Market News
Quota free Europe?
Date: 2012-05-08 14:10:25
This decade brings several novelties in the food production of the European Union. The new budget cycle, that will start in 2014 will bring several changes, the redistribution of the...
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GfK: The turnover of bakery products increase because of the price increases last year
Date: 2012-05-08 14:00:53
Due to the rise in prices, the turnover of bakery products have increased by about one tenth last year. According to the GfK market research institute, a Hungarian households typically...
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Analysts said that the weak Hungarian industrial production corresponds to the European trend
Date: 2012-05-08 13:50:06
According to analysts polled by MTI, the KSH data published in March about the weak industrial production corresponds to the European trend. The analysts expect 1.5 to 2.5 percent industrial...
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Effective action against dangerous products
Date: 2012-05-08 12:10:52
“Less dangerous product enter the EU market. But we must continue to work, so the construction of a permanent monitoring system will remain paramount importance” – said John Dalli Health...
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Large chains are targeting the music market
Date: 2012-05-08 12:10:10
The big chains are discovering newer and more and more surprising markets worldwide. It is not enough that we do the shopping in them (or via their webshop), some of...
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Chinese luxury brands are emerging
Date: 2012-05-08 12:00:14
On the dynamic growing Chinese luxury market, beside the big Western brands, Chinese brands will also have a growing role in the near future – predict the researchers of the...
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The pándi cherry and the kécskei rosepeach can be seen on stamps
Date: 2012-05-08 11:00:29
Two native fruits, the pándi cherry and the kécskei rosepeach can be seen on the newest stamp series of the Hungarian Post. On the 185 HUF denomination stamp the pándi...
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GfK: retail sales increased in Europe, declined in Hungary this year
Date: 2012-05-07 14:14:12
The GfK market research institute lists Ireland, Portugal, Spain Italy, and Hungary among those countries, where retail sales will reduce this year, because of the debt crisis and the austerity...
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Poultry Product Council: sell the eggs in one kilogram packages
Date: 2012-05-07 13:40:32
The Rural Development Ministry (VM) told [origo] that they support the idea, that in the future, eggs to be sold in kilograms not in pieces. The Poultry Council initiated in...
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A professional organization is forming in the domestic retail
Date: 2012-05-07 13:30:36
The creation of a professional organization containing primarily Hungarian-owned chains is on the agenda for months. According to the informations of Népszabadság, the two largest national chains, the CBA and...
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Government decision is under preparation in order to boost the food industry
Date: 2012-05-07 13:25:39
The range of food businesses, which requires state intervention should be assessed. Restructuring loan schemes should also be developed to reach recovery – can be read in the government's draft...
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Online stores were forced to close in China
Date: 2012-05-07 11:20:30
Stores of nine online retailer's were closed down, because of corruption in China. The inspection of the Alibaba Group has found out, that the sellers bribed the employees of Taobao...
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Retail sales declined in the Czech Republic
Date: 2012-05-07 10:50:19
In March, retail sales fell by 0.3 percent in the Czech Republic, compared to the datas of the previous year – the Czech Statistical Office announced on Monday. In February,...
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Business sentiment in the euro area is on its 2.5 years nadir
Date: 2012-05-07 10:41:40
The business sentiment indicator fell to the two and a half year low point in the euro area in May – shows the data of the German Sentix economic research...
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Retail chain ranking 2011: Tesco, CBA and Coop are the top three
Date: 2012-05-06 19:23:36
Although the level of consumer confidence is strikingly low in Hungary (the lowest in the world: in the fourth quarter of 2012 it was 30 points when the global average...
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Trends, whys and answers – part 2
Date: 2012-05-06 19:11:31
If ten years ago the word ‘elite’ was written on a certain product, a significant proportion of people were willing paying to much more for it than for a similar...
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One billion pound revival plan for Tesco
Date: 2012-05-06 18:36:24
Tesco, the world’s third biggest retailers announced that the plan is ready to overhaul its underperforming (trading profit fell 1 percent) UK business. Chief executive Philip Clarke told reporters that...
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To invest – but how?
Date: 2012-05-06 18:19:09
We cannot hope for more investments and economic growth until the legal and fiscal environment becomes more stable. Investment activity also reduced because of lower domestic demand and the lack...
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Can we be hopeful?
Date: 2012-05-06 18:16:51
Here we are in our little country that is the centre of the world for us, but sometimes we forget that it is only us who feel this way. Therefore...
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Retail sales in the EU and in the euro area increased in March
Date: 2012-05-04 13:10:31
A turn took place in the euro area retail trade in March: the volume of turnover increased by 0.3 percent, compared to the previous month, when the decline was 0.2...
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A store has opened in Szekszárd ditributing local products
Date: 2012-05-04 12:11:14
A store ditributing local products opened in Szekszárd. The non-profit business, created with EU support offers local branded products to the customers. The shop was implemented by the Eco-Sensus Közhasznú...
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Romanian retail sales have increased
Date: 2012-05-04 11:30:56
The Romanian retail sales increased by 4.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period of last year – the country's statistical office announced on...
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The Chinese government promises the greater quality control of food and drugs
Date: 2012-05-04 11:28:38
After the scandals of the past few months – in many cases international companies were involved – the Chinese government promised increased quality control in case of the most important...
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Emerging e-commerce and m-commerce
Date: 2012-05-04 10:39:36
In the USA 6.6 percent of retail sales are realised online and according to researchers this ratio will go up to 20 percent in the next 10 years. eMarketer claims...
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Growing unemployment in Europe
Date: 2012-05-04 08:08:13
The number of unemployed broke a negative record in the euro area. In the 17 member countries, the number of registered unemployed was 17.36 million in March – Eurostat announced...
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(HU) Hogyan döntenek a vásárlók? A döntési fa megalkotása és megértése
Date: 2012-05-03 22:32:52
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(HU) Két új központi raktárral bővülést tervez a Reál
Date: 2012-05-03 22:24:50
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More and more target group-oriented programmes from METRO
Date: 2012-05-03 22:23:23
METRO launched several new services in 2011, offering not only products but complex solutions as well. One of these was the delivery service, started in 2010, to which new partners...
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