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The trend is unconventionality

Another meeting has been held by the Trade Marketing Club recently, dedicated to the topic of “ Extreme solutions in trade marketing”. Erika Pintér, managing director of Trend Budapest spoke...

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Guinness record with Loctite

The Guinness World Record for the heaviest vehicle lifted using glue has been broken by Henkel. It has taken only 9 drops of Loctite Super Attack to lift the two...

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New head for Nielsen customer relations

Ágnes Hortobágyi (30) was appointed the new head of Nielsen customer relations on 16. April. She has been working for Nielsen for five years, formerly in a regional position as...

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2nd place: Kinder Uticélozz! promotion – Only points of the compass fixed, your destination is your choice!

The simultaneous communication of all units of the four Kinder snacks (Kinder Bueno, Kinder Maxi Chocolate, Kinder Country and Kinder Delice) had been the first multibrand campaign in their history....

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Tesco – Irish suppliers to worry

Tesco lost a small bit of its market share in the last 12 weeks ending on June 14 compared to its 30.9 percent market share of last year. According to...

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Tortellini Ltd. blocked due to contamination

Tortellini Ltd. blocked its tortellini, ravioli and lasagne products, which are eatable until September 2009, in order to protect the health of the consumers, due to the toxin contamination of...

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Tesco and Fortis UK to form new partnership

Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) and Fortis UK have announced that they are in exclusive discussions to form a new partnership to provide motor and household insurance. Jointly the companies will...

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The McCafé chain remains the market leader in Hungary

The McCafé chain increased its turnover by 24.5 per cent in 2008, and maintained its market-leading position on the a domestic café market. 2.6 million guests were served in the...

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Seven-hour technical break at Tesco stores

Because of the VAT change a technical transition will be required in the 24 hours open hypermarkets of Tesco. The stores will be closed between 23 pm on the 30th...

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Carrefour eliminates plastic bags in Spain

French owned hypermarket chain Carrefour has decided to eliminate all plastic bags from their Spanish stores, and becomes the first large company to do so in this country. The use...

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Szentkirályi helps the storm victims of Szabolcs County

Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. joined the International Children's Safe Drinking Water program of Procter & Gamble and the to part of the donation, which aims to ensure the supply of...

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Woolworths' rebirth

Woolworths was the largest retailer victim of the crisis in Great Britain, but now it will reborn as an online store. The company closed 807 retail stores in January and...

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Alimentaria 2010 is set to be an exceptional international business centre and platform for brands

Alimentaria, the International Food and Beverages Exhibition, is once again preparing to make Barcelona the world’s food and beverage capital. The event will be held 22-26 March 2010 in a...

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Agricultural strategy, addressed to the government

The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture adopted an agricultural strategy consist of 10 points on 25 June 2009. The recommendation is looking for a way out of the crisis situation of...

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The display resolution of STI won POPA prize in Poland

The STI Group's Island-shaped solution for placement and suitcase of Lübbe won the POPA award which is the Oscar of the sales promotion sector. The STI – which has a...

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STI Petőfi Printing House Ltd. won two awards in this year's Pro Typographia competition

STI Petőfi Printing House Ltd. enriched by two prizes on the tournament of high-quality printing products, the Pro Typographia professional competition. The packaging Szamos marzipan and Philips' static adhesive were...

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Budvar brewery – Increasing sales, decreasing profits

Last year was the second best year ever, in the history for Czech Budvar brewery in terms of sales. Its profit however decreased due to the increasing production prices. Revenue...

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Record turnover of the Tesco clothing brands

According to the datas of GfK Hungária,Tesco had the largest turnover on the clothing market in the first quarter of 2009. While the overall market showed a 13 percent decline,...

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Theodora Cosmetic Tour in the Káli Basin

Enthusiastic tourists arrived to Salföld on 26 June to enter the Theodora Cosmetic Tour. The volunteers painted tourist signs from Salföld to Kékkút to switch back the tourist route into...

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Meat-products under the brandname Globus are still available

The greatest Czech food group, Hamé is entitled to produce and distribute Globus-branded, meat-based tinned food – Globus announced. After Globus has decided to stop the production of meat-based tinned...

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City SPAR – new comfortable outlet in Szeged

A new, previously unknown outlet-form has been introduced to the Hungarian customers in 2006 by SPAR Hungary Ltd: City SPAR supermarkets. The company has now opened a new City SPAR...

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Hungarian Wine House Ltd under liquidation process

The liquidation process of Hungarian Wine House has started on 2nd June. The company has kept a busy business in the touristically signuificant Buda Castle. The interest in the wine...

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Herz trying to reach an agreement with creditors

The owners of Herz Salami Factory are trying to reach an agreement with creditors prior to the liquidation process. If the agreement is made, the company may survive – Világgazdaság...

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Danone Ltd. helping children program

The main purpose of the program initiated by Danone Ltd., running under the name „Help Children Together” is to support children living with tumour – the money gathered buy the...

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Avantgard, modern and classic syle in one

Unique, timeless prducts, authentic British elegance, mdern style, interesting solutions: a bathroom-equipment saloon in Hervegprímás street has just opened its gates on 24th June. The idea of the saloon was...

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Coop Szolnok allowed to purchase Héliker

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) gave Coop Szolnok the permission to purchase Héliker Commercial Ltd. Coop Szolnok has entered into a contract with Héliker on 5th March 2009 to obtain...

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Danone's 123 million new shares are of great interest

France-based Danone had sold 123.2 million new shares for 24.73 euros each, now 5.5 billion bookings have been counted at the auction in Paris. The company had raised 3.05 billion...

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GfK Hungária is a Business Superbrand yet again, for the second time

GfK Hungária has become a Business Superbrand yet again in 2009: the market research company has been selected to be among the best brands of the business sector (B2B) for...

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Pasta-factory in Verpelét for French and Italian export

French-owned ASIAFOOD Ltd. is planning to open a factory in order to produce frozen pasta in Heves county, in the village of Verpelét – as announced by MTI. According to...

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Wage boost at Kométa

More than 500 employers are affected by the wage boost taking place from July at Kométa Ltd. The wage boost is of 3-4 percent, depending on the basic wage and...

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