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VOSZ on tour

The “Let them hear our voice” series of regional events has been launched by VOSZ for the third time this year....

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Question:

Tailor made promotions are becoming increasingly important. As a retailer, how do you see the importance of tailor made promotions ? When should these be used and what are the...

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Mosquitoes dominating the market of pesticides

As a result of last year’s warm and dry weather, with hardly any mosquitoes, sales dropped in the market of pesticides and insect repellents by 5 per cent in terms...

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„Double agent”

The name of the 33 year old chef, Zsolt Nagy has become known in connection with competitions held in March. He was the only chef who entered both Tradition and...

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What we should know:

There are differences in ingredients between brands. We should know what we want to use the syrup for. Recipes of coffee drinks are written for specific syrups, which means one...

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Hans-Georg Häusel: Brain Script (Why do customers buy?)

What is the actual driving force behind customers or consumers? Why do they buy? What can we do to make them buy more? This book by Häusel Brain Script is...

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Titano univerzális papírtörlõ + ECOVER természetes növényi alapú mosogatószer-koncentrátum

Titano paper towel: 100 per cent cellulose, 2 layers, 66 metres. ECOVER detergent: anti allergenic detergent concentrate made from plants with camomile and marigold extract, available in 1 litre units....

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Ten Hungarian exhibitors at SALIMA

With the help of BD-Expo, our colleague visited the SALIMA exhibition held in Brno in the first week of March. SALIMA celebrated its 25th birthday last year, becoming the largest...

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Hungarian Succes at Sunday Times Wine Club

Hungarian offer stands from several white and red wine and a champagne of Torley, together with withe wine from Winery of Nagyrede and the Royal Tokaji.  Hugh Johnson – author...

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Danone to Spend EUR 220 Million in R&D

In 2008, Danone plans to conduct 50 clinical studies, as the company shifts its strategy from biscuits and dairy products to health food products. French dairy and baby food company...

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Carlsberg's majority ownership in Estonian Beer Company

75% of the Shares of Saku Õlletehase AS went to the Carlsberg, the rest are freely tradable on Tallinn Stock Exchange.  The previous owners of BBH AB were Scottish &...

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New Wellneshotel in Zsira

Spanish Iberalta Group plans to built wellness hotel near to Hungarian-Ausztrian border in Zsira. The developing costs are 15-16 millios euros.  On the Austrian site of the border there are...

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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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Environmentfriendly Tender for hotels

Almost every Hungarian hotel has now an environmental program, the next step is to involve the guest and the neighbours to the action. The Hotel Association of Hungary calla for...

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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing

The new law would allow supermarkets of up to 1000sqm to open anywhere they wanted.  Until now, petits commerçants – or small shop owners – have been protected by a...

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Metro Q1 Loss Widens, But Sales Up The Metro Group

Net loss for the quarter amounted to E4.0m, from E1.0m last year; while EBIT amounted to E152m. However, sales rose 7.3% to E15.6bn, helped by strong growth in Eastern Europe....

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Tesco Starts Trial Of Carbon Footprint Labels

The retailer is piloting carbon labelling across 20 of its own label products. There isn't consensus about every piece of data among the specialists.  Tesco will telling customers about the...

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Heineken's giant investment in Sopron

The new watercleaner system costs EUR 2.2 million. The plant was built from 100 tons of steel, 800 qm beton and 1,000 meter steinless steel. The company use the same...

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Big success at Gyermelyi Paste Wednesday

Almost 300 restaurants offered paste specialities on half price. 40,000 guests taste the dishes.   According the new researches Hungarian likes pastes, people eaten yearly 6-7 kilos from it. Paste...

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Rent a car – better business as to buy

The rent a car market is 3-3.5 times so big in Austria as in Hungary, altough there live only 7 million people.  Fox Autorent Kft. offers cars with almost 0...

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Enterpreneurs' Forum in Debrecenben

The National Association of Enterpreneurs and Employers organises forums between the enterpreneurs and authorities since three years all over Hungary. Laszlo Perlusz spoke about organisation's yearly program, which focuses on...

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Lactalis Enters Romanian Dairy Market

The French dairy giant completed its takeover of the Romanian LaDorna group in a deal reportedly worth up to EUR 100 million.  Lactalis acquires all shares of LaDorna, which is...

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Lidl chain with 260 units in Poland is looking for buyer

Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported, citing unnamed sources, that Schwarz is seeking a buyer for its Lidl stores in Poland, which are potentially worth around 250 million euros.  The Polish paper...

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Fake Clothes in Value HUF 42 million was found

The solders of Hungarian Costum and Finance Guard controlled two Bulgarian camions.  The first camion cames from Turkey and according to logistic information it delivered clothes. Trough the control the...

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Hungarian retail trade turnover dropped

Retail trade turnover at constant prices decreased by 2.5% in February, and by 2.7% in the first two months of 2008 compared to the level measured one year before according...

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