Market News
A growing number of Hungarians use their mobile phone for price comparison
Date: 2013-04-10 19:43:28
A recent study by Nielsen emphasises that the mobile phone is the most important communication device and medium for many people. Although mobile shopping is still in an early stage...
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Winter destroyed two million hectares of Russian crops
Date: 2013-04-10 19:36:55
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) help to make business decisions. The latest forecasts from the International Grains Council (IGC) revealed...
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Bisnode: the decline in consumption continues to affect the businesses badly
Date: 2013-04-10 12:20:53
The bankruptcy rate of companies dealing with producing food, beverage and tobacco product, dealing with automotive trade, retailing and hospitality increased between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, compared...
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GfK: financial thinking and risk-taking are not only determined by the available income
Date: 2013-04-10 12:18:37
In autumn 2012, GfK Hungária examined the thinking, the needs and the expectations of affluent bank customers who have higher than average incomes. The key finding of the research was:...
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Awakening optimism among SMEs
Date: 2013-04-10 12:15:13
A clear improvement in sentiment can be experienced among the domestic SMEs, whereas following last year’s uncertainty K&H’s SME confidence index started to increase significantly. Optimism can be mainly explained...
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BGF: fresh graduates earn 100-150 thousand forints in trade and catering
Date: 2013-04-10 12:10:17
92 percent of the trade and catering enterprises are employing fresh graduates, with a typically 100-150 thousand HUF net starting wage. These fresh graduates are starting their careers for mostly...
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One and a half billion HUF worth donations from the Food Bank
Date: 2013-04-10 11:29:22
The Hungarian Food Bank Association distributed more than 5,000 tons of food donations worth 1.5 billion HUF in 2012, throught its 520 partners organizations. Thus, food packages were ditributed at...
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Fidesz: new tobacco shop tender for the smaller municipalities
Date: 2013-04-10 11:25:56
Just as it was envisaged, the national tobacco shops will open in the summer, while the National Non-Profit Commercial Tobacco Co. annunces a new tobacco shop tender for the smaller...
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Online retail: development and restructuring
Date: 2013-04-10 10:41:32
More and more people choose online shopping in Hungary – revealed a comprehensive market survey conducted by Olcsóbbat.hu and UNAS, with the participation of more than 2,000 online shops. 68...
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Magic recipe
Date: 2013-04-10 10:11:44
Those who know me also know that our company has been dealing with premium dairy products and dairy substitutes for nearly 8 years, and with other FMCG products for 20...
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Ipsos F&F: Have breakfast like a king … – young people's eating habits
Date: 2013-04-09 12:40:49
The majority of young people believe that the abundant breakfast, hot lunch, and a lot of fruit is part of everyday eating, but their eating habits are far from ideal....
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The national advertising pie shrank by three percent last year
Date: 2013-04-09 12:38:06
Domestic advertising spendings shrank by about 2.9 percent last year. On the basis of the datas of the Hungarian Advertising Association, its vale was 174 billion HUF – was said...
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FruitVeB: greenhouse production can increase, due to the easening of the use of thermal energy
Date: 2013-04-09 12:35:02
In Hungary the volume of vegetables grown in greenhouses can be significantly increased from 200 thousand tons per year to 600 thousand tons by 2020, due to the easening of...
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Vodka and bitters overtook pálinka
Date: 2013-04-09 12:33:23
Vodka and bitters overtook pálinka on the domestic market of spirits in 2012 – writes [origo], after Magyar Nemzet. The change is due to the excise tax increase. Until 2011,...
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Greenpeace Hungary calls for the effective protection of bees
Date: 2013-04-09 12:12:01
Greenpeace urges to work out an action plan to protect the bees and other pollinator insects in Hungary – Tömöri Balázs, Campaigner of the environmental organization told at a press...
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A reduction in the Slovak food retailing
Date: 2013-04-09 11:52:02
The situation is getting worse at the Slovak retail. Food sales has also reduced – Világgazdaság Online writes after Új Szó. Due to the stagnating wages and due to danger...
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(HU) Tovább bővült tavaly a magyar sörpiac
Date: 2013-04-09 10:30:29
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The tablet market is growing rapidly
Date: 2013-04-09 08:33:50
Consumers are increasingly looking for cheap tablet computers, which slows down the already low demand for PCs – the American Gartner market research company told. Gartner estimates that the general...
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Budai Gyula: The aim is to strengthen the Hungarian dairy sector
Date: 2013-04-08 13:41:37
The aim is to strengthen the Hungarian dairy sector before the milk quota system is expected to end in the EU in 2015 – Budai Gyula State Secretary, responsible for...
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Analysts: foreign trade surplus can be over 7 billion euros this year
Date: 2013-04-08 12:55:30
Analysts said that the lower than expected February trade surplus can be explained by the working day effects, however, on an annual basis more than 7 billion euros surplus is...
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Cash macine dealers are only groping so far
Date: 2013-04-08 12:40:46
The Association of Information Telecommunications IT and Electronics Businesses is subtly pleased with the fact, that the Government supports the cash register replacement. The amount does not cover the total...
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The first on-line cashier application was obliged to rectification
Date: 2013-04-08 12:10:38
MKEH told onlinekassza.hu that the first on-line cashier application was obliged to rectification, so which company had applied is still not known. It is interesting that the company sent its...
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The climate change redraws the wine map
Date: 2013-04-08 12:00:59
Wine and climate experts believe that due to the climate change the world map of the wine-growing regions will be redrawn. Newer areas are available to grow grapes, while the...
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The NAV has launched nationwide pálinka raids
Date: 2013-04-08 11:22:38
The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) has started nationwide all year-long pálinka raids – Magyar Nemzet wrote. According to the article; the officials are searching for illegal pálinkas and...
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The NAV destroyed nine tons of potatoes
Date: 2013-04-08 11:22:33
The county auditors of NAV of the and the inspectors of the county government finance agency found 9,000 kilograms of potatoes with unknown origin on 25 March near Komárom in...
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Change in the budget and general government debt on the basis of data reported
Date: 2013-04-08 11:20:01
On 2 April 2013 the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) published revenue and expenditure data of the central government sector for Q4 2012 and the entire year of 2012. In...
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Magazine: Let’s cook for the baby – from what we find the shops!
Date: 2013-04-05 20:33:24
The baby food market is special because these products are made for a relatively small, rapidly changing target group. In addition to the effects of economic recession, baby food manufacturers...
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The Product of the Year Awards were handed over
Date: 2013-04-05 13:00:17
The twelve products that won the Product of the Year award were selected on the basis of the evaluation of consumers – the organizer, the Product of the Year Kft....
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Industrial output may increase this year
Date: 2013-04-05 12:47:08
Industrial output may increase this year, although the improvement can be more powerful in the second half of the year – analysts told MTI. According to the Friday communication of...
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The cash register market is in nadir currently
Date: 2013-04-05 12:45:24
The cash register market has dropped significantly in the past months. Only those buy cash registers nowadays, who absolutely need it – the leaders working in the cash regsiter business...
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