Market News
Quo vadis Hungarian manager?
Date: 2012-12-01 21:26:12
After the summer break many are waiting for the job market to come to life. What are the current trends? Economic recession forced many companies to restructure themselves and to...
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Trends, whys and answers – part 7
Date: 2012-12-01 21:22:37
As a qualitative market researcher, my experience is that about half of Hungarian consumers belong to the medi-level group (with an average level of price sensitivity). Their income is not...
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POPAI Awards POP competition winners
Date: 2012-12-01 21:19:50
Display of the Year and ‘Non-durable’ category winner: Knoppers display – OSG Form Kft. • ‘Non-durable’ category second place: Pritt island – IS Innovative Solutions Kft. • ‘Non-durable’ category third...
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USA: the highest holiday season turnover of the last 5 years is forecasted
Date: 2012-12-01 21:12:59
According to the International Business Times, retailers in North America expect the highest holiday sales since 2007. 100 retail marketing executives were interviewed and their answers revealed an expected growth...
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Christmas came too early for some customers
Date: 2012-12-01 21:07:51
Canadian drugstore chain Shopper Drug Mart realised that the first week of November is too early to start the Christmas countdown and at midnight 5 November they stopped playing Christmas...
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Fresh groceries attract customers
Date: 2012-12-01 20:58:37
For Hungarians high quality fresh groceries is the fifth most important factor (from twenty-two) in deciding where to go shopping – according to the latest ShopperTrends survey by Nielsen. Value...
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The price of pork may rise significantly
Date: 2012-12-01 12:50:06
Pig farmers justify a twenty, or even thirty percent price increase, after the feed prices jumped because of the bad harvest. The purchase price of pork increased to 380-400 HUF...
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KSH: increase in agricultural producer prices
Date: 2012-12-01 12:40:08
In July, the price of vegetable products increased by 5.3 percent after a decline of eight months, while the price of live animals and animal products increased by 9.3 percent...
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GKI: Recession continues uninterrupted during economic adjustments
Date: 2012-12-01 12:02:05
GKI forecast slight GDP growth (0.8 per cent) for 2013 following a decline of 1.5 per cent in 2012. In the wake of the new restrictions announced lately, however, only...
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The price consciousness of Hungarians is similar to the European average
Date: 2012-11-30 13:20:53
The price is the most important when purchasing clothing products for 50 percent of the Hungarian consumers. 48 percent are watching the price of household products. This ratio is 43...
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Fazekas Sándor: the melon sector is on a growing path
Date: 2012-11-30 12:55:40
The domestic melon sector is on a growing path – said the Minister of Rural Development in Medgyesegyháza on Saturday at the National Conference on the Evaluation of the Melon...
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Innovation might be the best way to go forward
Date: 2012-11-30 12:23:26
While the European Union is falling behind when it comes to innovative solutions, USA and Asia are catching up fast. Innovating was never easy. But it’s more difficult than ever...
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Company gifting continued to decrease
Date: 2012-11-30 11:28:00
This year Christmas gifting at companies declines further. The downward trend lasts since 2008 – shows the survey of the Promo Data Piackutató Kft. market research company. The Promo Data...
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eNENET-Telekom: a report on Internet Economy
Date: 2012-11-29 12:02:05
The gaining ground of smart phones is in momentum in Hungary – the service providers have exceeded last years 800 thousand sales already until October 2012, and thanks to the...
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Sopron’s wine-growing area increased last year
Date: 2012-11-29 12:00:35
Sopron’s wine-growing area increased by more than eighty hectares last year. Two hectares were cut off, while ninety-seven hectares were planted in 2011. Beside a medium yield, year 2011 was...
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Cetelem: Christmas Tablets on easy terms
Date: 2012-11-29 11:27:40
Although the businesses are ready since November, we start getting Christmas gifts later an later. We buy the chosen products in the last weeks of December on easy terms and...
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Ministry of Rural Development: there will be no food price explosion
Date: 2012-11-28 13:00:40
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) believes on the basis of the study of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) that there will be no food price boom in the...
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Four hundred million USD investment for sustainable cocoa production
Date: 2012-11-28 11:23:08
The world's largest chocolate company the Mondelēz that belongs to Kraft Foods launches its “Cocoa Life” sustainability effort. The company plans to invest 400 million USD in the next ten...
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Gift sets for all ages
Date: 2012-11-28 10:38:33
Unilever, the market leading cosmetics gift set producer, compiles most of its sets from ‘bestsellers’ and novelty products this year. In addition to well-established gift sets, the company also prepares...
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Demonstration for the Hungarian meat industry
Date: 2012-11-28 10:36:12
The Union of Meat Industry Employees (HDSZ) organizes a nationwide demonstration in the next week. They will protest to protect the jobs in the meat industry – HDSZ told MTI...
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The market of Kolosy square was handed over in Óbuda
Date: 2012-11-28 10:35:57
The Kolosy square market was re-opened in the 3rd district of Budapest – the local government informed MTI on Wednesday. The market – that kept its former tavern, inn, stables...
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GfK Hungária expects more conscious gift purchasing
Date: 2012-11-27 16:59:43
The experts of GfK Hungária’s Retail and Technology area expect more conscious gift purchasing this Christmas from the buyers. Properly to the trends of the previous years, increase in demand...
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NGM: retail sales are stagnating or decreasing throughout Europe
Date: 2012-11-27 16:55:52
The unfavorable retail data is not only a Hungarian phenomenon, the trend is typical in many other countries and regions of Europe – the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) told...
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The Milk Marketing board would consult with the Ministry on the draft of the land law again
Date: 2012-11-27 16:53:00
The Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization requests the Rural Development Ministry to consult again over the draft of the land law again with the Milk Marketing Board, because they are...
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K&H SME confidence index: liquidity is drying out
Date: 2012-11-27 16:51:06
According to the latest K&H SME confidence index carried out among domestic SME managers, the deadline of customer accounts increases again also accompanied by worsening expectations. In parallel, the execution...
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The local government of Kapuvár opens a meat store
Date: 2012-11-27 16:50:05
The local government of Kapuvár opens a meat Store, because due to the liquidation of the Kapuvár Meat Co. the closure of the company’s store caused meat supply problems in...
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U.S. “Black Friday” More customers with smaller wallet
Date: 2012-11-27 16:49:56
This year, more customers were purchasing during the “Black Friday” action in the United States. However, they spent less than last year – shows the first summary, published during the...
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Having a mobile phone will access internet – maybe
Date: 2012-11-27 16:49:26
More than half (55 percent) of the people use their mobile or smart phone devices at least once a week for online activities – shows the survey of Ipsos. If...
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Retail sales fell by 3.1 percent in September
Date: 2012-11-26 13:00:59
In September, the volume of retail sales decreased by 3.1 percent, compared to last September and in the first nine months of the year it was 1.5 percent below the...
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GfK: decreasing overspending in December
Date: 2012-11-26 12:52:06
In December, households are spending more on fast moving consumer goods, than in the other months of the year, but this difference is decreasing year after year – shows the...
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