Market News
Hungarian economy has still been frozen even after a hot summer
Date: 2013-09-02 10:17:18
GKI Economic Research Co. forecasts that GDP is expected to grow by around 0.5 per cent in the second half of 2013, following its decline last year and in the...
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Dynamic expansion in the electric toothbrush market
Date: 2013-09-01 22:15:34
Toothbrush retail sales are above HUF 3 billion a year and in the first four months of 2013 both value and volume sales grew by 4 percent. Electric toothbrush sales...
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Above-average sales growth in both value and volume
Date: 2013-09-01 22:11:01
Mouthwash sales go beyond HUF 3 billion per annum and growth in the category is bigger than the average. In the first four months of the year both value and...
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Strong manufacturer brands among toothpastes
Date: 2013-09-01 22:06:42
The annual toothpaste market’s value is HUF 12 billion. This January-April retail sales augmented by 3 percent but volume sales dropped 1 percent. Hypermarkets were responsible for 33 percent of...
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Growing number of consumers want their toothpaste to have therapeutic effects
Date: 2013-09-01 21:59:30
Modern oral care involves more and more products in addition to the traditional toothbrush and toothpaste. Anita Boros, Procter & Gamble’s PR manager told our magazine that they put a...
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Recession did preserve
Date: 2013-09-01 21:54:41
f we analyse the structural trends of the recent past, we can see that the lower price category increased its weight, sales shifted in the direction of private label products,...
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Manufacturer brands increased their market share
Date: 2013-09-01 21:51:03
Fruit juice is the seventh biggest (in value) from the 90 grocery categories audited by Nielsen. Annual sales are worth between HUF 38 and 40 billion. In the December 2012-May...
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Salami’s market share rose
Date: 2013-09-01 21:35:32
Salami retail sales rose by 8 percent this January-March from the base period twelve months before and surpassed HUF 8 billion. On the contrary, the Nielsen Retail Index registered minus...
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Forward to the past
Date: 2013-09-01 21:29:08
The salami and sausage market has been contracting for years: data courtesy of Pick Szeged Zrt. show that between 2008 and 2012 volume sales declined by 15.5 percent, while value...
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No change in grocery value sales in the last six months
Date: 2013-09-01 21:24:39
Retail’s revenue from grocery sales didn’t change in the 90 categories audited by Nielsen in the last six months if compared with the base period twelve months earlier. In December...
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The summer stopped the rise of the GKI-ERSTE economic sentiment index
Date: 2013-09-01 21:14:05
After the growth in May and June, in July the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index stopped climbing. Industrial expectations worsened a bit, but the confidence index improved a little in retail...
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Sanitary pad sales developed most favourably
Date: 2013-09-01 12:22:52
Annual sanitary pad sales approach HUF 6 billion per year. Retail sales increased by 4 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume in the first four months of...
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After improvement came decline in the consumer confidence index
Date: 2013-09-01 11:27:20
After the considerable improvement in the first quarter Nielsen’s consumer confidence index for Hungary declined a little, from 43 to 41 points in the second quarter. About the three components...
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The most patriotic brands
Date: 2013-09-01 10:39:18
Research consultancy firm Brand Keys (New York, USA) conducted a survey with 4,500 participants to find out which brands are considered the most patriotic by US consumers. The top ten...
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KSH: increasing investments in the second quarter
Date: 2013-08-30 12:50:38
The volume of investments in the second quarter of 2013 increased by 4.6 percent, compared to the same period of the last year – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced...
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NGM: One can choose among thirteen approved cash registers
Date: 2013-08-30 12:25:00
The Hungarian Trade Licensing Office gave market authorization licence to another two cash registers on Friday. So those who are obliged to buy new cash registers can choose among thirteen...
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The tobacco shop law may be changed
Date: 2013-08-30 12:15:49
A change may occur in the tobacco law – the Magyar Hírlap heard it from unnamed government sources. In order to protect young people under age 18, the tobacco shops...
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VM-Minister of State: venison may be included in public catering
Date: 2013-08-30 11:02:50
Annually 12 thousand tons of venison is marketed in Hungary. To stimulate demand the ministry is examining the possibility of the involvement of venison in public catering – Kardeván Endre...
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China's e-commerce prize
Date: 2013-08-30 10:50:39
The year 2013 will be remembered as the one in which China surpassed the US as the world’s largest digital retail market. Last year, Chinese e-commerce shoppers spent RMB 1.3...
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Coface: Hungary came second in Top 500
Date: 2013-08-30 10:50:36
This year’s study of the “Coface CEE Top 500” presents an even more heterogeneous picture of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe, each of which experienced and dealt with...
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This year, 48 billion HUF capital has arrived to the Hungarian commercial real estate market
Date: 2013-08-29 11:59:27
Until the end of July, 163 million euros (48 billion HUF) investments have arrived to the Hungarian commercial real estate market, most from the institutional sector – the CBRE international...
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Nielsen: hundred and sixty billion half-year sales on the market of private label food products
Date: 2013-08-28 12:55:12
The revenues of the food retail chains from private label products increased slightly during the first half of this year, compared to the same period of the last year. With...
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NGM: one can buy cash registers for only 100 thousand HUF
Date: 2013-08-28 12:02:40
In order to reduce the cash register prices, the national economy ministry has initiated negotiations with the authorized distributors; The first agreement has been signed with the Alt Cash Kft....
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Good Grape harvest is expected at the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region
Date: 2013-08-28 12:00:52
The state-owned Tokaj Trading House, which is the largest wine-growing and wine-trading company in the region, expects a good harvest both in quantity and quality at the Tokaj-Hegyalja historic wine...
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The Tarpai Manufaktúra Kft. processes two thousand tons of plum
Date: 2013-08-28 11:25:55
The Tarpai Manufaktúra Kft. has started to purchase plum. The company will process two thousand tons of fruit this year, and will prepare the famous plum jam and plum pálinka...
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The Hungarian sweet corn to be exported
Date: 2013-08-27 12:25:47
The domestic sweet corn producers are in a good position, because last year's crop was not very good so seller's market is forming in Europe. In Europe, the largest producer...
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OFE: consumer are becoming more conscious when lending
Date: 2013-08-27 12:10:15
In recent years, consumers have become more conscious when they access to credit – shows the August survey of the National Association for Consumer Protection (OFE) and Cofidis. Morvay György,...
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GfK: the sales of school supplies may quadruple in August
Date: 2013-08-27 12:10:13
The datas of GfK Hungária’s Trade and Technology show that parents did not not storm the stores in July despite the signifacant increase in the number of pupils. This year,...
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KSH: 56 thousand more people at work, compared to a year ago
Date: 2013-08-27 12:00:42
The number of employees was 3 million 964 thousand in May-July 2013, 56 thousand, (1.4 percent) more than a year earlier – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) published on Tuesday....
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Support for gardeners
Date: 2013-08-27 11:15:11
Less than two weeks after the announcement of the regulation, the support demand exceeded more than 85 percent of the available 24 billion HUF amount – sets the Press &...
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