News and articles
Food retail shares under devaluation
Date: 2008-01-10 00:00:00
According to specialist the business conditions in retail sector will be not better in 2008. The price must be cut. British retailers suffered their worst holiday season in three years,...
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Interactive mirrors in American the stores
Date: 2008-01-10 00:00:00
Retail stores spend $34.5 billion a year on technology, including electronic kiosks for customers. Besides product information and stock-checking, such assistive technology is set to provide apparel shoppers with a...
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Italy's Cola Dairy Products to Acquire Bulgaria's MyDay
Date: 2008-01-10 00:00:00
Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has given the green light for the Italian company to acquire a 60% stake in Bulgarian dairy products maker. The CPC decided that...
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The most lucky Toffifee fan travels to Lapland
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
Storck Hungary started its winning game in 2007 autumn, the lucky winner starts her trip end of January. The Toffifee Santa waited for the draws under the slogan Imagine, draw...
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Fake stock found in Kecskemet
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
The excise officers seized cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, petards and 10 kilos of fake stocks were found too. The specialists check now, that the case has or not a contact with...
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Tengelmann Sells Plus Greece
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
Delhaize Group's bought all 33 Plus stores in Greece. Delhaize Group's retail presence in Greece is through its majority ownership of Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos S. A.. The combination of both companies...
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Papai Hus opened its new distribution center in Budapest
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
The center, operating in Vagohid street deliver the products to stores and catering companies in Budapest. According to company's press realise the quality and food safety is guaranteed by strong...
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The POPAI Village at EuroShop
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
EuroShop 2008 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Feb. 23 to 27, is one of the world's most significant exhibitions for our industry. During which, POPAI is sponsoring the POPAI Village. Five days...
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Nutrition experts help retailers educate customers
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
The American Hy-Vee, for instance, employs 100 dietitians in about 70% of its locations. As consumers seek to become healthier, supermarkets can play a role in educating them about nutrition...
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Goodby optimism!
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
The population was more pessimistic about the economic environment at the end of 2007, than at the historical bottom in 2006. Seventy seven percent of the respondents saw deteriorating conditions,...
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Unilever Dutch and Belgium Opers to Come Under One Division
Date: 2008-01-09 00:00:00
Unilever Benelux will now serve the Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg markets as one of the first 'Multi Country Organisations' to be set up within Unilever Europe. Via this form of...
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Clorox going to be greener
Date: 2008-01-08 00:00:00
The consumer products giant bought Burt's Bees, the beeswax manufacturer for $913 million . Clorox plans to turn Burt's Bees into a mainstream American brand sold in big-box stores like...
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Peter Fejer leaves Accor Hospitality Hungary
Date: 2008-01-08 00:00:00
The specialist changes his carreer in a new way. The company will reorganize the sales and distribution department. Peter Fejer worked for 16 years at Accor-Pannonia, later Accor Hospitality Hungary...
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New Inditex SA subsidary
Date: 2008-01-08 00:00:00
The new store chain of Zara's owner will market only clothing accessories. Inditex SA opened its first Zara-store in 2004, in Budapest. Nowadays the store chain has several shops in...
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World's first FSC-certified Tetra Pak packages hit Sainsbury's shelves
Date: 2008-01-08 00:00:00
Tetra Recart is the first Tetra Pak package with a label of certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). FSC is an international organisation which sets standards for responsible forest...
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Hotel Klotild Palace open in 2009
Date: 2008-01-07 00:00:00
The first 5-star hotel of Mellow Mood Group, the luxury Klotild Palace Buddha-Bar Hotel will be the second hotel of the world famous „Buddha Bar” brand. It will be situated...
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More than 300,000 unemployed in Hungary
Date: 2008-01-07 00:00:00
The jobless rate for the 15-24 year old representing almost 20%. According to KSH the Hungarian jobless rate rises to 7.5% yr/yr in Sept-Nov from 7.3% in Aug-Oct. The number...
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Eurozone inflation over 3%
Date: 2008-01-07 00:00:00
Annual inflation in the eurozone remained at 3.1% in December last year, the figure was the highest in more than six years. Inflation in the eurozone had been rising in...
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$3 .1 million compensation because of poisened pet food
Date: 2008-01-07 00:00:00
The company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide in 2005 will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners. The pet food, which contained...
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FDA's safe sign for cloned animals' meat and milk
Date: 2008-01-07 00:00:00
Still, many large food companies have said they are reluctant to sell products from cloned animals because of ongoing consumer concerns. The U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) is expected...
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LLP Group goes West
Date: 2008-01-04 00:00:00
Consulting and IT services firm LLP Group opened offices in Belgium and in Luxembourg. This follows fifteen years of steady growth that started in Prague in 1992 and resulted in...
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(HU) Január 21-ig még lehet csatlakozni a Torkos csütörtökhöz
Date: 2008-01-04 00:00:00
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Sales Up 14% In Year-Ending Week in the US
Date: 2008-01-04 00:00:00
Retail sales jumped 14% in the last full week of December, helped by post-holiday discounts and the redemption of gift cards. The report by ShopperTrak RCT added that retail traffic...
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P&G to move tampon manufacturing from Hungary to the US
Date: 2008-01-04 00:00:00
Procter & Gamble has announced plans to relocate manufacturing work from a Budapest suburb to the United States. Procter & Gamble is moving production from a plant manufacturing tampons and...
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Price increase at sugar, soja and coffee in 2008
Date: 2008-01-03 00:00:00
Some analysts predict that a rise in agricultural prices will continue, others warn that the boom could precede a depression. Soya bean prices have risen to their highest level in...
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