Market News
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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Increased control in case of apple and melon
Date: 2012-08-23 12:10:17
Inspectors strictly examine the quality of vegetables and fruits, paying particular attention to the spray residues. During the summer period, the plant protection directorate struictly examines the quality of marketed...
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EU support for the restructuring of vineyards
Date: 2012-08-23 12:00:22
The application deadline expired one of the most important element of the EU wine market support. The EU wine market support for this season is 29 million euros. Farmers could...
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Webshops can expect strict controls
Date: 2012-08-23 10:56:35
An online company can expect an up to 1 million HUF fine if does not include bill beside the delivered goods – the General press officer of the South Plains...
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New trends when it comes to ice cream
Date: 2012-08-23 10:22:04
According to the Italian Ice-cream Makers Association, despite the economic crisis, ice cream proves to be a successful product again this summer. The artificial tastes have been replaced by natural...
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Global online consumers today and tomorrow
Date: 2012-08-22 12:51:04
Innovations in technology, a multitude of connected devices, and evolutions in the media distribution landscape have provided more ways than ever to consume media across different screens, whether at home,...
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Hungary can benefit from the Russian WTO membership
Date: 2012-08-22 12:25:19
After eighteen years of negotiations, Russia joins the World Trade Organization (WTO) today. After the join, Moscow has to undertake lower duty levels and increased protection of intellectual property. The...
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Wine school book on the wines of the Carpathian Basin
Date: 2012-08-22 11:05:02
The Wine school book – The wines of the Carpathian Basin (Bortankönyv – A Kárpát-medence borai) provides on the most known grape varieties and wine regions of Hungary as well...
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Exceptional consultations on the domestic pig industry
Date: 2012-08-21 13:50:34
Until 29 August, the government will carry out the decision in order to improve the situation of the pork industry players on the basis of the joint proposal of the...
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Brussels does not objected against the draft of the kiosk law
Date: 2012-08-21 12:17:56
The deadline to raise objections against the draft of the kiosk law expired on Friday. As the Népszabadság wrote based on Brussels sources, the Committee did not left a review...
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CBRE: the value of commercial real estates further declined in Europe
Date: 2012-08-21 12:15:42
The decline in the value of commercial real estates in Europe has continued: in the second quarter of 2012, the value of commercial real estates decreased by approximately 0.9 percent...
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Extraordinary meeting on the pig sector and on the Gyulai Húskombinát
Date: 2012-08-17 13:57:00
Lázár János, state secretary convened two extraordinary meeting to the 21st of August 2012, in order to discuss the current problems of the pig industry, as well as to solve...
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OTP: SME loan stocks may expand this year
Date: 2012-08-17 13:00:03
Up to 10 percent stock growth can occur in the loan stocks of the small and medium-size enterprises in this year – said Bencsik László, deputy general manager of OTP...
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Five-year program for the breeding of the Hungarian Simmental
Date: 2012-08-17 12:48:04
In five years, the population of the Hungarian Simmental will be increaesd by one thousand, in the scope of a breeding program began in 2010 – Füller Imre, executive director...
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