: 2010-01-15 00:02:27
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
Date: 2010-01-15 00:02:07
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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Green warehouse from SPAR: environmentally friendly solution without fossils
Date: 2010-01-15 00:01:07
At the planning and construction of the Spar warehouse in Üllő, environment protection was a priority as part of the company's basic philosophy. The energy-efficient solutions in the warehouse, serve...
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Turcsán Tünde became the director of the Romanian Nielsen
Date: 2010-01-15 00:00:59
Turcsán Tünde (age 34), the Account Director of the Hungarian ACNielsen Market Research Ltd. was appointed as the executive director of Nielsen Romania, from 15th January. Turcsán Tünde is working...
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Pessimistic Tárki, optimistic Origo
Date: 2010-01-15 00:00:35
According to Tárki’s montly survey; Only a fraction of the Hungarians believe, that their financial situation will improve in a year, the majority feels that things are going in the...
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Defibrillator in the kayak-canoe boathouse
Date: 2010-01-15 00:00:22
In the Spari kayak-canoe boathouse, situates in the Lágymányosi-bay, one can find defibrillator from now. The Henkel Hungary Ltd. – as 11th District firm – purchased two defibrillators. Annually the...
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The crisis has changed the consumption habits
Date: 2010-01-14 00:03:07
The crisis, not only reduced the level of consumption, but the structure has also changed. There are changes in purchasing habits that will not be the same, after the crisis...
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PLMA Conference in Istanbul over the future of the own brands
Date: 2010-01-14 00:02:24
2009 was the year of own brands: spending habits has changed in whole Europe, due to the economic crisis and it was favorable for private label. Nowadays, significant part of...
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FAO’s food price index is on its fifteen-month peak
Date: 2010-01-14 00:02:01
The food prices further increased in December. The FAO global price index of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization is on its fifteen-month peak. The international organizations explained the...
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January price increase in the stores: the Auchan sticking out of the line
Date: 2010-01-14 00:01:59
The Privátbankár’s January basketprice-assessment experienced a 4.5 monthly and a 1.7 percent annual increase in prices, on the basis of the prices of three hypermarkets. Based on a survey made...
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Until the end of January 3.2 billion HUF for holiday checks
Date: 2010-01-14 00:01:33
The Hungarian National Holiday Foundation stated; that they will provide 3.2 billion HUF holiday vouchers from their own resources to low-income pensioners, to the disabled, to workers with at least...
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