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Gifts are ready to be given

We are witnesses to a concentration process on the Hungarian promotional gift market. Economic recession left its mark on the segment: Győző Sauer, 3L Gift Kft.’s managing director told Trade...

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The wine market is waiting for better times

– Sales and buying occasions of consumers moved drastically towards products supported with promotions. It is promotion campaigns that drive consumers to sales channels and products – Gábor Soltész, president-director...

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Green message instead of a brand name

A German businessman tries to grab the attention of consumers with the message ‘Stop The Water While Using Me!’, which is printed on toothpaste tubes, shower gel and shampoo bottles...

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The revolution of mobile technology

‘Mobile technology revolutionises the relationship between the business sphere and consumers!’ was the motto of the first GS1 MobileCom Day conference where experts introduced the latest mobile applications. GS1 member...

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Chio fries products in healthier oil

From 1 July 2010, Chio Magyarország Kft. started using new frying oil blends in both of its plants. The new oil contains 30 percent less saturated fatty acid, so Chio...

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Fluid Music acquired Mood Media

In June 2010 Fluid Music Canada Inc. completed the acquisition of Mood Media Group SA, by buying all the issued shares and receivables of the latter for EUR 160 million....

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Facing the challenge in New York – part 11

From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘So I said no to DB Modern and...

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Promotional gifts and prizes

There are evergreens on the prize gift market, for example all kinds of technical devices and IT gadgets. Obviously these cannot be used in every segment of the market and...

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Bestillo Pálinkaház distills 3,000 litres of pálinka

Despite bad weather conditions Gönc apricot, a product of protected geographical indication, yielded well (around 30 tons of good quality fruit) this year. Apricot pálinka will be bottled in November...

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With flower seeds for bees

Bees are an endangered species that play a vital role in preserving the balance of our environment. UK drinks company Innocent, the National Trust and the Irish Beekeepers’ Association started...

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GINNT EXPO – DIGITALEXPO – SIGNEXPO: Intelligent business solutions

Visit the GINNT EXPO (Global Innovation Technologies Expo) in Budapest’s Syma Event Centre on 15-17 September 2010. This year DIGITALEXPO and SIGNEXPO will accompany the main event. The three exhibitions...

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Theodora: the streets are buzzing with their advertisements

In June 120 citylight posters in Budapest and 130 in the country advertised the mineral water company with the slogan ‘What makes you special is the distance that you have...

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Sió’s new marketing director

From 28 June 2010, Dávid Aniot fills the position of marketing director at SIÓ-ECKES Kft. He graduated at Drury University in Springfield and came home to spend nine years at...

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Shall we laugh or cry?

Distilleries in the Val-de-Travers region in Switzerland have asked the Swiss agricultural authorities to declare the name ‘absinthe’ exclusive to their area. Absinthe is a drink traditionally connected to France....

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Gold medal: Coty – Rafinanz • Adidas – Wii promotion

Coty Hungary Kft. commissioned Rafinanz Service with a 10-week promotion campaign to boost sales of adidas women’s cosmetics and to support the range’s new Free Emotion product line. One of...

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The way a large retail chain does it

SPAR offers 600 types of wine in bigger stores. In their assortment there are three private label ranges: under the S-Budget name they sell four types of table wine, the...

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Garden stores flee forward

No precise data is available on the size of the domestic garden plant market, but experts’ estimate is that there are about 100 wholesalers in the country. Most of them...

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Electronic communication: an investment with rapid return

Consumers remain the most important for a company even in the worst economic period, and a comprehensive, fast and accurate business management system with electronic devices creates advantages for them...

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New on-line application to calculate ecological footprints

BASF developed an Internet-based eco-efficiency measuring system, which makes it possible for users to examine the environmental impacts of products, for instance shopping bags. New products can be easily and...

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New managing director for Duropack-Starpack Kft.

From August Dr Róbert Kocsis is the new managing director of Duropack-Starpack Kft. Mr Kocsis started his career at the Budapest affiliate of Planzer Transport AG in 1992. From 1999...

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Gösser is 150 years old

This June Gösser brewery celebrated its 150th birthday in Leoben. In the picturesque valley where the brewery is located people appeared wearing lederhosen and other traditional garments. Leoben is a...

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Gold medal: SPAR Hungary • Smurf mania

Between 23 April and 1 June 2009, 15 inhabitants of Smurf village moved to SPAR, KAISER’S, INTERSPAR and PLUS stores. The objectives of the promotion were increasing the number of...

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Wine has become cheaper in retail chains, while organised retail is consolidating

According to the Nielsen Retail Index, wine value sales grew by 14 percent and volume sales were up 8 percent in the eight retail chains measured by Nielsen, in the...

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Turnover increased in the country of supermarkets this June

In Austria food retail turnover grew by 1.5 percent in value in the June 2009-May 2010 period, compared with the same period a year earlier – informs Sigrid Göttlich, the...

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Information updated daily

Péter Csík, the managing director of Compton Informatikai ZRt. is of the opinion that in the dynamically changing competition only IT-supported flexible data processing can serve all the needs of...

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Ice cold miracles from Szentkirályi

Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. expanded its portfolio with new products: flavoured mineral waters and ice teas return to shops under the names ‘ice water’ and ‘ice tea’ and they no longer...

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Innovation manager at GfK Hungária

From 19 July 2010 Péter Sári fills the position of innovation manager at GfK Hungária Market Research Institute. The 34-year old economist worked for Sanoma Budapest Zrt. as on-line marketing...

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Make food, not war!

A restaurant as the ambassador for peace – this is what Conflict Kitchen in Pittsburgh is about. A few creative artists in the city decided to open a takeaway restaurant...

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Gold medal: Pöttyös • Pöttyös collection

Pöttyös managed to set in motion those consumers who live for the day between 23 March and 31 May 2009. Iconic spotted presents and the latest promotion and communication tools...

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The Spritzer Bus has hit the road

The idea came from the Community Wine Marketing Fund: promoting spritzer made from good Hungarian wines with a 2-month, nearly 2,000-km tour around the country. Early July ‘spritzer master’ András...

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