Market News
Consumption mood in the EU improved hardly
Date: 2010-12-02 14:24:09
Public spending growth slowed down in the third quarter in the European Union (EU). According to the survey of the Visa Europe; the nearly half billion inhabitants of the union...
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Russia joins to the World Trade Organization
Date: 2010-12-02 13:37:59
Moscow and Brussels signed the document of the WTO accession on the 7th of December – said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zhukov in Moscow. According to the report of...
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MVH goes on with food-aid program sponsored by EU
Date: 2010-12-02 11:35:04
Food distribution goes on in the next couple of weeks of year, on behalf of Hungarian Agricultural Authority (MVH) within the compass of a special food-aid program for those in...
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Hungarian companies only use social media for marketing purposes
Date: 2010-12-02 10:47:00
The majority of Hungarian companies still do not get the hang of social media: they mostly use it as a one way platform to distribute marketing messages, instead of focusing...
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Egg allergy is the most common allergy in Hungary
Date: 2010-12-02 09:25:38
Egg allergy is a type of food allergy. It is a hypersensitivity to dietary substances from the yolk or whites of eggs, causing an overreaction of the immune system which...
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GFK: We spend more in this year’s Christmas season
Date: 2010-12-01 17:50:07
According to the survey of GfK Hungária Market Research Institute; a slight growth is expected in this year's Christmas shopping season, contrary to the decline of the previous years. We...
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Hungarians do not take up loan for Christmas gifts
Date: 2010-12-01 17:43:22
According to the survey of Ipsos and Kirakat.hu; half of the Hungarian population – similar to last year – will spend less than 20 thousand HUF this year on Christmas...
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Global food prices near record
Date: 2010-12-01 16:20:01
According to the calculations of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); food prices are close to the historic peak of the food crisis of 2008. According to the datas...
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World trade turnover slows down, but the growth is still double-digit
Date: 2010-12-01 16:07:10
World trade turnover growth significantly slowed in value in this year's third quarter – reported the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday. The import and export value grew by 18...
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The young people prefer Pöttyös Túró Rudi, older people Nokia
Date: 2010-12-01 15:45:46
The Brand Community Survey of B&P Braun & Partners and GfK Hungária reserched what kind of brands prefer the younger and the older age groups. Overlaps increasingly occures between the...
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The German consumer mood is on its three-year peak
Date: 2010-12-01 13:21:27
German monthly level retail sales increased in October, that have not seen for three years. The growth exceeded all analysts' forecasts and indicates a recovery in the European Union's largest...
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GKIeNet: Hungarian web trade may increase by 30 percent
Date: 2010-12-01 13:10:18
According to the research of the GKIeNET market research firm; the total turnover of the Hungarian web trade is expected to increase to 130 billion HUF this year, from last...
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Shoplifters cause billions of forints in losses
Date: 2010-12-01 09:39:49
Between July 2009 and June 2010, shoplifters caused losses totalling almost 5 bln euros for German retailers, according to a study by the British Centre for Retail Research and Checkpoint...
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Baby brands are more popular than ever
Date: 2010-12-01 06:11:53
Tesco and a number of other retailers are moving into the baby category with their brands. Tesco is opening a Baby World store, stocking goods for babies and toddlers. Customers...
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Magazin: Meagre year, abundant Christmas?
Date: 2010-11-30 23:49:01
Most manufacturers prepare for the holiday season with more gift packages than last year, but the balance shifted towards cheaper solutions in this segment too. Unilever Kft. has been performing...
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KSH measured a significant rise in food price inflation
Date: 2010-11-30 18:50:39
The bad weather and the rise of import prices led to the intensive increase in food prices in Hungary. According to the datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH); on...
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Hungarian milk consumption should be increased to 200 liters per capita in a ten-year period
Date: 2010-11-30 17:55:06
The sectoral strategic program carried out at the Milk Marketing Board wants to increase milk consumption to an annual 200 liters per person in Hungary. Presently, the annual milk consumption...
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PwC: A positive change in the tax system
Date: 2010-11-30 17:45:50
The government’s tax measures were considered positive by the experts of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today on the tax conference of the company. The experts of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have stressed, that the...
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Quality control sign against black wine
Date: 2010-11-30 16:00:41
Hungary imported more than 130 thousand hectoliters of wine last year, a large part from Italy. The biggest problem, however, is the black import. Wine communities want quality control signs....
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Significant improvement in consumer sentiment in the world's largest economy
Date: 2010-11-30 11:31:21
In November, the U.S. consumer confidence increased to a peak have not seen for five months, which indicates the expected strengthening of the economy – told the U.S. Conference Board's...
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Thousands of pounds change hands every second in the English webstores
Date: 2010-11-30 11:29:22
60 million forints per minute (ie 184 thousand pounds) were spent yesterday, by the Christmas customers on the so-called Mega Monday, in various internet stores in the United Kingdom. In...
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Increasing retail sales expected in Central Europe
Date: 2010-11-29 18:31:04
Acccording to the British Savills consulting firm; in the next five years, the Polish, the Czech and the Hungarian region will be the leader of the growth and the United...
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A more efficient system launched to protect consumers and brands
Date: 2010-11-29 18:28:02
A more efficient consumer protection and a more conscious consumer attitude is encouraged by a co-operation between National Consumer Protection Authority and Hungarian Association of Brands. The contract of co-operation...
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Hungary increased its attractiveness among the chains
Date: 2010-11-29 18:20:19
Germany maintained its leading position as the most attractive retail market in Europe in the Middle Eastern and African region, where 41 percent of the international trading companies are planning...
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MNB expects accelerating economy and inflation
Date: 2010-11-29 16:28:05
The November forecast of MNB predicts rise in consumer prices, and the acceleration of the economic growth. The expected economic growth rate is estimated at 1.1 percent by the central...
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Customers stormed the German stores
Date: 2010-11-29 11:22:05
The Christmas shopping season started well in the German retail trade. All indications show that this year’s year end turnover will far exceeds last year's turnover. According to the researches;...
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According to the British, cloned beef is eatable
Date: 2010-11-29 11:00:09
There was no difference between the meat and milk of the cloned and conventionally bred cattle, so it is unlikely to pose risks to food consumption – reported the British...
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GKI: Hungarian economy will expand by about 2.5 per cent in 2011
Date: 2010-11-29 08:04:15
According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. prepared in co-operation with Erste Bank, following the slight GDP growth of 1 per cent in 2010, the Hungarian economy will...
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New loans in the Széchenyi Card Programme
Date: 2010-11-26 23:20:15
László Krisán, the CEO of KA-VOSZ informed entrepreneurs in Debrecen about two new types of loan for SMEs. KA-VOSZ, together with VOSZ and MKIK managed to achieve the expansion of...
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A slight improvement in the domestic labor market
Date: 2010-11-26 14:21:11
The situation of the domestic labor market improved slightly in the past three months – reports the Central Statistical Office. The number of employees was this high almost two years...
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