Company and Personal News
Interview with Lászkó Kovács, president of MVI – video
Date: 2010-11-18 18:16:56
As we have pointed out before, the board members of the MVI (Association of Hungarian Caterers) have been elected on Monday, 15th November. President Tamás Háber, who has been in...
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Spar, Pick, Coca-Cola – authenticity, recognition, responsibility
Date: 2010-11-18 16:14:31
According to the results of the second annual survey of B & P Braun & Partners Reputation Rating; The reputation of food companies in each of the five dimensions proved...
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The opinion of the CBA and the Spar differ over the special taxes
Date: 2010-11-18 16:11:49
The retail sector has never belonged to the highly profitable sectors, not even compared to the food production– said Feiner Péter,the chairman of Spar Magyarország Kft., in an interview in...
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Tesco has 800 Hungarian suppliers already
Date: 2010-11-18 16:00:21
Tesco expands the scope of its Hungarian suppliers. The retail-chain contracted with 40 new suppliers in October. Tesco Global Stores Ltd. expands the scope of its Hungarian suppliers, to increase...
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Unilever buys a cosmetics company for 1.2 billion euros
Date: 2010-11-18 15:30:20
The European Commission's competition authority has contributed to the earlier plans, that Unilever will acquire the European cosmetics business of Sara Lee. The 1.2 billion-euro transaction, among other things, meaning...
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A new product, available in Hungary, won a new award
Date: 2010-11-18 10:34:26
Dove VisibleCare showergel won the award Prix de Beauté 2010. even though the product was just introduced this year. The Prix de Beauté issued by magazine Joy goes to famous...
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Kométa about to get involved with more investments in Hungary
Date: 2010-11-17 18:17:10
The fact that Kométa has won a Superbrand Award is a reflection of the company's strategy and preference of quality. “The products of Kométa 99 Ltd. have won several awards...
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Yet another Hungarian director at the leading fruit juice producer of Europe
Date: 2010-11-17 17:00:31
Marianna Bartos, new HR director of Eckes-Granini Group started working at the company in this position on 1st October 2010. Marianna Bartos finished her studies at ELTE-BTK, and worked in...
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Kométa expects 20 billion HUF revenues for this year
Date: 2010-11-17 13:45:03
The revenue of the Kaposvár-based Kométa ´99 Zrt. (Kométa) will be around 20 billion HUF this year, compared with the 22 billion HUF of last year. The company plans to...
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Borsodi expects five percent price increase for the next year
Date: 2010-11-17 13:43:29
From 2011, the Borsodi brewery plans a 1-3 percent average revenue growth. Although the Hungarian beer market has showed a 8-9 percent decline in 2010, the company expects to repeat...
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Adidas expands in China
Date: 2010-11-17 13:40:15
Adidas plans a major expansion in China. The German company will build-out a shop network consisting of 8 thousand businesses in the Asian country. In the next 5 years, the...
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Midnight discount action in the Romanian malls
Date: 2010-11-17 13:00:16
Thousands of shoppers stormed the Kolozsvár-based Iulius Mall shopping center on Sunday night. The huge midnight price reductions attracted the people to the mall – reports kronika.ro. At the same...
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E-merchants of the years are using Scarab Research
Date: 2010-11-17 11:54:33
tAll three winners of this year's Online Merchant of The Year Award use Scarab Research product analyzer system. The first prize was won by Bookline.hu has been a successful user...
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The 11th Hungarian Wine Marketing Conference will be held in Sopron
Date: 2010-11-17 11:01:31
On the first Thursday and Friday of December, the 11th Hungarian Wine Marketing Conference will be held in the Hotel Sopron. A special wine competition will be linked again to...
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Starbucks: The most ethic and the best
Date: 2010-11-16 19:10:30
The experts of Allegra Strategies once again awarded the “The most ethic Company” award to the Starbucks, in addition the company also won the “Best café” award, both in Europe...
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If the Metro 4 will be completed, a shopping centre to be built
Date: 2010-11-16 19:07:44
Futureal is ready for the implementation of the long-time planned Etele Square shopping center, but the timing depends on when the Metro 4 will be finished – said Futó Gábor,...
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Tesco refutes
Date: 2010-11-16 14:13:10
The Central Agricultural Office (MgSZH) fined Tesco for 850 thousand HUF, because they found 300 pounds of contaminated chicken meat in the company’s store in Dunaújváros – wrote the Magyar...
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New poultry processing plant from one and a half billion HUF
Date: 2010-11-16 13:51:10
New poultry processing plant will be created. Construction will begin this month, in the Industrial Park of Pacs, while production will begin next summer in the Zalai Poultry Processing Ltd....
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The revenue of Wal-Mart exceeded one hundred billion dollars
Date: 2010-11-16 13:20:42
Wal-Mart reached 101.2 billion revenues in the third quarter of 2010, which met the analysts' expectations of 102.4 billion USD. However, the company caused a positive surprise in the case...
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Charity week launched by McDonald's
Date: 2010-11-16 10:27:07
McDonald's has launched its traditional charity action for children, starting from 15th Nvember to 21st November. This week, 40 HUF every single package of french fries goes to the Ronald...
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easyJet launches flexible fares for business travellers
Date: 2010-11-16 06:16:08
easyJet announces a new flexible fare targeted at business travellers. The tickets will give passengers unlimited flexibility to change their flight up to two hours before the scheduled departure time....
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Women of Excellence Award supported by AmCham and Mars
Date: 2010-11-16 03:57:04
AmChan awarded several women the the Women of Ecellence Award this year. The event was supported by Mars Inc. Fifty women have been nominated by families, relatives and workmates, from...
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Direct communication within the FMCG-sector
Date: 2010-11-15 14:23:20
Direkt Marketing Association is convinced that it is highly important to inform experts about the latest forms of direct marketing – both offline and online. Right now, within the compass...
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Adidas targets the youth
Date: 2010-11-15 12:55:35
Adidas targets young people between 12-19 with a new product. The company expects 1 billion euros in revenue from its Neo branded products for 2015. The Neo fits into the...
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Reindeer meat from Lidl
Date: 2010-11-15 12:00:52
Lidl offers special priced reindeer meat in its British stores. In England, the Santa Claus brings Christmas gifts to the children. His flying sledge is pulled by reindeers. The British...
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The last plant of Cerbona closed
Date: 2010-11-15 01:13:44
The last plant of Cerbona closed on Thursday, thus the Székesfehérvár-based company has stopped production entirely – CEO Gábor Gosztonyi informed Független Hírügynökség. The company's 400 employers are not being...
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CBA opened a store with technological innovations
Date: 2010-11-15 00:26:16
A brand new CBA-outlet has opened its gates on 5th NOvember in the village of Üröm. The store is 3200 square meters, and customers can find there a number of...
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Rauch facing a significant growth despite deteroriating market facilities
Date: 2010-11-12 22:26:14
As a result of this season's fruit processing, Rauch has processed 80 thousand tons of Hungarian fruit – the company announced within the compass of their press conference on 12th...
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Honey Festival in Zalaegerszeg
Date: 2010-11-12 18:42:36
On the three-day event, the beekeepers of Sárrét, North Bácska, Somogy and Zala will present their products, but beekeepers will come from Muravidék, from the Uplands (felvidék), from Székelyföld and...
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GfK Custom Research expands network by acquiring Interscope
Date: 2010-11-12 18:17:11
GfK Custom Research North America acquired 100% ownership of US consulting company Interscope, one of the leading specialists in building brands at retail, on November 1, 2010. Interscope complements GfK...
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