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Customers decide about the brand in-store

Customers continue to make brand purchase decisions in the store, so capturing shoppers inside is of major major importance – a new report from Miller Zell says.More shoppers are making...

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Fall in milk consumption

Milk consumption has fallen over the past 20-25 years in many countries, although Feed For Health says milk is healthy.  In UK the fall overall has been about one third...

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Mobile bar for HoReCa events by Poplart

JUSTINCASE mobile bar, rwarded by the „red dot: best of the best” design prize is available in Hungary from now on, delivered by Poplart.  The portable bar-case by Poplart weighs...

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Borsod Brewery Plc. chose Publicis Consultants │ Budapest

Borsod Brewery Plc. has chosen the PR agency Publicis Consultants │ Budapest within the compass of an invitational tender to perform external communication tasks. Borsod Brewery Plc. wishes to continue...

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Agriculural trade-show with top Hungarian food-products

Agrarexpo of Szent György-day located in Pápa is one of the most significant, specifically agricultural trade-shows of the region, with a wide spectrum of high quality food-products.  The event organized...

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Hungarian food-products available via online order

Starting from late March, stores and dealers may order Hungarian food-products online, thanks to a new website started by Premium Gastro Ltd. and Premium Hungaricum Association.  „Of course we still...

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External balance improvement under external pressure

According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. prepared in co-operation with Erste Bank, the global economic crisis pushed the Hungarian economy onto a new development path   External...

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Opten: 1184 liquidation proceedings announced in March

Though the number of liquidation orders in Hungary's property industry fell last month, March saw an even greater number of liquidation processes, Opten company information service has reported. Liquidation proceedings were...

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Egg-prices going through a moderate raise during the Easter-season

Egg-prices in Hungary are facing a moderate, less than 10 percent increase during the Easter-season, due to the decrease of effective demand.  This Easter, egg-prices are going through a rather...

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Customers are fed up with low quality Easter-bunnies

Last spring, over 967 tons of seasonal Easter-candies were sold, and most of these chocolate-bunnies had been made of high-quality, at least 35% percent cocoa-content.  „In the past few years,...

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Experts want soft-drink producers to use less sugar

What you drink may be more important than what you eat, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Researchers believe that soft drink producers should...

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The first five-star hotel of the Istrian peninsula has opened

The number of luxury hotels in Croatia have increased significantly in the past few months, Croatian tourism puts the main emphasis on five-star hotels at the moment.  Tourism has always...

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Nestle benefiting from recession

While the world's top food groups battle a slowdown this year, Nestle SA has the credentials to exploit the recession. In spite of the crisis, Nestle seem to have closed...

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Stores opening

CBA, Tét Open: 14 January Chain: CBA Store space: 500 m2 SKU: n. a. Coop, Polgár Open: 20 March Chain: Coop Store space: 325 m2 SKU: 5000 Lidl, Szeghalom Open:...

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Spring Coupon Days defying economic crisis

The Árkád and Europark malls in Budapest and malls in Eger, Nyíregyháza and Kecskemét have joined forces with the napiakciok.hu web site to multiply their Easter turnover. The success of...

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Answer:

Agricultural agreements are generally subject to community legislation on competition, which regulate and in some cases prohibit sales at prices below production costs. The exceptions are cases where the effects...

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Buying beer a shameful thing?

According to eye camera research conducted by GfK Hungária, shopping decisions regarding beer take only 1-2 minutes and often cause shoppers to feel ashamed. The question of whether buying beer...

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Ronald on the way to slimming?

McDonald’s has ended up in 8th place on the top 10 list of fast food chains offering the healthiest food, compiled by Health magazine. Thee are several hundred fast food...

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Food export up in December

Both export and import were up by 3 percent in 2008, compared to the preceding year. The balance of foreign trade showed a deficit of HUF 24 billion , which...

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FMCG ball

The first ball for the FMCG sector organised by Trade magazin and Lánchíd Klub was attended by 150 guests on 28 February. The staff of Országalma restaurant was contracted for...

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Customer friendly solutions in Székesfehérvár METRO store

The new store concept of METRO has been introduced in their Székesfehérvár store first. The new concept is based on the “everything in one place, quickly and conveniently” principle and...

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New member in management of Kékkúti Ásványvíz

Csaba Csiszkó was appointed the new sales director of Kékkúti Ásványvíz Zrt. on 1 February. He had spent the previous 13 years working for Philip Morris Magyarország Kft in different...

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Modern stores accounting for largest part of beer sales

According to the Nielsen Retail Index, the assortment of beer has widened substantially since 2004, with hyper markets producing the biggest expansion. Primarily, this expansion is due to the appearance...

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Displays for Hungarians

“The sky is the limit” was the title of the meeting held by STI Display Hungary Kft for its partners in March. Róbert Varga, managing director spoke about the company...

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Serving trends in catering

According to a survey conducted by FES magazine, the leading serving trends follow the general trends in catering: providing an experience, interactivity and small plates. In many places, chefs communicate...

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Roller coaster ride for industrial production

Industrial production was down by 22.9 percent in January 2009, compared to January 2008 and up by 2.5 percent compared to December 2008. Industrial export was down by 29.2 percent....

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Love in times of recession

Holding the “Trade Marketing My Love” conference around Valentine’s day has become a tradition. This time, we examined the triangle of consumers, retailers and brand manufacturers. The first presentation was...

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Growth in revenues and profit for Henkel in 2008

Total revenues generated by Henkel in the fiscal year 2008 were up by 8.1 percent, exceeding EUR 14 billion. This growth was mainly due to the acquisition of National Starch...

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Düsseldorf EuroCIS: Money still being spent on Retail IT

– The directors of retail enterprises continue to spend money on IT, as they know that modern IT is essential to all their operations – said dr. Bernd Hallier, director...

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Show me your beer and I’ll tell you who you are

Leading beer brands are becoming increasingly cautious in the shrinking market. Instead of radical innovation, they focus on improving image and communication. The policy pursued by hyper markets of selling...

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