Market News
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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Árukereső.hu: people spend 1000 HUF more on the start of the school this year
Date: 2012-08-17 12:40:17
This year, the Hungarian Internet users plan to spend an average of 26,900 HUF on school starting – shows the recent survey of Árukereső.hu. According to the portal’s summary sent...
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Pozsonyi croissant included to the EU register of specialty products
Date: 2012-08-17 12:37:57
The European Commission has included the Pozsonyi croissant into the EU register of specialty products – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) informed MTI on Wednesday According to the communication,...
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Harvest has begun in the Villány wine region
Date: 2012-08-17 11:55:09
Good quality, but 15 to 20 percent less than the average yield is expected in the Villany wine region this year, where the harvest has begun this week. In the...
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KSH: industrial production rose by 0.6 percent in June
Date: 2012-08-16 13:40:52
In June, industrial production rose by 0.6 percent, compared to the previous year, both on the basis of unadjusted and working-days adjusted datas – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced...
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The decrease in the number of general food stores has stopped in Hungary
Date: 2012-08-16 13:25:12
The decrease in the number of general food stores lasting for one and a half decade has stopped in Hungary. According to the new census of Nielsen market research company,...
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The proportion of spendings on health further increases within total consumption
Date: 2012-08-16 12:12:09
Preservation of health and recovery – in accordance with the international trends – are becoming more important for the Hungarian population – shows the datas of the Economic Health Monitor...
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Czechs incrasingly seeking for local food products
Date: 2012-08-16 10:48:11
More and more Czechs are looking for local food products: According to the recent survey of the GfK Incoma company, 53 percent of the Czechs declared the importance of food...
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VM: there will not be reverse VAT in the pig sector
Date: 2012-08-15 14:09:18
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) will not initiate the introduction of the reverse VAT in the pig sector. This decision was brought to light by the Ministry with the...
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KSH: agricultural producer price level rose in June by 1.5 percent
Date: 2012-08-15 13:30:33
In June, the producer price of agricultural products grew by 1.5 percent, compared to a year earlier. While the price of crop products fell by 1.7 percent, the price of...
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