News and articles
Intelligenr supply chain management
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
XAPT Hungary Kft. is a dynamically developing IT company, the main profile of which is the selling, installation, training and customising of the Microsoft Dynamics integrated business management system. XAPT...
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Already the new generation collects selectively
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the past two years, the proportion of 18-29-year old adults actively participating in selective waste collection grew from 35 to 50 percent – reports a survey by ÖKO-Pannon Nonprofit...
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MÉTE helps young researchers
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
MÉTE (Hungarian Association of Food Science and Technology) organised a conference at Szeged University on 6 May, where 96 essays by 100 students from 5 universities were presented. The topic...
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Cocktail bar with red chequered tablecloths
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
When summer comes, parties move outside. Rózsakert restaurant in Budaörs separated part of its garden that works as a café during the day, but at nights its turns into a...
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Will consumers use it?
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The history of coupons started in the United States at the end of the 19th century: Coca-Cola’s employees and sales representatives distributed the company’s complimentary coupons, which were also placed...
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Level of unemployment still growing
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the first quarter of 2010, KSH measured an 11.8-percent unemployment rate (2.1 percentage points higher than twelve months earlier), with 3,719,000 people being employed and 498,000 unemployed in the...
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Grill products have become less hypermarket-centred
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Despite the 3-percent decrease in grill sausage value sales by hypermarkets, 59 percent of sales was still realised in this retail channel. Volume sales plummeted by 17 percent and value...
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Innovation, mobility, consumption
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The increasing role of mobile technology, from production to sale, brings benefits and satisfaction to manufacturers, retailers and consumers. A growing number of mobile phones will be able to read...
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Czech meat industry company starts using Cryovac® packaging
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Kostelecké uzeniny, the biggest meat producing and meat product manufacturing company in the Czech Republic switched from standard shrink bags to high-performance shrinkable films and automation. The new system guarantees...
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Tesco recruited new regional suppliers
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
On 3 June, Tesco Hungary organised a suppliers’ forum in Sopron for farmers and manufacturers in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties. Tesco’s intention was getting to know new suppliers,...
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Pálinka flights
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In other parts of the world flights – tasting a selection of wines in small portions – have been used as a marketing tool for a long time. In Hungary,...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: Up, Borsodi; Borsodi – Cheer like never before!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
This prize game targeted 18-36-year old beer drinkers who like football. McCann Erickson did the ATL and the creative, while Up Hungary Kft. implemented the BTL activity. Borsodi’s brand strategy...
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A strong Forint helped meat import
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that in the first quarter beef prices continued to...
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We are less fervent grillers than we used to be
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The current economic situation does not favour the organisation of open-air grill parties and this inevitably affected grill product sales. Zoltán Szántó, PICK Szeged Zrt.’s product manager says: – Because...
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MPL conquers the Internet too
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
An increasing number of on-line retailers choose MPL (Hungarian Post Logistics) to be their delivery partner. MPL’s convenience services guarantee that on-line stores can serve their customers better. MPL’s goal...
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Would you like a bite of smile?
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The first multivitamin gummy candy, Storck Hungária Kft.’s nimm2 Smilegummi comes out with a new flavour. The new yoghurt-coated fruit gummies are made using real fruit juice and important vitamins....
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Mobile laboratories examine organic products
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Kft. sets up mobile laboratories: three vans will perform at least 500 controls in one year, all over the country, in the 1,500-1,900 organic farms of Hungary....
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Artificial vodka, artificial whisky, artificial joy
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Evgeny Moscalev, a professor of Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University developed a method for turning vodka (or any other spirit) into powder, from which pills can be made. It might turn...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: Profi; Profi birthday
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Back in 1989, Profi was the first discount store chain to enter the Hungarian market. Today they have 73 units all over the country and 80 percent of their private...
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Export and the industry are already expanding
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, industrial and foreign trade data indicated a moderate economic growth in early 2010. In several sectors – building and...
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We buy grill products several times a year
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In 2009, 5 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of grill sausage and 7 percent put grill spices in their baskets – reveals GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan. On average, we...
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Invisible investigators
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Krisztina Szabad, the managing director of Archicom introduced their ‘Webeye’ system to the readers of Trade magazine: – A vehicle tracking device is part of the system. It is a...
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Hungarian milk domestic sales declining
Date: 2010-06-17 00:03:12
The Hungarian dairy business mood reduces and the domestic sales also declining – states the most recent summary of the Milk Marketing Board, which was published on the occasion of...
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The transformation of tourism
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:38
According to the study of the European Travel Commission and the World Tourism Organisation; the future of tourism is being transformed by the increasing of population, the increasing average age,...
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One-fifth of the companies feel the export boom
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:38
According to the latest survey of Coface Hungary; in nearly half of the interviewed hundreds of Hungarian exporting companies, an over 5 percent export revenues reduction occured in 2009. 21...
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A proposal for “hamburger tax”
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:35
The Strategic Alliance for the Hungarian Hospitals proposed a health action plan. The association's proposal also stipulates that health care contribution (10 HUF per unit) should be introduced on alcohol,...
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Best practices for self-regulation: the recent results of the beer industry
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:34
A report entitled “Beer advertising with responsible self-regulation ” was issued by the Brewers Association Europe (BoE), which summarizes the European brewing industry self-regulatory practices. The Brewers Association Europe (BoE)...
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The Watermelon Association initiates the creating of a government fund
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:21
The Hungarian Watermelon Association turns to the government for help. They want to achieve the creation of a government fund, that would pay the producers the price immediately, to avoid...
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The world price of coffee increased
Date: 2010-06-17 00:01:12
Within five days, the world price of coffee increased by 20 percent. The Arabica coffee rose onto its two-year peak, according to analysts; mainly due to speculation. The price of...
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Hungary is the seventh greenest among seventeen countries
Date: 2010-06-17 00:00:15
According to the survey of the National Geographic; the Indian, Brazilian and Chinese consumers are the greenest, while the consumption of the American, Canadian French and British citizens are considered...
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