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Demand shifts towards general purpose cleaners

Consumer habits are changing in the product categories related to cleaning. Households buy less cleaners and cleaning utensils. Only innovative, environmentally friendly solutions and private labels achieved growth. – The...

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School cafeteria

In the United Kingdom, school cafeterias are on the frontline of fighting obesity. Parents often complain that are not informed about lunch menus. From September, Somerset County Council will use...

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Visible monitoring – without extra costs

Fino-Food Kft. uses CSB-System’s industry-specific software to control its business processes. The company’s manufacturing traditions go back as far as 120 years. In 1889, Antal Strausz started manufacturing cheese and...

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The business potential of co-operation

Communicating restrictive measures to employees in the way management wants these to be interpreted is a major problem all over the world. It was a mystery for the top management...

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Customers are looking for actions and visiting shops rarely

According to Nielsen market research company; consumers are visiting shops rarely; more and more people are looking for cheaper goods and discount shopping opportunities. The growth of the popularity of...

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London and New York in the lead, Budapest is the 74th in the ranking of business centers

London and New York remain the most competitive business centers of the world. The score of Budapest has improved, but its ranking became worse, due to the improvement of the...

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FAO: in the next 40 years, 70 percent more food will be need

According to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Seventy percent more food should be produced worldwide, until 2050. The FAO expects that the global population is expected to grow...

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The first “Pannon Wheat Quality” certificate was handed over

The “Pannonian wheat” trade mark was established in July, by the National Association of Cereal Producers (GOSZ), to indicate the extra quality wheat. The first certificate was given to the...

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A four-star hotel is building in Hódmezővásárhely

With a 1.3 billion HUF investment, a four-star hotel is building in the center of Hódmezővásárhely. The Ginkgo-Sas City Hotel is expected to open in August 2010. Schleiffer Ervin one...

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Stock orders in the euro area are over expectations

According to the report of Eurostat, the new industrial orders of the euro zone increased in July, surpassing expectations, that shows a recovery in activity and the easing of recession....

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The situation of dairy producers has improved a bit

According to the latest report of Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI); In August, for the first time this year, even if a very small extent, but the domestic milk prices...

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Accor hotel chain sells twelve thousand rooms

One of Europe's largest hotel company, the French Accor, sells its 158 hotels with 12,300 rooms to compatriot institutional investors, through OPCI real estate fund. The purchase price is 272...

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Christmas shopping already started

It is just the end of the summer, but chains are preparing for Christmas, due to the economic crisis and under the pressure of the changing consumer habits. The latest...

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Sushi Sei expands further

The Sei Sushi restaurant operating in Hungary for 10 years now, expands its Budapest network with a new take-away bar. The new unit of the Japanese cuisine, which is among...

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GKI economic forecast for 2009-2010

According to the summer data of GKI Economic Research company, the greatest economic crisis of the last 70 years has ended. However, the magnitude and the sustainability of improvement are...

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Retail declines from every point of views

In July, the retail sales fell by 2.2 percent compared to June. Compared to July 2008, by 6.6 percent. In the first seven months of 2009 a 3.7 percent decrease...

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Four exhibitions at HUNGEXPO at the same time

With the participation of 300 exhibitors of 13 countries, four exhibitions has been opened at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center.  The presentations of he packaging and handling, printing, marketing, communications...

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McDonald's: Millions for employee scholarship

McDonald's Hungary won the bronze rating of Social Label grade in August 2009. Those companies are awarded, that debut this year with an objective and complex audit professional certification, linked...

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Face analyzer program for commercial purposes

The software is suitable for the analysis of consumer behavior, research for marketing renewal and the precise targeting of target groups. The new technology is able for the support proactive...

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The STI Group won the Cannes Lions Award and the New York Festivals’ Gold Medal

The Cannes Lions festival, the most prestigious advertising festival in the world, was an outstanding event for the STI Group; a packaging product of the German based group of companies...

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Viola Meat expand its production line

Despite the economic crisis Viola Győr-Meat Ltd., reports a growing demand, therefore the company will expand its production base. According to the commercial director of the family business; They expect...

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Unilever: the Hungarian plant being developed, the Czech plant will be closed

Unilever will close its factory in the Czech Republic – announced the company recently. According to the food, consumer goods and household chemical products manufacturer, British-Dutch-owned group the decision was...

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Twenty years of GfK Hungária

GfK Hungária, that was founded in August 1989, 20 years ago, was the first institute of GfK in the Central and Eastern European region. The micro-enterprise has become Hungary's leading...

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CEO of Cadbury, found insufficient Kraft Foods’s bid

Cadbury's Chief Executive Officer would ask twenty percent higher price, than the offer of Kraft Foods Group for Cadbury. According to informations of Reuters; Todd Stitzer, Cadbury's Chief Executive Officer...

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Seventeen and a half billion HUF for small and medium-sized enterprises

The National Development Agency will announce the second time this year, the Economic Development Operational Program, and the Central Hungary Operational Program applications for the development of technological basis of...

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Excellent Hungarian foods in the HORECA sector

Agrármarketing Centrum will organize the business meeting between the representatives of the companies with Excellent Hungarian Food trademark and between the decision-makers of the HORECA sector, on the 6th October....

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Weak performance for Budapest hotels in the region

According to CB Richard Ellis’ (CBRE), most recent analysis on the hotel market of Central and Eastern Europe; The occupancy of Budapest hotels decrased with 17.5 percent to 55.7 percent...

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Retail sales can be expanded by 20 to 44 -year-olds

According to the new analysis of Research and Markets, Irish market research company; Hungarian retail sales turnover may expand by 13 percent between 2008 and 2013. According to the company’s...

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Széchenyi: Hungary will be

The 120 thousandth Széchenyi card was ceremonially handed over. This high number also shows that appropriate means should vote in confidence, to the Hungarian companies. Up to date, outsourcing capital...

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According to the Chamber of Agriculture; the crisis widened

There's a big problem in agriculture: the economic crisis now really reached the industry, which is compounded by the almost a complete shutdown of credit and a full product depression...

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