Company and Personal News
Asia increased Tesco’s revenues
Date: 2010-12-07 13:20:32
In the third quarter, the British supermarket chain increased its sales thanks to its quality products. Terry Leahy CEO is pleased with the dynamism of the company's sales and market...
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The Irsai Olivér became the pálinka of the year
Date: 2010-12-07 12:58:14
This year’s best pálinka became the 2009 year vintage Irsai Olivér grape pálinka of the Brill Pálinkaház. The distillate was placed in the Agricultural Museum of Budapest, to preserve for...
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20 tonnes of flour to be destroyed
Date: 2010-12-07 12:25:38
The Gyermely Élelmiszeripari Zrt. withdraws about 20 tons of flour from the commercial market and will destroy it. The Agricultural Office, found deoxynivalenol (DON-toxin) in the product. Don-toxins can be...
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New world brand in the Arena Plaza
Date: 2010-12-07 11:12:13
Arena Plaza’s offer expanded with a new fashion brand: The Claire's jewelry and fashion brand opened its first Hungarian store on the 3rd of December. The store is also the...
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Online transactions are catching up
Date: 2010-12-06 17:28:46
The website of Extreme Digital has received a special award last Thursday at the Website of 2010. The company is convinced, at the same time, that online auctions and sales...
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A new Starbucks café opened in the Mammut
Date: 2010-12-06 13:02:47
The Starbucks Coffee International, Inc. opened its second Budapest store. The new cafe awaits its guests in the Mammut shopping Centre on 118 square meters with 30 seats. Not even...
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easyJet closed a successful November
Date: 2010-12-06 12:35:02
Budget airline easyJet carried 3,694,514 passengers in November – 10.2% up on last year. The load factor increased by 0.9 percentage point to 85.7%. The airline has carried a total...
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Euronics expects abundant Christmas
Date: 2010-12-06 12:24:55
According to the Christmas analysis of Euronics; The Christmas shopping rush started in the early days of December. Most of the customers trying to buy the gifts in the last...
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Nestlé supports Red Cross with money and expertise
Date: 2010-12-06 11:13:45
Nestlé and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) renewed their collaboration for the next three years, with a special focus on building more resilient rural...
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TESCO Fitt Days proved to be successful
Date: 2010-12-06 10:05:38
TESCO Fitt Days is a special event to provide citizens of Budapest, Debrecenand Veszprém with various facilities to enjoy sports. The retailer sponsored the event for the third time, whereas...
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Limited sets of watches worth millions – in Budapest now
Date: 2010-12-06 08:38:33
The travelling exhibition of IWC arrives to Budapest this month, in Kristóf tér at Watch De Luxe you get to see watches that cost more than a medium-range apartment. IWC...
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Magazine: The results of the POPAI Awards display competition
Date: 2010-12-03 22:29:12
Works competing in the first Hungarian POPAI Awards were exhibited at the Business Days conference, where 82 conference participants undertook the difficult task of jurying. About 300 participants looked around...
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Entrepreneurs' Day: We must regain the appreciation of working
Date: 2010-12-03 19:21:11
“We have had free dinner made of credit, which now should be repaid from the lunch. However, we hope that we do not lose our lunch “- executive chairman of...
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The most dynamic SMEs have won a Pegasus prize
Date: 2010-12-03 14:53:14
The Pegasus Prize, that is the prestigious recognition of Hungary’s fastest growing small-and medium-sized enterprises was handed over for the third time, on the 2nd of December 2010, on the...
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Last meeting of the year
Date: 2010-12-03 14:18:18
On 11 November POPAI Hungary Association held its last meeting of the year. Petra Korda gave a presentation about loyalty cards and programmes in retail, and participants also compiled the...
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In-Food 2000 is the new distributor of Heinz product
Date: 2010-12-03 14:12:22
Heinz’s regional commercial director informed our magazine that In-Food 2000 Kft. became the new distributor of the Heinz brand in Hungary. Heinz’s market position is stable in the ketchup segment,...
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Motivation with voucher
Date: 2010-12-03 14:10:14
Sodexo came out with a new voucher in October: BÓNUSZ is not a non-wage benefit, it can be more widely used than cold or hot food vouchers and it is...
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Fresh and youthful – shop transformation the Match way
Date: 2010-12-03 14:05:31
On 25 November the Match supermarket in Budapest’s Duna Plaza reopened. Before opening, those ‘responsible’ for the renovation guided Trade magazin around the store. Tamás Szendrő, sales director of Csemege-Match...
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Cora starts a special set of course for its employees
Date: 2010-12-03 13:51:17
Cora, ran by Magyar Hipermarket Ltd. started a new course for its employees in Budakalász, Fót, Szeged outlets, under the title Courses at Magyar Hopermarket Ltd. The program TÁMOP-2.3.3/B-09/10-2010-0020 is...
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Capacity-building investment at Rondó
Date: 2010-12-03 13:48:45
Rondó Hullámkartongyártó Ltd. has carried out a capacity-building investment of mearly two billion HUF in Budapest. The company, with its new production hall and inner transportsystem, is now ready to...
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Chocolate Santa Clauses in the Auchan and in the Tesco
Date: 2010-12-03 13:30:32
The Santa Claus season lasts until Sunday evening, Monday morning in the domestic stores. The supply is abundant, but this year it is projected to be less sweet for the...
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The new Wine Marketing Committee has been formed
Date: 2010-12-03 13:00:12
Yesterday, the Wine Marketing Committee held its inaugural meeting at the Agricultural Marketing Center. The Committee on its first working day proposed the Ministry of Rural Development to continue the...
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Bulgarian pensioners stormed the Lidl stores
Date: 2010-12-03 12:58:24
Pensioners stormed Lidl stores in Bulgaria last Thursday. The stores advertised huge promotions, offering bananas and cucumbers for pennies. In Sofia, a Lidl store opening attracted mainly pensioners living in...
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New 85 inch Panasonic plasma display set to impressin conference rooms
Date: 2010-12-03 11:57:07
A new 85-inch Full High-Definition (HD) Plasma display has been rolled out by Panasonic South-East Europe and its partner CubeMedia Ltd. Designed initially for the commercial market the screen was...
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A cooperative yesterday and today
Date: 2010-12-03 11:53:43
The first cooperatives were established during the industrial revolution. Their main principles were solidarity, joint work and democratic management; besides, they also helped members with opening shops and joint procurement....
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COOP has been a good neighbour for 15 years
Date: 2010-12-03 11:49:59
Co-op Hungary celebrated its 15th birthday in Budapest’s Palace of Arts in November. Nearly 1,000 business partners, colleagues and friends showed up and in the following you can read excerpts...
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Celebration and concerns at Europe’s Day in Commerce
Date: 2010-12-03 11:37:41
Europe’s Day in Commerce was celebrated for the sixth time in Budapest on 3 November. The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) and the Hungarian member organisation of EuroCommerce...
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40 years of learning
Date: 2010-12-03 10:55:37
Balázs Pászti received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Trade magazin and Lánchíd Club. Mr Pászti was born in Budapest in 1948 and worked at only two places during his 40-year...
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From being an architect to working in the sugar industry
Date: 2010-12-03 10:54:03
Béla Fischer received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Trade magazin and Lánchíd Club. Mr Fischer was born in Esztergom in 1952 and earned a degree in architecture, which was later...
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Another Hungarian director at the Eckes-Granini Group
Date: 2010-12-03 10:13:28
From 1 October 2010 Marianna Bartos fills the position of HR and organisational development director at Eckes-Granini Group. She graduated at ELTE’s Faculty of Arts and in the last 18...
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