Company and Personal News
Lawsuit against Mattel
Date: 2007-11-07 00:00:00
The government of South China's Guangdong Province is likely to help local toy manufacturers file a lawsuit against the world's biggest toy company. Mattel recalled more than 21 million China-made...
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Kellogg Acquires Two American Companies
Date: 2007-11-07 00:00:00
The world's largest cereal maker, is set to buy Wholesome & Hearty Foods Co., a U.S. manufacturer and the Bear Naked Inc. Kellogg said it paid a total of about...
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Attila Boros is the new sales director at Cash & Carry chain
Date: 2007-11-07 00:00:00
The former director Peter Nyilas lost the Interfruct, the company approves of his work. Attila Boros joined the company this year in Januar and took part in building of the...
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Two new Tesco stores
Date: 2007-11-05 00:00:00
On 2th November opened the hypermarket and gas station in Kazincbarcika, on the same day began to sell the supermarket in Mezobereny. 225 new workplaces were set up. In the...
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Renovation of the first Hungarian SPAR store
Date: 2007-11-05 00:00:00
The first SPAR supermarket in Tata was renewed in two months. everything were changed, only the panels remained. The store got a new outlook. SPAR opened its first store 16...
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Heineken to buy Serbian brewery
Date: 2007-11-05 00:00:00
Heineken is one of four breweries which expressed their interest in Serbian brewer MB, based in Novi Sad. However no formal agreement has yet been reached, but according to reports...
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French weeks in Cora and Match stores
Date: 2007-11-05 00:00:00
On the weekends people can taste the French foods and see cooking shows. The event, between 5-18 November 2007, gives the opportunity for the Hungarians to meet and taste French...
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Awards for Sió films
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Awards and HUF 500,000 for the winners of the film competition organised by Sió-Eckes Kft. under the title „Sió – My world, my thirty years” have been handed over at...
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Copying jammed
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
One of the leading European companies in the field of electronic security ADT and TMD Security, the market leader in security technology for bank cards have developed solutions to block...
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Hungarian food losing ground
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Zoltán Fórián, head of division, Agrár-Európa Kft., pointed out that there is confusion in the press regarding the expected increase in demand and the extent of price rises. According to...
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Owners of delicacy stores invited by Zwack
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Owners of delicacy stores were invited to the Zwack Kecskeméti Pálinka Manufaktúra for the 28th September. Guests saw a short film about the Zwack family and pálinka and were taken...
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Card for travellers
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The target group of World™ MasterCard® to be first introduced in the UK is composed of affluent card holders who travel abroad regularly. The priority for the „mass affluent” target...
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Increasing cost effectiveness a key to survival
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Péter Nagy, head of division from PriceWaterhouseCoopers Kft., spoke about the increasing importance of cost effective operation, which is not only the result of market pressures, but also that of...
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Experienced leader for NESPRESSO
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Gábor Flesch took over as the head of Hungarian NESPRESSO in the middle of August. He is regarded as having substantial experience in business development in both the HoReCa and...
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Ice cream to take us to Kenya
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Ragonese Kft. has held a sampling and product presentation with prizes handed over to winners of their competition. The main prize of the Gelatiamo competition was a 9 day trip...
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Once, there was a team…
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
I joined RJR Hungary in 1994. My job was to reorganise and build up the sales team and naturally, to boost our market share in collaboration with marketing. (Among others,...
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2008 could be the year of Aldi
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
In her opening presentation on the second day, Mrs. Szalókyné Judit Tóth, director of Nielsen emphasised that it will be the cheaper sales channels and products will show growth in...
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Smaller budget, extended competence
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
As a senior brand manager, Anikó Radosiczky has been in charge of marketing with Sarantis Hungary Kft. since September. She began working for Beiersdorf Kft as a brand manager in...
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Agárdi Pálinkafõzde five years old
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Agárdi Pálinkafőzde celebrated its 5th birthday with a cigar palinka presentation and a card game championship held in its Visitor Centre, on 11. October. Only 1,400 bottles of their limited...
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Solving liquidity problems by factoring
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Dr. István Tari , director of Erste Bank Kereskedelmi Centrum and László Stickl, general director of Erste Faktor spoke about the solutions bank can offer to the liquidity problems of...
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TV2 intends to become market leader within three years
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
After five years spent as sales director, Zoltán Várdy became the new general director of TV2 in the beginning of August. Though he had been appointed a vice president of...
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Marketing consultants joining forces
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
A Club of Marketing Consultants has bee established within the Hungarian Marketing Association. Their objective is to enhance the role played by marketing consulting in business life by providing training,...
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SáGa Füstli
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The excellent and delicious SáGa Füstli is celebrating its 7th birthday. SáGa has come up with a special price and an exciting prize game to celebrate this occasion. Agency: André...
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Diversity, service, speed
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
László Hovánszky, managing director of METSPA outlined the development of retail trade seen over the past 15 years. He thinks that the response by domestic producers and manufacturers to the...
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Spar Reserve at the Wine Festival
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The Spar Reserve wine family was placed in the focus of attention by SPAR Magyarország at the 16th International Wine and Champagne Festival, held in September. SPAR began selling unique...
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Flying points
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Malév and Citibank celebrated their 10,000th client on 27 September. The two companies introduced their joint MasterCard type card one year ago, which can be used to collect bonus points...
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Chio Exxtra Chips
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The film begins with a surprising warning that taste buds might find the contents of the following film disturbing. This is what happens, the rapidly changing frames which show the...
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Hoventa – everything that is catering
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
This year’s Hoventa attracted over 15,000 visitors. The main attraction was the WACS Global Chefs Challenge”, but the 4th Hungarian Barista Championship was also a very successful event. Over 150...
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Cetelem: new financial partner of Tesco
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Credit will be available in Tesco hyper markets under more flexible terms and faster than previously, owing to Magyar Cetelem Bank Zrt. extending its services beyond banking hours. At present,...
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