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Greece: how economic crisis affects consumption
Date: 2012-03-04 22:33:37

According to the results of a Nielsen survey, in the last quarter of 2011 89 percent of Greeks were of the opinion that their country was in economic recession. Somewhat...

Hungary’s agricultural foreign trade and the German market
Date: 2012-03-04 22:30:16

In 2011 our agricultural export expanded much more rapidly than national economic export in general. One of the they key drivers in this expansion was the German market, which with...

Drugstores bettered their position
Date: 2012-03-04 22:25:07

Household chemicals and cosmetics retail sales amounted to HUF 300 billion last year – no change from 2010 – and a 2-percent decrease was measured in terms of volume sales...

More products advertised in fewer promotional leaflets
Date: 2012-03-04 22:21:49

GfK Hungária’s Leaflet Monitor data from 2011 indicate that retailers advertise a growing number of products in less and less leaflets: last year 1,144 leaflets were published, while back in...

Grüne Woche in Berlin – Prices are rising but where will they stop?
Date: 2012-03-02 23:34:16

A political record: the agricultural ministers of 64 countries, including Hungary’s minister of rural development Sándor Fazekas, took part in the global food forum held at Grüne Woche in Berlin....

Industrial production prices slightly dropped in December
Date: 2012-03-02 17:41:27

As a result of changes in domestic and export prices, industrial production prices fell 0.5 percent in December from the previous month. In 2011 industrial production prices augmented by 4.2...

Drastic downturn in Hungary’s banana export
Date: 2012-03-02 17:38:38

Data from the latest report of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) reveal that the price of pig rose on the world market in 2011. In Hungary the production price...

Further reduction in the number of public sector employees
Date: 2012-03-02 17:30:22

At enterprises employing at least 5 people, budgetary institutions and observed non-profit organisations 2,694,000 people were employed in January-November 2011 – 8,000 less than a year earlier. In the same...

KSH: increase in food, beverages and tobacco imports
Date: 2012-03-02 13:50:47

The Central Statistical Office (KSH) registered a double-digit growth in foreign trade’s forint and foreign exchange values, due to the demand in automotive trade last year. The Central Statistical Office...

Minimum wage: is it too much or too low?
Date: 2012-03-02 13:00:12

EUROSTAT’s recent survey shows a deplorable picture of Hungary. According to the surcvey; the amount of the current minimum wage in Hungary is much smaller than the available monthly minimum...

Four Paws Foundation under competition supervision procedure
Date: 2012-03-02 12:55:02

The Competition Authority initaded competition supervision proceeding against the Four Paws Foundation for unfair trade practices and for unfair manipulation of consumers – told Budai Gyula, Accountability Government Commissioner to...

Snow saved wheat bread from frost
Date: 2012-03-02 12:32:57

The hard cold did not do significant damages to the wheat bread, sowed last autumn. The plant now shows a hopeful development – told Matula Árpád, horticulture supervisor of the...

National food inspection ordered for GMO-content products
Date: 2012-03-02 12:18:22

Rural Development Minister Sándor Fazekas ordered a comprehensive nationwide food inspection aimed at uncovering products containing GMO's. The expert pointed out that the Central Agricultural Office would oversee the strict...

Fizetések.hu: Diploma is worth twice as much as high school degree
Date: 2012-03-02 10:39:25

Employees with high school degree earn half the amount of what employees with a university degree make 160 thousand HUF versus 325 300 HUF – the online survey of Fizetések.hu,...

GfK Hungária: More and more people surfing on the web with mobile devices
Date: 2012-03-02 09:00:08

On the basis of the datas of GfK Hungária’s Digital Connected Consumer study, it can be stated that by the spread of smart phones and tablet PCs, surfing on the...

How the ideal workplace looks like?
Date: 2012-03-02 08:30:02

The employees want to find secure livelihood , continuous improvement, varied and interesting tasks in the ideal workplace, but almost one in four respondents considered professional challenges and flexible work...

Postcard from Singapore
Date: 2012-03-02 00:09:34

Singapore is the centre of Asia – not only financially but commercially as well. With its 4.5 million inhabitants Singapore is a hard-working country where people are spending money like...

From the walls to the furniture
Date: 2012-03-01 23:16:57

In the last two decades office buildings and warehouses have been growing out of the ground like mushrooms. Facility management experts’ task is to guarantee that these buildings operate economically...

New hygiene service from METRO
Date: 2012-03-01 21:11:12

For METRO products with a target group from the culinary world, including cleaning products and stationery, are of major importance because these goods are fundamental elements in operating the Hungarian...

Drugstores strengthened their market position
Date: 2012-03-01 20:54:13

From last year’s toothpaste value sales hypermarkets had a 34-percent share (no change from the previous year) and drugstores were at 33 percent (up 3 percentage points). The annual toothpaste...

Last Easter ham retail sales improved in both value and volume
Date: 2012-03-01 20:18:49

Last year in the Easter period (March-April) Hungarians spent more than HUF 5 billion on ham, 4 percent more than in the previous year. Volume sales climbed 5 percent, to...

Milk chocolate rabbit figures and eggs dominate the market
Date: 2012-03-01 20:02:54

According to the Nielsen Retail Index, retail sales of Easter sweets and gift packages almost reached the HUF 3 billion level last year. This was the result of 11 percent...

Hungarians are mainly fighting overweight by changing their diet
Date: 2012-03-01 19:48:59

52 percent of Hungary’s adult population consider themselves overweight to a certain extent. At the same time only 34 percent try to lose weight and the majority of them, 89...

Lifesaving food, drinks and lifestyle recommendations
Date: 2012-03-01 19:43:51

All over Europe we can see the expansion of health conscious behaviour, sports centres are more and more popular, exercise and healthy food are trendy, which is great news from...

Some like it strong
Date: 2012-03-01 19:43:49

HELL’s market share (measured by the number of products sold) was a record-breaking 23.8 percent in December 2011, exactly twice as big as a year earlier. The Hungarian manufacturer celebrated...

What finally ends up on the table: what do Hungarian children eat?
Date: 2012-03-01 19:35:57

Mona Hungary Kft., the distributor of the Montice brand, conducted a representative survey in the summer of 2011 about the dairy product consumption of primary school pupils. From the answers...

Increased demand for wet wipes and baby oil
Date: 2012-03-01 19:29:52

From the baby care products measured by Nielsen wet wipes sell for more than HUF 4 billion a year. Last year value sales climbed 5 percent and volume sales soared...

What is a good Easter ham like?
Date: 2012-03-01 19:29:18

When you cut good quality smoked Easter ham, it is claret-coloured inside and it tastes pleasantly salty and smoky. When touching a good ham, it must be neither soft nor...

Heaps of baby products
Date: 2012-03-01 19:25:36

Those who set off on the wonderful journey of having a baby try to give the best to the little ones, which includes buying special products. These days many women...

Magazine: Organic food – it is still farming and not processing that dominates
Date: 2012-03-01 19:12:22

Approximately 140,000 hectares of land is used for organic farming in Hungary, cultivated by 1,500 farmers and organisations. Hungary’s Rural Strategy sets the target of tripling the proportion of land...

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Market News

Greece: how economic crisis affects consumption Date: 2012-03-04 22:33:37

Hungary’s agricultural foreign trade and the German market Date: 2012-03-04 22:30:16

Drugstores bettered their position Date: 2012-03-04 22:25:07

More products advertised in fewer promotional leaflets Date: 2012-03-04 22:21:49

Grüne Woche in Berlin – Prices are rising but where will they stop? Date: 2012-03-02 23:34:16

Industrial production prices slightly dropped in December Date: 2012-03-02 17:41:27

Drastic downturn in Hungary’s banana export Date: 2012-03-02 17:38:38

Further reduction in the number of public sector employees Date: 2012-03-02 17:30:22

KSH: increase in food, beverages and tobacco imports Date: 2012-03-02 13:50:47

Minimum wage: is it too much or too low? Date: 2012-03-02 13:00:12

Four Paws Foundation under competition supervision procedure Date: 2012-03-02 12:55:02

Snow saved wheat bread from frost Date: 2012-03-02 12:32:57

National food inspection ordered for GMO-content products Date: 2012-03-02 12:18:22

Fizetések.hu: Diploma is worth twice as much as high school degree Date: 2012-03-02 10:39:25

GfK Hungária: More and more people surfing on the web with mobile devices Date: 2012-03-02 09:00:08

How the ideal workplace looks like? Date: 2012-03-02 08:30:02

Postcard from Singapore Date: 2012-03-02 00:09:34

From the walls to the furniture Date: 2012-03-01 23:16:57

New hygiene service from METRO Date: 2012-03-01 21:11:12

Drugstores strengthened their market position Date: 2012-03-01 20:54:13

Last Easter ham retail sales improved in both value and volume Date: 2012-03-01 20:18:49

Milk chocolate rabbit figures and eggs dominate the market Date: 2012-03-01 20:02:54

Hungarians are mainly fighting overweight by changing their diet Date: 2012-03-01 19:48:59

Lifesaving food, drinks and lifestyle recommendations Date: 2012-03-01 19:43:51

Some like it strong Date: 2012-03-01 19:43:49

What finally ends up on the table: what do Hungarian children eat? Date: 2012-03-01 19:35:57

Increased demand for wet wipes and baby oil Date: 2012-03-01 19:29:52

What is a good Easter ham like? Date: 2012-03-01 19:29:18

Heaps of baby products Date: 2012-03-01 19:25:36

Magazine: Organic food – it is still farming and not processing that dominates Date: 2012-03-01 19:12:22

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