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According to Hungarian Trade Association costumers leave HUF 340-350 billion for food and HUF 540-550 billion for manufactures at the cashiers.  Last year’s December turnover was HUF 875 billions, HUF 40 billions more than in 2005. Last year’s December circulation was HUF 120-130 billion more than the November 2006. Despite...

Peter Szabo works since 8 years at Unilever, has financial, marketing and sales experiences. Since November 2007 he is the new leader of sales team. The former leader, Monika Voros is now on maternity leave.  

If over 40 per cent of the annual sales of a company are generated in the October-December period, trade marketing and marketing professionals have to consider very carefully what and how they are going to offer consumers and retailers in this period. In recent years, Christmas promotions have been organised...

The Italian retail network is not a very concentrated one by European standards. Modern stores make spectacular efforts to attract customers. Our correspondent has visited hyper markets of Finiper and Esselunga in Milan. According to Marco Ruzza, director of the Iper store located in the Portello district, it is the...

According to the Hungarian Association of Breweries, the combined sales of the four large breweries increased by 5.6 per cent last year. Lager beer continues to account for 68 per cent of total sales. Rises in the price of materials and energy as well as rising tax have all created...

According to Miklós Istvánfalvi, chairman of the Milk Product Council, this year has brought major changes for milk producers. Prices have begun to rise. In July for example, these were 3 per cent up compared to the preceding month. High fodder and fuel prices, a decrease in supply from Australia...

The Christmas/New Year’s Eve season accounts for 40 per cent of annual champagne sales. Though the annual level of consumption shows stagnation, end of the year consumption is growing. Over 12 million litres of champagne has been sold in retail trade between October 200- September 2007. According to the Retail...

The Finland-based food groups operating profit soar almost 52% to EUR19.3m, outpacing sales growth of 14.6% during the third quarter of the year, turnover reached EUR312.8m.  Sales and profits rose in Finland and in Scandinavia as a whole amid the integration of the Sardus business Atria bought last year.In Atria’s...

Stühmer, Budapesti Csokoládégyár, Stollwerck, Bonbonetti have all been names used over a hundred and twenty years by the largest chocolate factory in Budapest. Today, the Bonbonnetti group is composed of two manufacturing enterprises and a trading company: Bonbonetti Choco Kft., Choco Bonita Kft., and Bonbonetti Kft. According to Sándor Sánta,...

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, we had products like Kossuth Extra.) I succeeded in gaining the confidence of the 20 strong sales team and we...