Market News
Analysts: positive changes in the labor market situation
Date: 2012-08-28 10:59:01
According to the analysts of TakarékBank and ING, labor market situation changed favorably in May-July. However, they believe that unimployment rate can be close to 11 percent for the end...
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Syrups: a real Hungarian category
Date: 2012-08-28 10:22:48
The two big segments of the category are ‘flavoured’ syrups (these contain no fruit) and real fruit syrups. János Gréczi, owner-managing director of Gramex 2000 Kft. says: – From a...
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Deputy State Secretary Czomba speaks at the expansion of British American Tobacco’s plant
Date: 2012-08-28 08:15:29
Sándor Czomba, Deputy State Secretary for Employment spoke today at the inauguration of a new factory hall at British American Tobacco’s plant in Pécs. He praised the company’s long-term commitment...
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The damage in agriculture is more than 400 billion HUF
Date: 2012-08-27 12:38:58
The Hungarian agriculture’s loss is more than 400 billion HUF, due to the drought – Tóth István, Secretary of the National Association of Agricultural Co-operatives and Farmers (MOSZ) told MTI...
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The kilogram per HUF price of eggs is under checking at the markets
Date: 2012-08-27 11:48:07
Vendors who do not indicate the kilogram per HUF price of eggs will receive only a warning for a while. According to the new regulation the kilogram per HUF price...
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German business sentiment declines for the fourth month
Date: 2012-08-27 11:02:47
In August, German business sentiment declines for the fourth month. The business confidence index of the Munich-based Ifo Economic Research Institute declined to 102.3 points, mainly due to the uncertainty...
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185 thousand proceedings initated in China, due to fake food products and pharmaceuticals in a year
Date: 2012-08-27 10:55:41
According to the report of the Ministry of Public Security, since August 2011 a total of 147 thousand underground laboratories were destroyed. Complaints from citizens also helped a lot to...
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GKI: Domestic expectations are permanently very pessimistic
Date: 2012-08-27 08:50:40
Following the almost permanent and pronounced fall in 2011, GKI-Erste confidence index (adjusted for seasonal factors) was close to stagnation in the first eight months of 2012. The modest increase...
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2012 Shopper Engagement Study – part 1
Date: 2012-08-27 00:20:56
Recession, unemployment and frequently changing economic conditions force the majority of FMCG buyers in the USA to economise. When it comes to making shopping decisions, 76 percent have been measured...
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Trade Marketing Klub: The scent of success
Date: 2012-08-27 00:16:10
Trade Marketing Club invited a special guest to its summer opening party, held on the beautiful terrace of Buda Sport Hotel: perfumer Zsolt Zólyomi, who earned his degree at the...
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Another school year starts: discount stores and the internet are the primary source
Date: 2012-08-27 00:12:50
According to the latest report of AdvertisingAge (USA), a survey by the National Retail Federation found that American households with children in the 3-18 age group plan to spend 14...
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Shopping experience and utilising digital tools in retail
Date: 2012-08-27 00:00:44
Market research company CompTIA recently published a study, according to which every third retailer in North America uses some kind of digital tool in-store and another 22 percent plans to...
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Supplying restaurants at the highest level
Date: 2012-08-26 21:46:55
Matusz-Vad Zrt. serves its growing number of Horeca partners with top quality products, innovations, a sales team and its own logistics system. The company was founded in 1994 and opened...
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Sales growth with Eu.promotions
Date: 2012-08-26 21:44:03
The Milan-seated parent company of Budapest-based Eu.promotions Central Europe Kft. started implementing loyalty programmes, special promotions and charity programmes six years ago. Today they are active in 17 European countries...
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If it is salad, it has to be eisberg!
Date: 2012-08-26 21:40:56
Slowly but steadily Hungarians’ taste is changing and kitchen ready salads can be found in shoppers’ baskets more often. Frisée, rucola or radicchio taste special and at the same time...
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Ostorosbor Winery addresses young people with wines that give value for money
Date: 2012-08-26 21:31:14
Péter Kiss, chief winemaker of Ostorosbor told us that the company’s main goal is to make wines with an excellent price-value ratio – top quality wines at affordable prices. The...
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Touching the essence of things…
Date: 2012-08-26 21:27:10
After seeing, touching is the second most important sensory experience that influences shoppers. If a product is attractive visually but it does not feel good to touch it, it will...
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Paper solutions dominate in the Hungarian packaging industry
Date: 2012-08-26 21:19:00
In the last 10 years the world’s corrugated cardboard production increased by about 50 percent: in Asia by 134 percent and in Europe by 28 percent; in North America production...
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Fewer ready packaging but more packaging material entries at this year’s Hungaropack
Date: 2012-08-26 21:15:22
In 2012 the Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) organised the 29th Hungaropack Hungarian Packaging Competition. There were 53 entries from 31 companies, from which 47 were consumer...
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(HU) A csomagolóanyag is biztonsági tényező
Date: 2012-08-25 22:02:36
Sorry, this entry is only available in HU....
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Positive trends in terms of both value and volume
Date: 2012-08-25 10:30:00
General food stores’ revenue from pet food is more than HUF 40 billion a year. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, dog food (annual market: HUF 25 billion) value sales...
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Good old flavours and new packaging solutions on the butter market
Date: 2012-08-25 10:14:03
Yes, it is true that economic recession drew the development of many categories to a halt, but butter’s popularity does not seem to fade. Why? Because of its healthy image...
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Customers’ desire: flexible promotions
Date: 2012-08-25 00:06:04
A study by Acosta Sales & Marketing (USA) tried to find out how retailers and manufacturers can generate long-term demand for goods. They found that the poorest and the richest...
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Analysts: retail sales will not decline further
Date: 2012-08-24 14:00:21
The analysts of the TakarékBank and the ING do not expect a further decline in retail sales for the remainder of the year. They consider that the sector's performance can...
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Volume of sales in retail shops decreased also in June
Date: 2012-08-24 13:01:44
In June 2012, sales in retail shops decreased by 1.7% in volume year-on-year. A fall in the sales of petrol stations as well as furniture and electrical goods shops played...
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The Milk Marketing Board urges reduced VAT
Date: 2012-08-24 13:00:24
The chairmanship of the Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization states in a press release that the situation is hopeless in the dairy sector, due to this year's drought. The lack...
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Bioethanol Association: domestic production is not responsible for the food price increases
Date: 2012-08-24 12:30:02
The Hungarian Bioethanol Association (MBSZ) considers the attacks against bioethanol production qualm. The Association believes that domestic bioethanol production is not responsible for the increase in food prices. The organization...
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Americans throw out 40 percent of the food
Date: 2012-08-24 11:25:51
Forty percent of the food purchased in the United States ends in the waste: Americans throw out about 9 kilograms of food per month – shows the recent report of...
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Happy Box Days in the Zoo
Date: 2012-08-24 11:10:17
Children between 2 and 14 years will be given Zoo tickets who arrive with at least least ten flattened cardboard boxes on September 8 and 9 to the main entrance...
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