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New Papai Hus stores in Hungary

From March company has two new sales point in Keszthely and one in Zalaegerszeg, the planned store in Ajka opens a bit later.  Since a year the company stands under...

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Consumers like and seeing the digital billboards totally in the US

According to a study from Arbitron US, the digital billboards are getting high marks from consumers. The majority of digital billboard viewers found the new signs to be attractive, and...

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Heineken Acquires Bere Mures in Romania

Bere Mures has a beer portfolio which includes Neumarkt, one of the country's leading beers, and the smaller Dracula and Sovata brands.   The transaction will strengthen Heineken's number one...

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To Shop via Internet is Trendy

According to Szonda Ipsos research 20% of Hungarian internet users buy something via internet in 2007.  Every fifth Hungarian adult visit one of the researched auction, on-line and price and...

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F&B Manufacturers from Singapore at International Food Fair in Czech Republic

A group of food manufacturers under the flagship of the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation (SMa) will be doing Singapore proud at the Salima International Food Fairs 2008 held in Brno, Czech...

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Spectacular growth at Czech brewery Staropramen

Czech brewery Pivovary Staropramen sold a record 3.24 million hectolitres of beer in 2007, up 5.9 percent from 2006. The figure does not include production of beer under licence abroad....

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German retail chain REWE Group will take over Plus Discount in the Czech Republic

If anti-trust office UOHS okays the acquisition, the number of Czech outlets belonging to the REWE Group will be raised to some 500 and their annual turnover should move around...

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Hungary manufacturing PMI fall 6 percentage

Following a leap in January, Hungary's purchasing manager index plummeted to 50.6 points in February.   The Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (HALPIM), the publisher of the...

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Acting in concert against forgery can decrease the black economy

The new founded organisation's first assigment is to build a concentrated database. The Hungarian Corporation Against Forgery has a HUF 75 million budget for this year, members are six ministries,...

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Sales and profit increased at InBev in 2007

InBev NV, the world's largest brewer, said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on gains from selling real estate and tripled its dividend.   Net income rose to 2.2 billion euros...

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Coffee prises on 10 years top

Prises must be grow in Hungary too, Sara Lee started to increase in February, Tchibo only in summer. According to ACNielsen last year 26.7 million kilos coffee was sold in...

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From June only from Hungarian Fruits and only in Hungary can make Palinka

The Hungarian Parliament talk about Palinka Regulation in March. According to the new laws proceed can be started against who abuses with the Hungaricum's name.  The new regulation – starts...

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No tumult at cash desks

According to communique of Hungarian Trade Association customers and cashiers succesful resolved the first day of roundings. Gyorgy Vamos, president of the assotiation said, no fights, loud bickerings destroyed the...

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Britain preffers not the complete ban

Shops could be forced by law to charge for handing out plastic bags unless they agree to impose the fees voluntarily, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned in a hard-hitting...

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Administration of liquidation started at one of M.E.G.A Trade Companies

The company group's Dis Kereskedelemi Kft. was famous after relabeling action in 2006. As known at company's plant in Budaors more thousands kilos of food was relabeld in 2006. When...

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Economic growth in Hungary only in H2

According to a GKI 's forecast elaborated in co-operation with Erste Bank Hungary's economy will eventually get out of the slump it fell into in 2007. Following a huge downturn...

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The economic confidence in the euro zone sank to a two-year low

The economic sentiment indicator in the euro zone, which has been on a downward path since mid-2007, stood at 100.1 in February, down by 1.6 points from that in January....

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Hungary's industrial PPI accelerates to 3% m/m, 4.3% yr/yr in Jan

Hungary's industrial producer price inflation ticked up to 3.0% month on month in January from 0.4% in Dec 2007, and rose 4.3% year on year against an 1.6% growth in...

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New officers for Maspex

Marek Bucior was appointed general director of Maspex Olympos Kft. on 23. January. He has been working for Maspex Wadowice Group for 8 years, first in Poland and later in...

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Youthful consumption

According to the findings of a Nielsen survey conducted in 42 countries, the general attitude of society becoming more “youthful” has an effect on consumption. For example, people in their...

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Hair dye sales growing

Sales of hair dyes continue to expand. According to Nielsen data, sales exceeded HUF 6 billion in the November 2006–October 2007 period, with growth of 12 per cent. Consumer prices...

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More foreigners, staying for shorter periods

The number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation by foreign and domestic guests only grew by 0.9 per cent in the January – November 2007 period, compared to...

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Blessing or curse?

1986, Hosszúhegyi State Farm. The name Hey Ho gets selected for use by the general director and one of the best known Hungarian brands is born. By the early 90’s,...

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hohes C

The spring campaign of hohes C will focus on the need to consume more vitamins when seasons change, with the help of hohes C. Agency: D’Arcy Avenue Customer: SIÓ-ECKES Kft....

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Recipes in Interspar stores

Spar Magyarország Kft. has a new service for its customers. They offer a wide range of continuously up-dated recipes in 29 Interspar hyper markets from 17. January to 31. December....

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Body care for older generations

As European societies are ageing, manufacturers are increasingly turning their attention the over 50 age group. Dove is a good example of this trend. – We believe that older age...

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Natural brunette is in, but blonde is still popular

The segment of hair dyes has been expanding for years. Natural colours are the present trend. Marketing budgets of sufficient size play an important role in the present expansion. Competition...

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Online shopping becoming more popular

According to a Nielsen survey conducted among Internet users in 48 countries, 82 per cent of Hungarian net users have purchased something using the Internet. Whereas the most popular items...

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