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Beer specialty with lemon

Beer specialty with lemon, the first flavoured beer in the medium price category....

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Retail keeps plunging

According to KSH’s report, there was a 4-percent decline in domestic retail turnover in March, compared with data from March 2009. In the 1st quarter, retail turnover was 4.6 percent...

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Large packaging units sell better

Value sales of carbonated soft drinks grew in stores larger than 400 m² in the April 2009-March 2010 period; value sales fell in stores smaller than 400 m² – informs...

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Tchibo’s new commercial director

Attila Sófalvi is the new commercial director of Tchibo Budapest Kft. from 1 May 2010. The new executive is 37 years old and started his career at Nestlé Hungary. Later...

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Play with Detki!

Detki’s first promotion game ended on 1 May 2010 when 10 weekends for 2 in Vienna were drawn. The biscuit company launched its new game straight away: its slogan is...

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Feeling of comfort

Wind often disturbs guests on terraces, but shades that can be rolled out sideways solve this problem. British pub and bar owners had the chance this summer to order aluminium...

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Real Nature curds

Real Nature curds are made of milk from cows kept on the best alpine meadows, in a natural environment....

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The meat industry is waiting for the grill season

The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the abattoir entry price of slaughter pig in...

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Sugar-free soft drinks – now in the lower categories too

Carbonated soft drink retail sales fell last year, in terms of value and volume alike, but the decrease did not affect the different retail channels to the same extent. –...

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Colgate-Palmolive’s new managing director

From 1 April 2010, a new managing director supervises Colgate-Pa lmolive’s business activity in Hungary: Péter Juhász returned from London where he worked as sales director of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare....

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Free research tool for advertisers and agencies

IAB Europe and Google will launch a service called Consumer Commerce Barometer (CCB), which provides agencies and advertisers with consumer data. CCB is a free on-line research tool that relies...

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POPAI Master Course

POPAI Association closed the first six months of 2010 with a meeting on 3 July. The topic was ‘Crisis Solutions’ and Eszter Melisek, Nielsen’s client service director gave the keynote...

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MIZO Butter

A real novelty: butter that is easy to spread even when it is cold....

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Growth in external demand surpasses domestic demand growth

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, technically the recession ended in the 1st quarter of 2010 in Hungary as well and a 1-percent economic growth...

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Pantyliner sales are the most concentrated

Sanitary napkins make up the biggest category among feminine hygiene products. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, its HUF 5 billion turnover remained stable in May 2009-April 2010, but in...

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New marketing and advertising directors at Árukereső

From May 2010, István Rácz is the new marketing director of arukereso.hu Kft. The new position was created recently as a result of the price comparison site‘s dynamic growth. As...

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Who will be the most talented young Hungarian?

Beck’s Different By Choice Award talent search contest ended on 10 May. From the 47 nominees 10 qualified to the second round. Until 9 June the public can cast their...

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Responsible leaflet issuance in the spirit of sustainability

SPAR decided to substantially reduce the size of its weekly published INTERSPAR leaflets. This means that paper usage will be reduced by 800 tons and ink usage will diminish by...

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Retail Marketing Conference, London

On 30 June, a Retail Marketing Conference was held as part of ‘Marketing Week Live’ in London’s Olympia. Presenters from companies like Saatchi&Saatchi or Procter&Gamble spoke about the difference between...

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Wilkinson razor for women

Wilkinson’s novelty is a premium, battery operated razor and bikini line trimmer in one, developed especially for women....

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In April Hungary was on top of the EU’s inflation list again

In April 2010, in the EU-27 consumer prices were 2 percent higher on average, compared to prices in April 2009. While prices decreased in Latvia (by 2.8 percent), the biggest...

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Good opportunities in the intimate sphere

An increasing number of segments and actors appear on the intimate hygiene market. Besides traditional products such as sanitary napkins, pantyliners, incontinence pads, tampons and cotton wool the significance of...

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Linde cut costs by outsourcing

Linde Gas Hungary – the biggest gas manufacturer and seller of gases in Hungary – decided to cut costs by introducing card entry, and time and attendance systems. Wage calculation...

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The secret of pleasant smelling soft skin

Veet® Supreme Essence’s new, rose scented products appeared in shops. It only takes 3 minutes for this hair removal cream to make women’s legs smooth, silky and pleasant smelling. Veet®...

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METRO to build a unique Customer Academy in Hungary

The founding stone of METRO’s Customer Academy was laid at the end of June, near the company’s headquarters in Budaörs. With the 1,200 m² new complex METRO intends to offer...

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Growing spending

Between 31 May and 6 June the average daily spending by consumers was USD 80, the highest since the economic crisis broke out in December 2008 – reported Gallup on...

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Protocolar techniques

Trade Marketing Club’s traditional summer meeting and grill party was held on 10 June. Rainy weather did not deter participants from registering and on the day of the event their...

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‘It is ending precisely now…’ (Part 3)

This new, 6-part series by Trade magazin and GfK Hungária Market Research Institute focuses on price trends, pricing policies and consumer expectations in terms of price. Last time we examined...

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What will we eat when we grow up?

This spring Hungary is about to appeal to the European Court of Justice, because after a long moratorium a few months ago the European Commission gave green light to growing...

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Food exports falling

The trade balance is still improving, but already there are signs in the improvement of the internal demand. The export-import gap is narrower than last year: exports improved by 16.8,...

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