Company and Personal News
SPAR is on a growth track
Date: 2013-05-13 02:22:28
In 2012 SPAR Hungary realised a HUF 421.5-billion turnover, performing 8 percent better than in 2011. Last year the company continued to develop and refurbish its network of stores, and...
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Reál took a big step forward with its own warehouses
Date: 2013-05-13 02:19:25
Tibor Kujbus, managing director of Reál Hungária told us that 2012 was a busy year for the company. On 14 January the headquarters moved to a new office, located in...
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The Rossmann Baby Programme soon became popular
Date: 2013-05-13 02:16:28
Rossmann entered the Hungarian market in 1993. Today the drugstore chain consists of 181 units and employs 1,112 people in Hungary. The company’s turnover was HUF 43.6 billion in 2012,...
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Penny Market is soon to open its 200th store
Date: 2013-05-13 02:13:31
Penny Market’s first store in Hungary opened on 6 June 1996 and it currently operates 191 units. Penny Market has 60 popular private label products. According to market researchers, the...
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More Hungarian products in Lidl discount stores
Date: 2013-05-13 02:06:48
Lidl entered the Hungarian market in 2004 with 18 stores and in the last few years the company’s turnover has been growing by two-digit numbers. At the moment they operate...
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Products under the magnifying glass in dm stores
Date: 2013-05-13 02:03:43
Hungary’s first dm store opened on 8 July 1993 and today there are more than 260 units all over the country. In the last business year 7 new units opened...
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COOP’s market position strengthened
Date: 2013-05-13 01:59:47
Last year the COOP retail chain preserved its competitiveness and strengthened its market position by integrating almost 200 stores. CO-OP Hungary Zrt. CEO László Murányi told about 2012 that company...
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CBA and Cent stores performed well
Date: 2013-05-13 01:55:50
The CBA retail chain’s turnover was HUF 578.5 billion in 2012, surpassing the level of 2011 by 2.4 percent. Volume sales of CBA Príma and CBA Cent stores increased. Altogether...
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9030.png Last year was about expansion, this year Auchan will focus on consolidation
Date: 2013-05-13 01:51:45
Thanks to the acquisition of the seven Cora stores, Auchan’s turnover augmented by nearly 10 percent in 2012: the retail chain’s sales amounted to a gross HUF 299.5 billion. After...
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ALDI Housewives are popular – more successful campaigns from ALDI
Date: 2013-05-13 01:48:36
In 2012 ALDI Hungary decided that instead of famous people it would communicate about ALDI products via ordinary housewives: they selected a busy, a modern and a traditional one from...
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Diaper factory to be built in Gyöngyös
Date: 2013-05-12 02:55:04
András Dancsó, the director of the new Pampers production plant to be built in Gyöngyös told our magazine that in the 2011-2012 business year Procter&Gamble’s worldwide turnover was USD 83.7...
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(HU) A 40 éves Márka üdítőital rangos elismerése
Date: 2013-05-12 02:45:45
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Product of the Year Award: the world’s most prestigious system for recognising innovative products
Date: 2013-05-12 02:42:56
The Product of the Year Award was established 26 years ago and is currently distributed in 30 countries, reaching nearly 3 million consumers. Hungary’s most popular products are selected as...
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MagyarBrands award for the most successful Hungarian brands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:39:55
At the gala ceremony those brands received their MagyarBrands award which the council of experts ranked in the MagyarBrands Top 200 consumer brands list and in the MagyarBrands Top 100...
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COOP wins MagyarBrands award in two categories
Date: 2013-05-12 02:37:24
The COOP retail chain won an award in both the consumer brands and in the business category at the MagyarBrands award ceremony, held on 17 April in the Budapest Operetta...
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Dr János Serényi was elected president of MagyarBrands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:35:10
Mr Serényi is an economist-engineer, economic journalist, international economic specialist and he has earned a doctorate degree in economy. He has been working in the Hungarian Superbrands programme as president...
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The whole country can profit from the success of MagyarBrands
Date: 2013-05-12 02:31:03
On 17 April the most successful Hungarian brands received their MagyarBrands award in the Budapest Operetta Theatre. At the cocktail party after the award ceremony our magazine interviewed Dr János...
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Never mind the ice or the snow – GKI is 20 years old!
Date: 2013-05-12 02:27:43
On 26 March GKI Economic Research Zrt. celebrated its 20th birthday by organising a superb conference on macroeconomic issues. The first speaker was GKI president Dr András Vértes, who looked...
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Knowledge-forum for the leaders and decisionmakers of small- and mediumsized businesses – spring 2013
Date: 2013-05-10 11:49:35
The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Organization of Entreprenours and Employers (VOSZ) is launching its event “Knowledge-forum for the leaders and decisionmakers of small- and mediumsized businesses – spring 2013” on 13th May....
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Half billion HUF development at Detki Keksz
Date: 2013-05-10 11:10:25
The site of the Detki Keksz Kft. was expanded with a 1,800 square meters storehouse base and a 800 square meters of factory space, in the scope of a total...
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Branded products need marketing spendings
Date: 2013-05-10 11:08:15
The Médiapiac and the Thinkdigital have launched a series of roundtable discussions under the Think Digitally! title. For the first time, the participants of the FMCG industry shared their experiences...
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Greater experience increases efficiency
Date: 2013-05-10 11:02:18
The effectiveness of a corporate body can also be increased if people can communicate with each other much richer – Szabó Péter, exprert at T-Systems Magyarország Zrt. pointed out in...
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HNT: The National Wine Competition will be held at the Balatonfüred-Csopaki wine region
Date: 2013-05-10 11:01:32
Hungary's largest and most traditional wine competition the 34th National Wine Competition will be organized by the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) this year at the Balatonfüred-Csopaki wine region...
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The Hungarian Fruit Wine Makers Association has been formed
Date: 2013-05-09 12:00:25
Every year 110-130 thousand liters of real fruit wine is made in Hungary, from the cheap fruit wine imitation wines an estimated millions of liters are marketed in Hungary. The...
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SPAR oven fresh products at the 2nd Bread and Pastry Festival
Date: 2013-05-09 11:57:02
In addition to the country's finest bakeries, the SPAR Magyarország Kft. also takes part at the 2nd Bread and Pastry Festival, that will be held between 11 and 12 May...
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Together for the Health! – a National screening program was launched
Date: 2013-05-09 11:02:01
Healthy diet, daily exercise and preventive screenings are in the focus of the COOP supermarket chain’s “Together for the Health” 2013 series of events. The patronage of the series of...
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Thirteen Hungarian wines received medals at the Monde Selection Competition
Date: 2013-05-09 11:01:36
Hungarian wineries won thirteen medals, including eight gold medals at the Monde Selection International Wine Competition in 2013. The 2009 vintage Kővilla Cabernet Franc selection of the Villány-based Csányi Pincészet...
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Considerable reserves in the internal functioning of the stores
Date: 2013-05-09 11:00:24
Instead of cutting the costs innovation should be used to rationalize the internal operations of the stores – was stressed by the participants of the roundtable discussion held at the...
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Henkel: Strong earnings growth in first quarter
Date: 2013-05-09 10:55:17
“We increased both sales and earnings in the first quarter of 2013 despite a challenging market environment with declining markets in Western Europe and weak global industrial demand,” said Henkel...
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Beer novelties at the third Budavári Beer Festival
Date: 2013-05-08 11:08:15
Honey, elderberry, plum, and even herbal craft beers, as well as beers from England, Ireland, Belgium Croatia, the Czech Republic and Germany, a total of two hundred beers can be...
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