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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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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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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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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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More global name for IMIGe

IMIGe Hungária, like other members of the group will operate under the name IMIGe, a company of POS Media Europe. IMIGe and Sales Activation Solutions (SAS) established a new holding...

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Pampering with a pair of Pöttyös

Friesland introduced a Pöttyös variant with peanut butter, curd and chocolate under the name Pöttyös Pont2 in the milk dessert category in January. The product is intended to be a...

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Mayonnaise showing most dynamic growth

Leading brands like Globus and Univer use intensive in-store communication and health focused innovation to keep pace with private labels. According to recent data from Nielsen, mustard, mayonnaise and ketchup...

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Cartoon characters are effective till the age of ten

Products for children under 10 have to be accepted by their parents as well. This is not very easy to achieve, because children and adults have very different expectations. According...

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Good old regions…

Retail audits had been and still are essential tools for measuring distribution and evaluating OSS figures. Large sales organisations can obtain an increasing amount of information from their sales networks...

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Dove Go Fresh

New fragrance versions intended for the 20-29 age group will be available after the introduction of the Dove Go Fresh product line....

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Eco-tour in the south-west Dunántúl

The three day automobile tour intended to promote the consumption of bio products will cover the south-west Dunántúl region this year. The tour will begin on 14. June, in front...

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New country manager

Zoltán Dercze has been appointed the new country manger of Coface Hungary. Previously, he had been the deputy general director of Magyar Exporthitel Biztosító Zrt. (Mehib)....

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Dressings popular

According to data from the Consumer Scan of GfK Hungária Market Research, over half of all Hun­garian households bought mustard and mayon­naise during the first nine months of 2007. Mustard...

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Changing focus

„Successful HoReCa 2008” was the title of a one day forum organised by Karrier és Stílus Tanácsadó Kft. in the beginning of February. The first presentation was held by Judit...

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Great demand for regional data from Nielsen

Regional data about retail sales is becoming increasingly important. 80 per cent of Nielsen clients receive standard regional data about five major regions as a basic service. Demand for specialised...

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Milka Olympia Gold, Silver & Bronze 100 g

Milka has new limited edition flavours for this spring as well....

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