News and articles
Watermelon for individualists
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the United States seedless watermelons already appeared in the 1980s and became so popular that today only 20 percent of watermelons consumed in the US contain seeds. The next...
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Air Wick Touch of Luxury Collection
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Air Wick brand’s new winter portfolio....
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Batteries with elementary power
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Energizer batteries are available in all retail channels. According to Orsolya Varga, Energizer Magyarország Kft.’s trade marketing manager the focus is different in every channel, but the company is able...
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The turnover of retail chains’ private label products amounts to 165 billion forints in six months
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In six months the private label products of food retailers generated a HUF 165 billion turnover – 2 percent less than in the first six months of 2009. Private labels...
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Special orange-cake Milli Mia Cream Curd for the autumn months
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From 1 September a special orange-cake Curd Cream version of the Milli Mia dessert range is available in shops for 10 weeks. Curd Cream is the most popular product in...
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New CEO at Tetra Pak Duna
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
At the end of August Tetra Pak appointed a new CEO for its Duna Region (Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia). Eric Schmid will fill the position at the market...
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Levente Szalai, Hungexpo
“Changes in terms of content”
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– What were your ideas when starting to organise Hoventa on your own? – We set up a different concept than the one used before, a part of which was...
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Zagat’s fast food restaurant ranking
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Zagat’s ranking of fast food restaurants was published in August, after the opinions of more than 6,500 testers were collected. They rated them on a 30-point scale. Subway performed the...
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Spider monkeys instead of gorillas
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the past couple of years even the smallest sales details were decided in Wal-Mart’s headquarters. The recession changed everything, consumer demand has become much more diverse. As Doug Stephens...
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Food products are expensive, but they slow down inflation
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Inflation pressure eased a bit in July, as KSH reported a monthly consumer price increase of 0.1 percent. The price of cooking oil fell by 8.3 percent, but pork prices...
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Foreign markets – the Balkans States Volume sales are shrinking in many countries
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nielsen Growthreporter, a trend report published quarterly, states that in FMCG retail the second quarter brought disappointment. Basically, Western Europe is still stronger than Eastern Europe. In the 21 developed...
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Gérard Depardieu promoted his own wine at the Hogatec fair
Date: 2010-09-22 00:04:01
Gérard Depardieu, the world-famous actor appeared as a businessman at the Hogatec, the catering trade fair in Düsseldorf. He presented his own wine at the stand of Metro group. 403...
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We still love sweet wine
Date: 2010-09-22 00:02:55
Each year, an average of 30-32 liters of wine we drink, we love sweet wines more. The premium drinks are mainly purchased as a gift – it was found out...
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GfK: the steps towards Hungarian health economy have failed
Date: 2010-09-22 00:01:59
The researchers of the global trends, increasingly agree, that health economy will be the engine of the post-crisis growth and the new world order. Experiencing the difficulties of the system,...
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This year dynamic growth of world trade is expected
Date: 2010-09-22 00:01:08
The World Trade Organization (WTO) revised upwards its growth forecast of this year's world trade turnover: growth this year will be a 13.5 percent instead of the 10 percent forecasts...
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The Váci street is the 37th most expensive retail space
Date: 2010-09-22 00:01:00
The world's most prominent retail location has not changed over the past 12 months. The latest research of Cushman & Wakefield measured the highest rental growth in South America and...
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Targeted advertising messages from Twitter
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:15
The Twitter will soon introduce the concept of “promoted” tweet, which is similar to Google’s advertising mechanism. Twitter has currently 160 million users, and about one-fifth of them follow brand-or...
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Tesco's strategy: web stores all over the world
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:10
Tesco’s CEO candidate has announced that online retail sales will start next year in Poland, in the Czech Republic and then in Shanghai. Philip Clarke – who will take over...
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The 25th Jubilee SPAR Budapest International Marathon is ready to start
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:08
The greatest domestic running event, the 25th Jubilee SPAR Budapest International Marathon will be held on the 26th of September 2010. The SPAR is the main sponsor of the event...
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Tesco sells Viagra in the UK
Date: 2010-09-22 00:00:01
The chain estimates that millions of men can live full sexual life with the nonprescription medicine, that will be available in the drugstores of the chain. According to the communication...
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The fresh food fair in Düsseldorf has ended
Date: 2010-09-21 00:06:29
The 760 exhibitors of 28 countries were focusing on retail sales promotion and on fresh food sales in Düsseldorf. The trio of InterCool, and InterMeat InterMopro finished last week. All...
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The majority of Hungarians considers healthy nutrition too expensive
Date: 2010-09-21 00:06:02
The majority of people are always trying to eat healther, but that is not always possible. The majority of Hungarians considers healthy nutrition too expensive. This differs from the international...
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More and more conscious costumers
Date: 2010-09-21 00:04:01
According to the most recent Conscious Consumer Index; the number of real conscious costumers is increasing. The Kirakat.hu and the Ipsos investigated the consumer awareness and consumer attitudes for the...
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Stricter rules on premium products
Date: 2010-09-21 00:03:01
The Rural Development Ministry changes the Hungarian Food regulations into two levels. Beside the existing rules, those who want to sell premium products must also undertake the strictening of the...
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The suppliers may benefit from the proposed legislative amendment
Date: 2010-09-21 00:01:00
According to the informations of Híszerző; Jaross Tamás, Matolcsy’s Ministerial Commissioner has quit. The former leader of Metro was in charge for the booming of the domestic trade. According to...
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Manpower expansion with higher payments and fringe benefits
Date: 2010-09-21 00:00:55
According to the survey of K&H; In the next year, one-fourth of the the domestic micro, small and medium-sized enterprises plans to increase staffing levels. The research shows that 24%...
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Fider György leaves Szamos Marcipán Kft.
Date: 2010-09-21 00:00:05
Fider György, the former Trading Manager of Szamos Marcipán Kft. continues his career as the Operational Director of BAKO Hungaria Kft. from mid-September 2010. The Szamos Marcipán Kft. will not...
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The original Cuba Libre is 110 years old
Date: 2010-09-21 00:00:01
One of the world's most popular cocktail, the Cuba Libre was born in a bar in Cuba, in the summer of 1900. The Bacardi Rum and the classic combination of...
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Hungary is a poultry grand power
Date: 2010-09-20 00:05:21
Hungary is still a poultry grand power, but the sector has a number of tasks to be solved, if it wishes to develop its good internal market and export positions...
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