Posts From trademagazin
Mystery shopping is in the focus
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In 2010, GfK also focuses on Mystery Shopping research, using the company’s international expertise in this field too. The method uses precisely controlled mystery shoppers, through their eyes the services...
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Food product prices did not grow above the average
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
After the relatively high inflation rate in March, the consumer price index growth slowed down a bit. Compared with the previous month, the average consumer price increase was 0.5 percent...
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Food product foreign trade reduced by 5 percent in a year
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
According to KSH, in January-February 2010 the volume of foreign trade improved further, by 17 percent in export and by 13 percent in import in comparison with last year’s level....
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It is still Forint that performs the worst
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In March 2010, in the EU-27 consumer prices were 1.9 percent higher on average, compared to prices in March 2009. While prices decreased in Latvia (by 4 percent), increase was...
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Coloured toilet papers
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The dominance of white toilet papers has come to an end! Renova, a prestigious manufacturer put red, orange, fuchsia and black toilet papers on the market, trying to grab the...
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‘Do it yourself’ pet food
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Canadian company RedMoon gives the ability to customers to create the food specific to their pets’ individual needs. First they have to select the ingredients, and then give the activity...
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Golden lacquer on chicken legs
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The Deli Garage, a German company came out with something really surprising: a food colouring spray that does not spoil our meal, neither its taste nor its consistency – it...
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Positive trends in Europe
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Food retail turnover grew by 4 percent in terms of value and by 1 percent in volume in the first three months of 2010 – informs Nielsen based on data...
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Demand for market information increased
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Companies’ decision-makers in the field of marketing and sales showed interest for more market information and research data in the past one and a half years. Market analysing information needed...
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Making gold with Házi Piros
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Házi Piros Kft., one of the key companies on the spice and seasoning market, is twenty years old. Commercial director Gábor Heltai answered our magazine’s questions. What were the most...
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Grill products have become less hypermarket-centred
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Despite the 3-percent decrease in grill sausage value sales by hypermarkets, 59 percent of sales was still realised in this retail channel. Volume sales plummeted by 17 percent and value...
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We are less fervent grillers than we used to be
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The current economic situation does not favour the organisation of open-air grill parties and this inevitably affected grill product sales. Zoltán Szántó, PICK Szeged Zrt.’s product manager says: – Because...
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We buy grill products several times a year
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In 2009, 5 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of grill sausage and 7 percent put grill spices in their baskets – reveals GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan. On average, we...
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Spice mixes are a better choice for brand building
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Many product groups capitalised on the fact that consumers are economising by not eating out. More cooking done at home should affect spice sales positively, but data by Nielsen indicate...
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Small packaging units sell better
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Spice retail sales grew by 10 percent in February 2009-January 2010, compared with the previous twelve months. The annual market surpassed HUF 12 billion and Nielsen registered minus 2 percent...
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Condiment brands are looking for new communication elements
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
On the stagnating condiment market the volume share of private labels has reached 38 percent, hypermarket strengthened its position among retail channels and the 301-500 g packaging size increased its...
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A slight contraction on the condiment market
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Value sales in condiment retail only fell by 1 percent in April 2009-March 2010, in comparison with the same period a year earlier. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, the...
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The ice tea market is going greener
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
– 2007 was the peak year on the ice tea market. 2008 brought a 2-percent decline in volume sales, which grew to minus 8 percent by the end of 2009....
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Slow building up behind peach and lemon
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The annual ice tea market approaches the value of HUF 14 billion. Value sales in retail fell by 4 percent in February 2009-March 2010, compared with the previous twelve months....
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Private label ice teas are on the increase again
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan pointed out that after the market expansion of the last few years, 9 percent fewer households bought ice tea in 2009, and by this the category’s reach...
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For cooking, storing and carrying
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The category that involves bin bags, household foils, sandwich and roasting bags, and baking papers represents a value of HUF 10 billion, growing by 4 percent from 2008 to 2009....
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Market expansion has continued
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Household paper product sales continue to grow: in the May 2009-April 2010 period sales were 8 percent higher than a in the previous twelve months. Toilet papers, tissues, paper towels...
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More economical manufacturer paper products and private labels with improved quality
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In 2009, the household paper market expanded by 1 percent in terms of volume and by 9 percent in value – a growth largely generated by toilet paper. Sales stalled...
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With enhanced partnership for survival
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Logistics is a comprehensive activity that improves economic competitiveness. Hungary’s favourable geographical location makes it a contender for exporting logistics services. At the moment, the sector’s contribution to the GDP...
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Logistics can be much more economical with the help of IT solutions
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Increasingly fierce competition makes it inevitable for companies to set up IT systems that help the everyday operation of companies. IT investments are necessary even during the economic crisis, because...
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Intelligenr supply chain management
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
XAPT Hungary Kft. is a dynamically developing IT company, the main profile of which is the selling, installation, training and customising of the Microsoft Dynamics integrated business management system. XAPT...
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Innovation, mobility, consumption
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The increasing role of mobile technology, from production to sale, brings benefits and satisfaction to manufacturers, retailers and consumers. A growing number of mobile phones will be able to read...
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MPL conquers the Internet too
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
An increasing number of on-line retailers choose MPL (Hungarian Post Logistics) to be their delivery partner. MPL’s convenience services guarantee that on-line stores can serve their customers better. MPL’s goal...
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Invisible investigators
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Krisztina Szabad, the managing director of Archicom introduced their ‘Webeye’ system to the readers of Trade magazine: – A vehicle tracking device is part of the system. It is a...
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For trusted products trusted methods are required
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the case of most products sold in stores, both seller and buyer know what happened to base materials until the product reached the table of the consumer. International standards...
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