Company and Personal News
The heat wave doubles as a Tesco’s mineral water and ice cream sales
Date: 2013-06-24 11:44:40
The amount of mineral water and ice creams sales are doubling during the heat wave, and 90 percent or more is consumed from beer. The demand for mineral waters, dramatically...
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Unilever bought the SZAVO brand
Date: 2013-06-24 11:41:28
With the purchase of the SZAVO brand, the Unilever further enhances its position in the detergents market and by broadening its product portfolio it contributes to the more complex serving...
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Half of the families will not go on vacation
Date: 2013-06-24 10:47:23
This year 47 percent of the Hungarian population are planning vacation – shows the survey of the Generali Insurance Company. On the occasion of the start of the holiday season,...
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Several British pubs will accept the virtual money
Date: 2013-06-24 10:40:27
Britain has several pub, where the guests can pay with Bitcoin. The idea came from Stephen Early, the founder of these pubs. Stephen Early, a former computer scientist, who decided...
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Half of the Hungarian net users plan a vacation this year
Date: 2013-06-24 10:30:16
Online hotel reservation is not a common habit in Hungary yet. 46 percent of the Hungarian Internet users do not reserve their hotels via the world wide web, while 22...
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Magyar Hotel Monitor: great hotel performances in May
Date: 2013-06-21 10:36:00
According to the datas of the Magyar Hotel Monitor (Hungarian Hotel Monitor), the hotel occupancy datas and the hotel prices have both started to increase. In case of the five-star...
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Procter & Gamble and the HoReCa sector is supporting catering units affected by the flood
Date: 2013-06-21 10:31:22
Procter & Gamble and the HoReCa sector is helping restaurants, hotels, and catering units affected by the flood to reconstruct and reopen their bases by offering them a wide range...
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The Hungarian travelers are satisfied with the domestic hotels
Date: 2013-06-21 10:30:27
The Hungarian domestic travelers are satisfied with the domestic accommodations and they love wellness – according to a new survey. The Utazok.hu collected Hungary's best and most popular hotels,. In...
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Vatera is facing a relaunch
Date: 2013-06-21 10:14:54
Vatera has been serving the HUgarian audience for 13 years, ans now it has become obvious that a new generation of internet-users have grown-up, so it is essential to give...
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Here is the thinnest smartphone ever by Huawei
Date: 2013-06-21 09:51:54
Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei has unveiled its latest mobile handset, the Ascend P6. It is the thinnest on the market and has the most powerful front-facing camera on the market,...
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Collect lights!
Date: 2013-06-20 14:24:27
Wonderduck’s Christmas-related campaign for Kraft gave away half a million presents. The mechanism was simple: in the promotional period those shoppers who spent at least HUF 1,200 on Kraft products...
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Refuel with discounts!
Date: 2013-06-20 14:22:10
With the help of Rewart MOL organised a Guaranteed Discount Coupon activity between 28 April and 15 July 2012. Consumers were given a coupon for each HUF 5,000 spent, which...
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TescoBaba.hu has been refurbished
Date: 2013-06-20 14:03:33
Tesco Hungary’s special website www.tescobaba.hu was renewed in April 2013 and since than the number of visitors and registrations doubled. As the name suggests, www.tescobaba.hu would like to help those...
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Is Showrooming the nightmare of retailers?
Date: 2013-06-20 13:57:12
The problem of Showrooming is estimated to value around USD 217 billion: trying and looking at products in a store and buying them somewhere else online at the best price...
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Tobacconist cash registers: Laurel involved foreign manufacturing facilities
Date: 2013-06-20 12:08:07
Tobacconist indicated that despite they were trying to gain informations at companies several times, but those companies have not undertaken to deliver the new cash registers by 1 July. One...
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Bonafarm Milk Master: the difference between milk and milk
Date: 2013-06-20 11:12:03
We can state that the Hungarian consume a lot of milk. According to 2010 datas, a Hungarian consumes an average of 67.5 liters of milk annually, above the EU average....
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Magazine: Fast food restaurants turned upside down?
Date: 2013-06-20 11:00:00
After a change in restaurants’ design and the introduction of healthier meals, the next step is expanding the selection of drinks in fast food restaurants. However, this may turn the...
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Only 10 percent of the tourists are coming to Hungary to enjoy the spas
Date: 2013-06-20 10:55:33
Only third of the tourists coming to Budapest know that it is a famous spa town, and only 10 percent of them visits to Hungary specifically for this reason –...
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The lifesize LEGO modelcar of Shell arrived to Budapest
Date: 2013-06-20 10:50:54
Shell has launched a new promotion in collaboration with Ferrari and the LEGO Group in Budapest At the event Alonso and Massa also raced young fans with six limited edition...
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Increased controls in the consumer services of the summer season
Date: 2013-06-20 10:25:37
The nationwide summer season consumer protection inspection has started, which lasts until the end of August – Fülöp Zsuzsanna, spokeswoman of the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) told on Thursday...
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The sugarfree cake of Hungary 2013 competition launched
Date: 2013-06-20 10:24:17
In order to promote health-conscious lifestyle, the Chamber of Hungarian Confectioneries have launched a special competition in strong co-operation with Egy Csepp Figyelem Foundation: the event runs under the name...
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Tchibo Plaza Roadshow
Date: 2013-06-20 10:18:14
In April-May and June-July 2012 Tchibo and Wonderduck organised out-of-store activities in 6 Budapest shopping centres (Westend, Mammut, Árkád, MOM, Aréna, and KÖKI Terminál). New Caffisimo coffee machines and Tchibo...
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5 million by ALDI via Red Cross goes to flood-victims
Date: 2013-06-20 10:04:10
ALDI Hungary has offered a product-palette of 5 million HUF to those affected by the floods, including food products as well as toilet paper and cleaning accesoires. The company has...
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TerraCyle: the Hungarian cigfag-collecting goes on
Date: 2013-06-20 09:58:20
TerraCycle is a private U.S. small business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. It makes consumer products from pre- and post-consumer waste (“upcycling”) and reusing other waste materials TerraCycle began with...
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Magazine: Ikon and its icons
Date: 2013-06-19 12:41:13
An excellent PR idea from Debrecen restaurant Ikon: they decided to include in the menu the favourite dishes of the town’s honorary citizens and Pro Urbe award winners. Dishes appear...
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Unilever helps with Domestos detergents in the disinfection after the flood
Date: 2013-06-19 12:35:26
The Unilever Magyarország donated 10 000 liters of Domestos detergents for the disinfection works to the National Disaster Management Directorate. The organization uses the donation for the disinfection works in...
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Brand new GS1 Service with Brandbank product datas
Date: 2013-06-19 12:10:38
The Internet, the social networking and the mobile technology advancements have transformed the way in which manufacturers, retailers, brand owners can connect with consumers. In addition, the brand owners’ dream...
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SPAR and INTERSPAR receives Superbrands again
Date: 2013-06-19 10:45:47
The brands SPAR és INTERSPAR are receiving the prestigeous Superbrands award for the fifth time. The company is honoured to keep up with the high quality standards the award requires,...
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Technological breakthrough with Ariel
Date: 2013-06-19 10:45:25
With Ariel, clothes became white and bright with much less effort. With further innovations like Ariel's activated bleach, and the introduction of an Ariel liquid detergent that helped protect colours...
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Lidl is putting down its succes to their Hungarian products
Date: 2013-06-19 10:40:23
Lidl is the sixth on Nielsen's top list of retailers, and it keeps aiming for an even higher position to keep a dynamic growth. The company is convinced that the...
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