News and articles
HUF 12 million conraband
Date: 2007-10-01 00:00:00
Customs officers seized 31,000 cartons of cigarettes in a van. The worth of contraband cigarettes was 12 million forints, the products brought into the country from the Ukraine. The officers...
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Germans don't do shopping
Date: 2007-10-01 00:00:00
In Surprise Fall German retail sales fell unexpectedly in August, affected by the impact of higher oil prices and the credit-market turmoil. Sales, adjusted for inflation and seasonal swings, fell...
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Foreign companies barred from importing meat into Russia
Date: 2007-10-01 00:00:00
Over 80 foreign companies were stripped of meat import licences into Russia this year because of deemed poor quality. "The right to export meat to Russia was stripped from...
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Auchan to invest in Portugal
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
The retail group will invest about 600 mln eur in Portugal over the next three years as part of an expansion plan. The group plans to expand its Pao de...
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Swiss cartel authorities back Aldi and Lidl expansion plans
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
Swiss regulators back expansion plans of German discount retailers Aldi and Lidl, Handelsblatt reported, citing a statement made by the Swiss cartel office. The report said the cartel office approved...
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METRO Group dashes in Turkey
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
Media Markt, brand of the METRO GROUP opens its first Turkish store in Istanbul. Following Metro Cash & Carry and Real, Media Markt is now the third sales brand of...
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New Visa card with EMV system
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
V PAY is a chip and PIN only product, with no legacy requirement to support manual imprinting, cardholder signature and magnetic stripe reading. 17 million cards will be change. The...
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One week for the entrepreneurs
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
Free presentations and discourses about questions serve the Hungarian entrepreneurs from 27 September to 6 October, organised by Budapest Chamber of Industries. Days of the Chamber's program begins with the...
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Warm food voucher is popular
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
According to GKI research company, in 2003 only 300,000, this year 570,000 employees get warm food vouchers. 58% of the competition sector's employees get cold food vouchers and 18% warm...
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The best bartender is looking by Stella Artois
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
The three week competition started 24 September in six regions of Hungary, the best in show will be on 9. October in Budapest. The first 3 from all regions can...
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Medicines at Drogerie Markt
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
Until the end of 2007 the company hopes to open drug corners at the all chain, in 2003 stores. It costs HUF 500 million. This time medicament can be sold...
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Milk producers make the pace
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Subsequent upon the price war there are empty shelves at the supermarkets milk sections. The processing industry and the exporters run against each other and jack up the price. There...
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Start at Airport City
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion in Q1 2008 including 8,300 sqm of warehouse space for lease and nearly 2,000 sqm of offices. Developer Ablon has...
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New owner and developing at the Bertrans logistic park in Kecskemet
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Australia's Goodman Group buys logistics park in Hungary. Goodman, an integrated property group listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has acquired the Kecskemét-based logistics park of Hungarian logistics service provider...
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Heineken introduces new light lager in Russia
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
The new brand will be positioned in the premium class beer segment and will be supported by a wide promotion campaign across various mass media. Heineken has introduced a new...
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Ribena to go green
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
The company said that it will become the first in UK's soft drinks industry to increase the recycled content of its ready-to-drink bottles from 40% to 100%. All Ribena bottles,...
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Aldi defers in Poland
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
German discount retailer Aldi has postponed plans to enter the Polish market until early next year and will open fewer outlets there than planned. Aldi will open about 10 stores...
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Ferrero loses monopoly over Kinder sweets
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Ferrero has been left with a bitter taste after being banned from keeping its monopoly over the word kinder, the German word for children, on its popular Kinder Surprise eggs....
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Summer raid – HUF 500 million fine
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
In the course of the 10 weeks control the inspectors spied at the Lake-Balaton, on the biggest events – as Sziget Festival and on the famous holiday places. Inspectors found...
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Rumbling over
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The „Apenta will rumble in the summer” promotional campaign is over. Participants were able to win a Whirpool Inox refrigerator each day, while the main prize was an Air Tours...
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Lebensmittel Praxis: special edition about Hungary
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
According to the special edition of the prestigious German magazine, Lebensmittel Praxis, devoted entirely to Hungary: „Though the trading business focuses on China, India, Russia and The Ukraine nowadays, Hungary...
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Cheese sales concentrated in modern store types
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The dynamic growth of cheese sales seen in recent years has slowed down. With growth of 8 per cent in terms of value between July 2006 and June 2007, annual...
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Consolidation in truck production
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Half of the world market of medium and heavy commercial vehicles is shared between six companies. Volvo (already the owner of Renault VI-t and Mack) acquired Nissan Diesel in March....
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Shop & Roll
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Shop&Roll rolling basket is an ideal tool for regular shopping....
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Displays for Tchibo
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Displays for Tchibo instant specialities guarantee a spectacular appearance for these products. They will be delivered to stores in October and will guarantee intensive Tchibo presence for a period of...
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Friesland moving production capacity
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Friesland Hungária zRt. will relocate its production capacity from Nagybánhegyes to Debrecen at the end of September, as the last step of its consolidation process announced in November 2006....
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Maspex investing in The Ukraine
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Maspex is to establish a sugar processing plant in the Ukraine. The EUR 50 million .project of the Polish soft drinks manufacturer will be completed in three years. Revenues of...
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Fighting common taste
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The block of people who regard cheese as being identical with trappista is still substantial and constitute the majority. The situation is however, changing slowly. – In Hungary, there is...
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Good days for palinka
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Palinka sales in the HoReCa sector grew by 10 per cent in terms of value in the June 2006–May 2007 period. Total palinka sales in the HoReCa sector exceeded HUF...
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Kinley Bitter Rosso
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
This refreshment has been conceived in unquestionably Italian style: with amaretto aroma, carbon dioxide, ruby colour and an excitingly refreshing effect....
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