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Growth at last – but with question marks
Date: 2014-04-09 09:12:28
According to GKI Economic Research, the pre-election economic policy might vitalise the economy in the short term but doesn’t create the lasting basis of growth, because it fails to restore...
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Food retail: 310 billion HUF turnover from household chemicals and cosmetics
Date: 2014-04-08 12:10:20
Between March 2013 and February 2014, the food retail carried out a 310 billion HUF worth turnover from household chemicals and cosmetics, 2 percent more than a year earlier. In...
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The Ministry of Rural Development stimulates the Hungarian pork consumption with trademarks
Date: 2014-04-08 12:07:24
With the introduction of the High Quality Pork (KMS), the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) is trying to support the increase of the domestic pig population and domestic consumption of...
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The strawberry can be cheaper this year
Date: 2014-04-08 12:04:57
The Hungarian strawberries may occur earlier in the domestic market, due to the favorable weather so the domestic crop can cross the way of imports – Mártonffy Béla, the president...
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Chain of stores are promoting the Hajdúsági horseradish before Easter
Date: 2014-04-08 11:51:52
Three major supermarket chains are promoting the Hajdúsági horseradish before Easter, on 11 and 12 April in the organization of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organisation (FruitVeB) in order...
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KSH: industrial production has grown rapidly in February
Date: 2014-04-08 11:18:24
Industrial production in February was 8.1 percent above the production datas of the previous year, the growth rate accelerated significantly after the 6.1 percent growth of January. Compared to the...
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Mainly Northern Europe is affected by the mortality of bees, according to a comprehensive EU survey
Date: 2014-04-08 11:15:48
According to the most comprehensive EU survey, carried out in 17 countries the mortality of bees is the most serious in the UK and in other parts of northern Europe....
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Hungary shows no demand for fresh horseradish yet
Date: 2014-04-08 10:00:24
Few people know but Hungary is one of Europe’s biggest horseradish suppliers. Hungaro Torma Kft. is a major horseradish exporter that isn’t present in the domestic market. Why? The company’s...
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KSH: The per capita consumption last year kept its value in real terms
Date: 2014-04-07 12:50:27
The real value of the household consumption per capita remained at level on real terms in 2013. Households spent about 67 thousand HUF at current prices on a a monthly...
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Irregularities were found at three-quarters of the tested bakeries in the Southern Great Plains
Date: 2014-04-07 11:40:09
The inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Administration and its partner authorities found irregularities at three-quarters of the tested bakeries in the Southern Great Plains – the National Tax...
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GOSZ: spring works under way, but more rain is needed
Date: 2014-04-07 11:35:05
About 100 millimeters of moisture is missing from the ground, so more rain is needed to the development of autumn cereals and to carry out spring works such as sowing...
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Agreement over agricultural product promotion in Brussels
Date: 2014-04-07 11:09:08
The agreement was concluded between the European Parliament and the European Council over the information provision and new legislation of agricultural products on the internal markets and in third countries....
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An increasing number of women are purchasing on the net
Date: 2014-04-07 11:07:45
Today the sex ratio in the online stores is balanced, and probably there will be more female customers in the near future – Kis Gergely, partner of eNET described the...
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New farmers' markets in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
Date: 2014-04-07 11:06:49
The government considers to improve the farmers' access to markets in recent years – said Budai Gyula, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Rural Development told in Újfehértó...
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Hungarian-Slovakian cooperation helps SMEs reach foreign markets
Date: 2014-04-07 11:00:38
Economic cooperation between Hungary and Slovakia plays a key role in successfully enabling Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises to reach international markets, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic...
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P&G Family Home
Date: 2014-04-07 09:20:35
The moving and interesting commercials of the ‘Thank You, Mom’ campaign opened new dimension in the relationship between marketing and sport, putting athletes’ mothers and everyday life in the limelight....
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Another Hungarian innovation to increase food safety
Date: 2014-04-07 00:55:10
From the middle of March AGRO.bio Hungary Kft. puts a numbered holographic tax seal on its products (BactoFil), to guarantee that they are original. AGRO.bio not only contributes to safe...
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Traders can choose from almost one hundred licensed cash registers
Date: 2014-04-04 12:00:35
Nearly one hundred online cash registers are already approved by the Hungarian Trade Licensing Office, so traders have the access to the right cash registers in all segments – the...
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Retail sales increased further in the Czech Republic
Date: 2014-04-04 10:59:42
Retail sales increased by 0.3 percent in the Czech Republic in February, compared to January. The annual increase was 8.1 percent in February – the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) announced...
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Magazine: Life beyond the scent
Date: 2014-04-04 10:52:05
Until the 1980s Hungarians preferred aerosol deodorants with exotic scents. From the early 1990s the trend shifted in the direction of more natural scents and moisturising stick deodorants. When Eau...
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Metro: passion and expertise
Date: 2014-04-04 01:54:13
2014 is a special year for Metro, celebrating the 50th anniversary of forming the Metro Group and 20 years of Metro in Hungary. The anniversary year is made memorable with...
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Beef products from Poland
Date: 2014-04-04 01:51:03
Polish company Biernaczki held a press conference at SIRHA to announce their entering the Hungarian market with Beef Master products. The family-owned company is 20 years old and specialises in...
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Insights into retail in South East Europe
Date: 2014-04-04 01:41:48
FMCG retail trends are the most positive in the region in CROATIA. Croatia has been an EU member state since last July – and that was just the time when...
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Ups and downs in Turkish-Hungarian agricultural foreign trade
Date: 2014-04-04 01:30:40
Hungary’s agricultural foreign trade with Turkey was like a rollercoaster ride in the last decade. For instance our agricultural export to Turkey was seven times bigger in 2010 than in...
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Turbulences
Date: 2014-04-04 01:26:42
In Hungary the euro/forint exchange rate seems to have stuck above 310 – in perfect harmony of the interest of high politics. The government’s representatives said the weak forint isn’t...
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The first few years
Date: 2014-04-04 01:17:22
In our previous issue, there was a special feature on the Branded Goods Association, recently celebrating its 18th anniversary – five full pages were merely not enough to present BGA’s...
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Support and recognition
Date: 2014-04-04 01:14:18
There are many ways of supporting someone, a good cause we believe in or something we deem to be necessary. We can also show our recognition of someone’s work, perseverance,...
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Shoppers, trends
Date: 2014-04-04 01:10:59
Google is about to open its first store at 131 Greene Street in New York. The 750m² retail unit’s opening is part of the trend called ‘reverse showrooming’ – shoppers...
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Seeing them and falling in love with them
Date: 2014-04-04 01:04:26
Trade Marketing Club’s annual ‘Trade marketing, my love’ conference is traditionally held around Valentine’s Day. This year it took place on 13 February and the theme was visual merchandising in...
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Growth can be attained in hard times too (Part 1)
Date: 2014-04-04 01:01:15
James Russo, Nielsen’s senior vice president responsible for global consumer insights states in his recent study that it isn’t easy to be a consumer these days. Although global consumer confidence...
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