Market News
Variations on gentle washing
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Contradictory trends have been experienced in the biggest chemical category – that of washing products. On 5 August Nielsen published a communication about detergent sales declining by 9 percent in...
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iPhone-soap
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Gadget lovers will adore this soap innovation: by using this they do not have to make do without their favourite iPhone. The popular smartphone is now available in soap form...
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Brand building at full speed among chilled candy bars
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Pöttyös is the best known túró rudi brand, what is more, a survey by Braun & Partners and GfK Hungária in the spring of 2010 revealed that it was also...
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Autumn cleaning (and economising)
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
On the cleaning product and utensil market it is visible that households started economising because of the crisis. Category operations assistant manager Renáta Rabóczki shared Unilever’s experiences with us: –...
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Hungarian consumers plan their shopping in advance
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Hungarian shoppers are some of the most conscious in Eastern Europe: 82 percent of our compatriots say they plan their shopping in advance. More than half of Hungarian shoppers (55...
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We like to buy chilled candy bars for our children
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, the consumption of chilled candy bars is closely connected to the presence of children in the family. While families with children are responsible for buying...
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All brands fight dandruff
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The hair care market improved in value, but there was a decrease in volume. Anti-dandruff products still have the biggest market share, followed by dry hair and dyed hair products....
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Consumers did not feel more inclined to buy in the summer either
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to KSH’s quick report, volume sales in retail were down by 4.7 percent in the first six months of 2010 and by 4.6 percent in June, compared to the...
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Demand is shifting towards higher lemon content
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Lemon juice sales decreased in volume but increased in terms of value in the past period. Ágnes Chvojka, Maspex Olympos Kft.’s junior brand manager explained this with this year’s unfavourable...
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Facing innovations
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The facial care category managed to grow, but the market share of cheaper and private label products increased in this category too. Branded product manufacturers stepped up their efforts by...
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The food industry was one of the losers again
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to KSH, in 13 sub-sectors of the processing industry 9 experienced volume growth. The third biggest sub-sector, food, beverage and tobacco production declined by 5.6 percent because of falling...
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40-percent lemon juice is the most popular
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nielsen Retail Index reveals that lemon juice retail sales grew by 4 percent in terms of value in December 2009-May 2010, compared to the previous period a year before. The...
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Beer is on top of promotional products’ ranking
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nielsen analyses promotional sales in fifteen food categories in hyper- and supermarkets. Altogether 44 percent of category sales (in value) were realised in promotion in the first half of 2010...
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Manly development on the body care market
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The body care market can be divided into three categories: shower gels, deodorants and body lotions. In the first two categories versions for men are available in almost as high...
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We continue to spend less on FMCG products
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the first half of 2010 households spent 0.5 percent less on FMCG products, compared with the same period a year before, revealed GfK Hungária’s Retail Analyses. This entailed a...
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At half-time
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
If somebody takes a closer look at the selection of wines Hungarian restaurants and wine shops offer, they would think we live in a prospering country with a large middle...
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Hungarian company Scarab is heading to New York
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Scarab Research of Budapest announced that FreshDirect, the biggest online retailer in New York State would launch a personalised product offering service that uses the Scarab Enterprise system. FreshDirect’s turnover...
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Safety and closeness
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Condom is one of the few product categories which were able to increase sales recently. László Pusztai, SSL Magyarország Kft.’s Durex category manager told our magazine that a large part...
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‘It is ending precisely now…’ (Part 5)
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
This new, 6-part series by Trade magazin and GfK Hungária Market Research Institute focuses on price trends, pricing policies and consumer expectations in terms of price. The nominal value of...
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It is cheaper at home
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The summer did not bring the long expected change, markets are shrinking and there is less money to spend. Fewer daily consumer goods are sold and the significance of home...
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The 5 winners of ‘The Heart of the Community’ programme were drawn
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
One institution in Tahitótfalu, Szombathely, Komló, Békés and Szerencs will receive the donations collected as part of ‘The Heart of the Community’ (KÖSZI) programme this spring. CBA and Procter&Gamble set...
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The paper tissue season is about to start
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Paper products have been expanding slowly in terms of both volume and value. According to Zsuzsa Hunwald, Zewa’ marketing coordinator their products are of basic importance, so sales did not...
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Hungarians are rather optimistic: more of us see a way out of the crisis than last year
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to a Nielsen survey conducted in May, Hungarians are more optimistic than the international average: while in 48 countries 21 percent of people said their countries will leave the...
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‘Let us do something for children together’ programme was a success in 2010
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The ‘Let us do something for children together’ programme ended and HUF 18,482,473 was collected. Danone Kft. has been helping the rehabilitation and healthy eating of children with cancer for...
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Batteries with elementary power
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Energizer batteries are available in all retail channels. According to Orsolya Varga, Energizer Magyarország Kft.’s trade marketing manager the focus is different in every channel, but the company is able...
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The turnover of retail chains’ private label products amounts to 165 billion forints in six months
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In six months the private label products of food retailers generated a HUF 165 billion turnover – 2 percent less than in the first six months of 2009. Private labels...
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Spider monkeys instead of gorillas
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the past couple of years even the smallest sales details were decided in Wal-Mart’s headquarters. The recession changed everything, consumer demand has become much more diverse. As Doug Stephens...
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Food products are expensive, but they slow down inflation
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Inflation pressure eased a bit in July, as KSH reported a monthly consumer price increase of 0.1 percent. The price of cooking oil fell by 8.3 percent, but pork prices...
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Foreign markets – the Balkans States Volume sales are shrinking in many countries
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nielsen Growthreporter, a trend report published quarterly, states that in FMCG retail the second quarter brought disappointment. Basically, Western Europe is still stronger than Eastern Europe. In the 21 developed...
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MasterCard in the shop window
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
MasterCard appeared with interactive public space advertising surfaces for the first time, on the streets of New York, Chicago, Miami and Philadelphia. In busy retail zones they placed advertisements in...
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