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First in Europe regarding frequency of shopping

Average Austrians visit hyper or supermarkets 18 times per month and discount stores on 6 occasions. This makes them the European champions regarding the frequency of shopping. However, the disadvantage...

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Carte d’Or Vanília

The new Carte d’Or Vanilla ice cream is made with real vanilla extract straight from Madagascar… it’s worth tasting!...

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SIÓ Prémium Vilmoskörte Nektár

SIÓ Prémium Vilmoskörte Nektár is a popular domestic flavour, with 50 per cent fruit content....

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Energy for Talmácsi from Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Magyarország held a spectacular, whole-day event in March to celebrate the fact that, Gábor Talmácsi has become their platinum-rated partner. Talmácsi will appear in campaigns for the Burn energy...

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Less carbon dioxide from Nestlé

Last year, the Nestlé group used up 28 per cent less water and emitted 16 per cent less CO2 than it had ten years ago. According to a report published...

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Deodorant market expanding both in terms of quantity and value

According to Nielsen data, sales of deodorants grew by 10 per cent in terms of quantity in the March 2007–February 2008 period, while overall revenues grew by 9 per cent,...

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Success guaranteed

We are usually surprised to receive unexpected packages like catalogues, samples or the like. The objective of direct marketing is to make personal contact with consumers. Direct marketing can be...

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Food patriot

A conservative MP, David Cameron has recommended that labels should be introduced to mark food products of genuinely British origin. He believes that inaccurate labelling makes it difficult for consumers...

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Changes in legislation concerning the environmental charge

This year, the Customs Authority has taken over tasks related to the environmental charge from APEH. As László Deák, one of the directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers has told us, this will...

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STR8 Power Pro termékcsalád

The multi-stage protection sytem of STR8 deodorants neutralises body odour and offers effective protection all day round....

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Knorr Rafinéria

What’s for dinner? This is a recurring problem for many housewives. The three new products by Knorr Rafinéria, which can be prepared in the oven, offer new recipe ideas. Owing...

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Zero compromise

Coca-Cola Zero, the latest innovation by Coca-Cola was launched in Hungary on 4. April. This new drink is intended for young men who accept no compromise and want a sugar...

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New joint venture in the coffee-drink market

The Coca-Cola Company and illycaffè SpA. has established a global joint venture for the sale of ready to drink coffee. The first three premium category coffees of Ilko Coffee International...

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Year of sport benefiting men’s deodorants mainly

According to experts, an expansion is practically guaranteed to take place in the market of deodorants in future years. Nielsen data seems to support this prediction. Though women’s products account...

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Interactive pictures and data for protecting forest

1to1 or interactive direct marketing is a form of communication based on digital printing technology and allows two-way communication between sender and receiver. M. C. Direct, an expert in this...

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Too strong for comfort

It is not only European sommeliers who encourage Californian wine producers to reconsider the alcohol content of their wines. Though Californian wines with a 15-17 per cent alcohol content are...

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Co-ordination, legislation – together

VPOP has called for setting up of a Strategic Committee composed of representatives of all the competent Ministries, and the trade organisations, to work out recommendations and amendments to the...

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Cif Sütõ & Grill Tisztító spray

Cif Sütő & Grill Tisztító spray is a detergent which can remove the most stubborn stains from the kitchen and is easy on kitchen surfaces....

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AXE3

AXE3 – Mix in order to get noticed! The essence of Axe3 is that two aerosols with different fragrances are packaged together, which should be used simultaneously to get a...

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Competition to encourage outdoor activities

drogerie markt launched a competition for primary schools on 10. April. It is intended to encourage children to focus on sport and outdoor activities when the weather is good.. Creative...

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Record breaking Alimentaria

Over five thousand companies from 70 countries attended the Alimentaria 2008 exhibition, which closed on 14. March. The total number of guests was 158,000. Italy was the largest exhibitor with...

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Stabilisation among women’s hygiene products

Sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores, but hyper markets also hold a substantial market share. According to Nielsen data, the market share of drugstores expanded by...

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Whose future is it?

The stories of the two former chairmen of Étrend association illustrate the present situation of Hungarian gastronomy well. Péter Mózes, who resigned in February had pointed out the problems which...

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Iceman coming?

Last summer, huge blocks of ice were used for cooling some large building in New York, instead of air conditioning, Water was refrozen using energy from solar cells. Blocks of...

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Entities liable to pay environmental charge:

– first distributor of product, in case of domestic production, or entity using it for its own purposes; – first domestic distributor of product, in case of import from EU,...

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Szarvasi Mozzarella light 100 g és Szarvasi Mozzarella light mini 100 g

It is unique in its category in Hungary, a „light” product with reduced fat content for those who prefer to lead a healthy life....

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Kalinka Premium Vodka

Slava is a 27 year old Russian, who has been living in Hungary for 6 years. He likes to live here. He sends video messages to his friends in Russia...

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Hungarian Industrial Producer Sales Price Rose by 10 % in One Year

Domestic sales prices of the whole industry grew by 0.8% in March 2008 compared to the previous month, which figure was slightly higher than the monthly increase rate measured in...

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New Milli drink yoghurts on the shelves

The new products are to buy in two tastes: strawberry-raspberry and peach-maracuja. The drink yoghurts have 10% fruit content.  Friesland Hungaria developes several healthy foods, under the name Milli too,...

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Four new Aldi store to open in Mai

The German discount chain started with 5 unit in midle of April, one week later other 4 stores were opened.   According to Aldi website, after the 2th of Mai...

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