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What briefs should contain

What is our target group? What kind of stores is the display intended for? How long do we intend to use the display? What kind of display do we want?...

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Five beers – each offering a different experience

According to Ingo Nassau, chairman of the German POS Marketing Association, “emotionalisation” of brands and creating an experience linked to the product are the two main current trends in POS...

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Stores opening

Spar, Pomáz Open: 6 November Chain: Spar Store space: 922 m2 SKU: több ezer Spar, Debrecen Open: 13 November Chain: Spar Store space: 777 m2 SKU: több ezer Aldi, Dunaújváros...

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Brazilian CEO for Borsodi

Mário Medeiros Nettó from Brazil has been appointed the new CEO of Borsodi Sörgyár Zrt. He graduated at Berkeley University in 1990. His previous position has been sales director of...

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Record number of participants at the Nutrikid Olympics

458 primary schools, 656 teams and over 6,500 kids have registered for the Nestlé Nutrikid Olympics. Competitors can win various prizes each month in addition to HUF 100,000. The Olympic...

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Shopping programmed genetically?

We asked professor Csányi if our passion for shopping is “programmed” in our genes. In his opinion, the colourful world of stores has an effect on us like coloured glass...

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Hand cream targeted primarily at the 60+ age group

According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, 28 percent of households purchased some kind of body care lotion in the January-September 2008 period. Sales were down by 5 percent in...

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Restaurant on-line

We only discuss good web sites of good restaurants so that everybody can learn from the mistakes. Szent Flórián Étterem (Kőszeg) All relevant information is available. The colours are refreshingly...

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Accommodation generally booked without agents

The number of nights spent by guests in commercial places of accommodation was down by 1.3 percent in the January-September 2008 period, compared to 2007. Revenues of the sector showed...

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V.U.K.K. – Circle of Unilever ex-employees

For quite some time, I have had the idea of sustaining and developing further a system of existing relations. Finally, the first VUKK meeting was held on 20. November. In...

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Expectations of a CEO regarding the supply chain

Retailers accounted for 47 percent of the 215 participants at the CIES conference held in Vienna, in early October. Current trends and concepts were illustrated by the example of a...

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Vitalade becoming superbrand

In recognition of eight years of work, the Vitalade sports drink has been awarded the superbrand 2008 title by an independent jury. Vitalade containing L-carnitine and marketed by Gramex 2000...

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Walking the rope like no other

The Golden Dove awards of the direct marketing business have been handed over in nine categories this year. The Rope Walker agency received an award in both the lifestyle and...

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Sales in addition to marketing

Márta Galácz, originally appointed as marketing director of Ceres Zrt. in the spring, will also be responsible for sales activities in the future. In the past, she had worked for...

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Thought can overcome background noise

According to Péter Geszti, thought is the most important thing in advertising which needs to be conveyed through the right medium. Though Hungarians are afraid of change, they are also...

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Moderate increase in sales and average price

Sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores (25 percent), but the market share of hyper markets is even more substantial (32 percent). Sales of women’s hygiene products...

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Fish, rice and traditions

Japanese culinary habits have been formed by tradition over many centuries. Though Japan is no longer isolated from the outside world, its gastronomic culture remains very traditional. How we see...

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Agricultural prices swinging

Supply prices of agricultural products were down by 8.8 percent in September 2008, compared to September 2007. The price of plant products was down by 22.2 percent, while that of...

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Limonissimo

Lemon substitute had been a popular product in the socialist era, owing to the popularity of tea made with lemon. Apart from lemon substitutes in the form of tablets, liquid...

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Delhaize group in seven countries

The Delhaize group ranks 31st among the largest retail enterprises in the world. . It has 2 602 stores in seven countries, with 1 575 located in the US. In...

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Henkel producing growth in the third quarter

As a result of dynamic organic growth and the acquisition of National Starch, total revenues of Henkel were up by 12 percent in the third quarter of 2008, reaching EUR...

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Gösser ale now available

A new Gösser product was launched in November. Gösser Bock is a premium quality and sophisticated ale. New, more elegant packaging has also been introduced for Gösser beers this year....

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Secret shoppers in stores

In the retailer promotion of Kométa 99 Zrt., CBA, Coop and Reál stores are visited by secret shoppers on a random basis, who will hand over gifts, if the store...

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Stunning solutions on the ground and in water

According to Max Linder, European communication and marketing director of MACtac, there are still undiscovered possibilities in communication with adhesive stickers. The Budapest subsidiary of MACtac is expanding step by...

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Intimate relationship with customers

Consumers habits are changing continuously in the market of women’s hygiene products, but safety, softness, good absorption and fit remain essential requirements. Innovation focuses on air permeable materials, shapes and...

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The secret of good sushi

According to Okuyama Sachi san, owner and chef of Okuyama Sushi restaurant, everything needed for making authentic Japanese sushi can be bought in Hungary. Everything is prepared exactly the same...

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Cooking oil producing highest price rise

Prices were up by 5.1 percent in October 2008, compared to October 2007, and 0.2 percent higher than in September. Food prices were up by 0.3 percent compared to September....

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ARANYÜST – SZILVA, BARACK, KÖRTE, CSERESZNYE, MÁLNA ízekben

A spirit made from fruits, with an alcohol content of 37,5%....

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Dialogue between parties concerned

Coca-Cola Magyarország has initiated a dialogue based on international standards in the topic of „Conscencious nutrition, active lifestyle and health – the responsibility of choice”. The objective of the forum...

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One third of the population using internet

At the end of the first half of 2008, over 49 percent of the Hungarian population above the age of 14 had access to the Internet. 3.09 million was the...

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