Market News

The EU Food Aid Program continues

In the scope of the EU Food Aid Program, the aid agencies that already have a signed contract wit the for Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH) continue the delivery...

Read more

ZEW index: German business sentiment deteriorated further

In August, the German business sentiment index, decreased to -37.6 points, from the -15.1 points of July – announced the Mannheim-based European Institute for Economic Research (ZEW). Analysts forecasted a...

Read more

Nearly three hundred Italian bakery products exist

In Italy, more types of bread produced than pastas: the bakery products were counted and found that there are nearly three hundred of them. Half of the Italians consider bread...

Read more

Russia would ban foreigners from retail trade

The Russian government plans to ban foreign citizens from retail trade including markets, from the 1st of January 2012. According to the draft regulation; foreign cititzens are not desirable for...

Read more

Rice dessert was a relative winner on the contracting market

Data by GfK Hungária indicate that reduced spending by households had a negative effect on the dairy snacks market: families bought 10 percent less cooled dairy snacks in the first...

Read more

Environment -conscious World Week began

An environment-conscious wordweek has begun on 19th September which will last until 23rd September, with more than 26 countries involved, all over the world by Hungary Green Building Council. You...

Read more

Romania: drastic decline, in line with consumption trends

In Romania the number of completed transactions in the retail sector dropped from 15 to 6 in the first eight months of 2011. Consumption growth practically stopped: retail sales will...

Read more

Slovakia: few transactions, enterprise-friendly environment

In Slovakia the number of completed transactions in the retail sector doubled, from 1 to 2 in the first eight months of 2011. Statistical data indicate a slowing down in...

Read more

Poland: fewer transactions but growing retail sales

In Poland the number of completed transactions in the retail sector fell from 5 to 3 in the first eight months of 2011. Rather surprising data, considering that retail statistics...

Read more

Latest merger trends in the retail sector in our region

Experts at PwC Retail & Consumer (R&C) analysed the performance of countries in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of M&A transactions, plus highlighted characteristic M&A trends in the food...

Read more

Staying in the game

Small and medium-sized retail enterprises have to compete with many others every day, in order to keep their customers. Consequently, it is great help for them if orders can be...

Read more

Cross of Merit

On 20 August Eszter Vágóné Balla, together with other two colleagues from Coop was decorated with the Gold Grade of the Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Republic. The CEO...

Read more

Alföld Pro-Coop Zrt. strengthens its fresh product segment

Domestic retail is stricken by economic difficulties, less money in consumers’ pockets and weakening purchasing power. Coop reacted to these trends by not surrendering: they carry on with the modernisation...

Read more

Majority of Hungarians are not against receiving ads in e-mail

Hungarians have a more favourable opinion of receiving online advertisements via e-mail than the European average – revealed a 55-countrey survey conducted by Nielsen. 58 percent of Hungarian participants said...

Read more

Ladybird discount stores, Real, Tesco, Lidl…

In the second quarter of 2010 51 percent of Polish consumers were of the opinion that their country’s economy was in a state of crisis – the European average was...

Read more

Foreign trades shows pre-crisis characteristics

In January-May 2011 the volume of Hungary’s foreign trade developed as follows: the volume of export augmented by 16 percent and import grew 14 percent from the same period in...

Read more

More and more people buy in separate shops

GfK Hungária conducted its annual nationwide survey on shopping malls. One third of the survey’s participants go to a shopping mall at least once a week and 31 percent visit...

Read more

In Hungary FMCG product prices were up 5 percent on average

In the second quarter of 2011 average prices in food retail rose by 5 percent if compared with the same period of 2010. The increase in the price of food,...

Read more

Food prices are in the centre of attention

In June 2011 the production price level of agricultural products was 35.3 percent higher than a year before. KSH’s report indicates that vegetable product prices surged by 46.7 percent and...

Read more

Do we Hungarians also belong to the group of achievers?

Is it true for us Hungarians what is true for one quarter of the world’s population, that our main motivation is financial well-being, position, power, ambition and our own interests?...

Read more

Employment data look a bit better

In the first six months of 2011 39,000 more people were working at enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people than in the first half of 2010. Together with them,...

Read more

European pig prices are slowly increasing

Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) reveal that according to the estimation of the European Commission, 2 percent more pigs were...

Read more

Body care for all ages

Body care is a complex category that comprises accessories of bathing, skin care and beauty care. Consequently brands play an important role in the category as few take the risk...

Read more

Both value and volume sales improved

Body lotions bettered their market position: retail sales were up 9 percent in value and 5 percent in volume in January-June 2011. The category is 12th in the Nielsen ranking...

Read more

Increased demand for pricier teas

We buy more than HUF 13-billion worth of tea every year and retail sales augmented 2 percent in the December 2010-May 2011 period, while volume sales did not change –...

Read more

Future in capsules

Coffee is still in the top 5 food categories but according to Nielsen volume sales dropped by a couple of percent. Value sales did not change because increased raw coffee...

Read more

Elevated coffee prices resulted in slower sales

Coffee has the fifth biggest turnover among the 90 products measured by Nielsen. Annual retail sales amounted to HUF 47 billion. Value sales were stable in the December 2010-July 2011...

Read more

Successful dairy snacks

Data by Nielsen tell the story of stable sales on the cooled countline sweets, with túró rudi dominating. Dairy snacks represent one quarter of the market and the trend is...

Read more

Demand kept growing for curd-filled bars in terms of value

Cooled snack bars are the 11th most important among the 90 food categories measured by Nielsen, with annual sales nearing the HUF 27-billion threshold. In January-June 2011 value sales rose...

Read more

Motivating programmes improve public health the most

Budapest was the host of CAOBISCO’s (association of chocolate, biscuit and confectionery industries of the European Union) annual meeting and the following open roundtable discussion for members of the trade....

Read more
Oldal