News and articles
Level of unemployment still growing
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the first quarter of 2010, KSH measured an 11.8-percent unemployment rate (2.1 percentage points higher than twelve months earlier), with 3,719,000 people being employed and 498,000 unemployed in the...
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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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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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Czech meat industry company starts using Cryovac® packaging
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Kostelecké uzeniny, the biggest meat producing and meat product manufacturing company in the Czech Republic switched from standard shrink bags to high-performance shrinkable films and automation. The new system guarantees...
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Tesco recruited new regional suppliers
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
On 3 June, Tesco Hungary organised a suppliers’ forum in Sopron for farmers and manufacturers in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties. Tesco’s intention was getting to know new suppliers,...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: Up, Borsodi; Borsodi – Cheer like never before!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
This prize game targeted 18-36-year old beer drinkers who like football. McCann Erickson did the ATL and the creative, while Up Hungary Kft. implemented the BTL activity. Borsodi’s brand strategy...
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A strong Forint helped meat import
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that in the first quarter beef prices continued to...
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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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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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Would you like a bite of smile?
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The first multivitamin gummy candy, Storck Hungária Kft.’s nimm2 Smilegummi comes out with a new flavour. The new yoghurt-coated fruit gummies are made using real fruit juice and important vitamins....
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Mobile laboratories examine organic products
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Kft. sets up mobile laboratories: three vans will perform at least 500 controls in one year, all over the country, in the 1,500-1,900 organic farms of Hungary....
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: Profi; Profi birthday
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Back in 1989, Profi was the first discount store chain to enter the Hungarian market. Today they have 73 units all over the country and 80 percent of their private...
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Export and the industry are already expanding
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, industrial and foreign trade data indicated a moderate economic growth in early 2010. In several sectors – building and...
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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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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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New managing director at Dreher Breweries
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
From 1 July 2010, Andrei Haret is the new managing director of Dreher Breweries. Andrei Haret joined SABMiller group in 2003 as Vice President of Ursus Brewery, Romania, responsible initially...
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Politicians promise more efficient consumer protection
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
We need to take consumer protection closer to the people – said MP László Koszorús at the annual meeting of the Hungarian Brand Association. The author of Fidesz’s consumer protection...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal and POPAI special award:Univer Be the Devil of the Kitchen!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Univer Product Zrt. of Kecskemét is one of the country’s major food companies. In cooperation with PR agency Well, they implemented a promotion campaign between 1 May and 31 December...
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Slower upturn expected in the eurozone
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
While in Ireland, Spain and Greece recession will not end in 2010, Canada, Australia and New Zealand got the A1 rating again, while the US earned an A2. In these...
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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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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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Tchibo wins Superbrands award
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
This year the Superbrands jury conveyed for the 16th time and decided that Tchibo, the ambassador of quality coffee consumption deserved a Superbrands award. Superbrands is an initiative with two...
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Treasure hunting in METRO
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The interior of the new METRO store in eastern Pest has been redesigned and now professional buyers can find their products more easily and comfortably. Buyers even had a chance...
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Most successful promotion of the year 2009. Silver medal: STR8 consumer promotion; Speed up with STR8!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
18-34 years old, city living men of AB status were the target group of the STR8 brand campaign of Trade 90 member of Sarantis Group, between 8 June and 2...
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Flower sale all around the year
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
These days not only specialised shops, but also general retail units sell garden products. We do not have precise data on Hungarian garden plant and hobby gardening sales, but it...
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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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Question: Recently the 15-year old Hungarian Brand Association held its general meeting. A new president was elected: Tamás Ács, the managing director of Mars Hungary. How would you summarise the meeting, what do you expect from this year and what will you do first as president?
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Answer: My first task is to say thank you to all my fellow members for putting their trust in me. At the meeting we voted on the 2009 annual report...
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Hungarian milk domestic sales declining
Date: 2010-06-17 00:03:12
The Hungarian dairy business mood reduces and the domestic sales also declining – states the most recent summary of the Milk Marketing Board, which was published on the occasion of...
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One-fifth of the companies feel the export boom
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:38
According to the latest survey of Coface Hungary; in nearly half of the interviewed hundreds of Hungarian exporting companies, an over 5 percent export revenues reduction occured in 2009. 21...
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A proposal for “hamburger tax”
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:35
The Strategic Alliance for the Hungarian Hospitals proposed a health action plan. The association's proposal also stipulates that health care contribution (10 HUF per unit) should be introduced on alcohol,...
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