Market News
MKIK: improving corporate outlook
Date: 2012-05-15 13:13:21
According to the April 2012 survey, the company's business expectations have improved in Hungary. After the major downturn of October, the company’s became more confident – told the Hungarian Chamber...
Read more
Agri and food industrial unity in the VOSZ
Date: 2012-05-15 13:11:30
The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) has established its agri-food section with 155 members, in order to strenghten the interests of the SMEs of the agri-food sector. Kiss...
Read more
Hungary wants simple and flexible EU “agri-greening” system
Date: 2012-05-15 13:02:13
Hungary is basically agrees with the Commission's proposal to restructure the agricultural management, in an environmental viewpoint, but would like to reach that the system to be simpler and more...
Read more
GfK: decline on the IT and office equipment market
Date: 2012-05-15 13:00:25
According to the datas of the GfK Retail and Technology area, on the market of consumer durables in this year's first quarter – after a relatively strong Christmas season –...
Read more
Euro zone’s GDP stagnated in the first quarter
Date: 2012-05-15 12:42:45
Due to the strong performance of the German economy, euro zone was able to escape the recession in the euro zone, the gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated in the first...
Read more
NGM: Consumer Protection Law was changed in order to help consumers
Date: 2012-05-15 12:40:12
The National Assembly adopted the amendment of the Consumer Protection Act, which allows the handling of complaints in the future faster. The authority of the conciliation bodies will expand as...
Read more
The price of honey may increase
Date: 2012-05-15 12:30:47
Beekeepers expect higher honey prices this year, because acacia was frozen in several areas and bees have less time to collect nectar – Zalai Hírlap wrote on Tuesday. Last year,...
Read more
KSH: food price increase in April was below the average
Date: 2012-05-14 16:43:20
In April, consumer prices were 5.7 percent higher than a year earlier, and compared to March increased by 0.8 percent. Compared with a year earlier, fuel and tobacco prices increased...
Read more
Community customer market is getting more focused
Date: 2012-05-14 13:00:31
The community customer market was left by 8 participants this year. Last year the value of the community customer market was 4.3 billion HUF. This year, more failures are expected,...
Read more
Magazine: How do shoppers decide? Making and understanding the decision tree
Date: 2012-05-14 12:54:37
The dunnhumby decision tree is a tool that analyses real purchases, using data from thousands of shoppers. Result: a decision tree based on real shopping habits. This analysis shows what...
Read more
GOSZ: less wheat will be produced this year
Date: 2012-05-14 12:50:59
Less wheat yield is expected this year, than last year, so the expected yield of the country, will be below 4 million tons – told Vancsura József, president of the...
Read more
Technical failure or closure on Sunday?
Date: 2012-05-14 12:48:43
The new Labour Code restricts the Sunday opening hours of shops. According to the informations of Magyar Nemzet, the stores of malls, and the small shops of the shopping streets...
Read more
Government breaks promise made in agreement with new tax
Date: 2012-05-14 12:32:13
The financial transaction tax announced by the national economy minister is contrary to the agreement concluded last December between the government and the Banking Association, the Banking Association told MTI....
Read more
The planting of tobacco has begun
Date: 2012-05-14 12:15:59
This year, similar to 2011, the farmers will produce the industrial crops on an around 4,800 hectares – told the Chairman of the Pócspetri Based Hungarian National Association of Tobacco...
Read more
Consumer confidence is on its four-year peak in the the world's largest economy
Date: 2012-05-14 12:00:57
Consumer confidence increased to its more than four-year peak in May in the United States: The joint confidence index of the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters increased to its...
Read more
Mall constructions continue in Croatia
Date: 2012-05-14 11:55:30
Construction market in Croatia shows a slow progress. Mainly the highways can pull the sector, but commercial real estate developments will continue as well, which means that more and more...
Read more
GKI: purchasing power of the population will decrease by two and a half percent this year
Date: 2012-05-11 13:40:24
This year, the purchasing power of the population will decrease by about 2.5 percent. It will be the fifth year since since 2006, , when – except for last year's...
Read more
OKSZ: the marking of eggs per kilogram is not a good idea
Date: 2012-05-11 13:20:26
The indication of the unit price for a lot of food is mandatory, in the case of eggs it could be problematic – writes in the National Trade Association (OKSZ)...
Read more
Consumers International recommendations for the UN high-level summit on non-communicable diseases
Date: 2012-05-11 13:16:33
Three of the four main risk factors for NCDs relate directly to consumer issues. Consumers International (CI) calls on world leaders to support consumers through education, principled advice, restrictions on...
Read more
Slow economic recovery may start in Europe in the second part of this year
Date: 2012-05-11 13:10:09
The European Union’s economy is currently in a mild recession, but in the second half the slow recovery from the crisis is expected to begin – projects the European Commission...
Read more
Agricultural program starts in Szabolcs and in Hajdú-Bihar counties
Date: 2012-05-11 12:55:03
Two new program will provide jobs to two hundred people in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and Hajdú-Bihar counties – announced Czomba Sándor, Secretary of State at the National Economy Ministry (NGM), responsible for...
Read more
Shanghai remains the most competitive commercial center in China
Date: 2012-05-11 11:55:43
Shanghai has remained the most competitive commercial center in China, however, the city is experiencing difficulties in growth prospects. As in the previous years the Finance and Economics University of...
Read more
The European Commission proposes the equal taxation of vouchers
Date: 2012-05-11 10:10:21
The European Commission proposes that all types of vouchers to be equally taxed in all Member States. The market of vouchers has an annual 52 billion euros market in the...
Read more
The wage of entry-level workers increased
Date: 2012-05-11 09:32:47
Entrants can expect the highest wages in the information technology sector, a monthly 246 thousand HUF – shows the recent survey of fizetesek.hu. run by Workania job portal. On the...
Read more
VM: significant increase in the income of agricultural producers
Date: 2012-05-10 16:30:00
According to the preliminary datas of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI), the income of individual farms increased by 47 percent last year, compared to the previous year – informed...
Read more
Bees are collecting less honey from the frozen acacia trees of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county
Date: 2012-05-10 12:50:32
This year, bees can collect less honey from the frozen acacia trees of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county – told the regional adviser of the Hungarian National Beekeeping Association (OMME) on Thursday to...
Read more
NÉBIH focuses on strawberry cheaters
Date: 2012-05-10 12:34:02
More and more foiled Hungarian strawberries are on the shelves, where they still should have compete with the much cheaper Spanish strawberries. Between their prices the difference is high, because...
Read more
The Chinese consumers will push the global luxury market in the forthcoming years
Date: 2012-05-10 12:05:17
The Chinese consumers will push the global luxury market in the coming years – predicts the CLSA broker and investment group. Among others, the rising Chinese middle class will help...
Read more
Collation between the Ministry of Rural Development and the chain of stores on the milk industry's problems
Date: 2012-05-09 13:10:02
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) collated with chain of stores in Budapest on Tuesday to find a solution to the emerging dairy market crisis – said Budai Gyula, Parliamentary...
Read more
Slowing exports, while weak domestic consumption slows down imports
Date: 2012-05-09 12:25:44
In March, the forint value of exports increased by 3.5, the forint value of imports by 6.7 percent – the Central Statistical Office announced on Wednesday. Export value in euros...
Read more