Market News
GfK: high expectations in the first quarter of 2010 in Hungary
Date: 2010-03-31 00:10:01
A survey conducted by GfK Hungária and Corvinus University has come to the conclusuóion that Cunsmer Trust Index has seen a 20 point rise in the first quarter of 2010,...
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35 million eggs consumed every year in Hungary
Date: 2010-03-31 00:09:12
As a whole, 230 thousand food item controls have taken place in Hungary since 2007, and so far it meant a penalty of 8 billion HUF altogether, and more than...
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Meat-producers are about to sell 15-20 thousand ton of smoked products for Easter
Date: 2010-03-31 00:08:23
According to expectations by the Meatguild of Hungary, small and medium-sized enterprises represented by them are about to sell 15-20 thousand ton of smoked meat until Easter Monday. Expert Zoltán...
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New, interactive website about the packaging of wine
Date: 2010-03-31 00:04:01
A new, consumerfriendly web site has been launched: WineLovesGlass.com to educate visitors about the benefits of wine packaged in glass bottles. The interactive site features a weekly blog, Twitter...
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Unemployment rate is on its 16 year peak
Date: 2010-03-30 00:07:59
Unemployment increased to its 16 year peak, to 11.4 percent, between December 2009 and February 2010. The rate is 2.3 percent higher, than it was in the previous year –...
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Thirteen percent pay gap among the genders
Date: 2010-03-30 00:05:41
According to Merces.hu's latest online survey of payments; In Hungary, a woman earns an average 13 percent less than a male worker. During last year, 82 thousands people took part...
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The consumer environment deteriorates throughout Europe
Date: 2010-03-30 00:05:21
According to the European Commission; In most states of the EU – including Hungary – the consumer environment worsened last year. In Hungary, the index value for 2009 is 53...
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Falling German poultry stocks
Date: 2010-03-30 00:02:15
Due to the ban of cage poultry breed, German poultry stocks reduced significantly- said the president of the German Association of Farmers. According to Gerd Sonnleitner, more than 15 percent...
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(HU) A devizahitelesek többsége nem fog profitálni a forinterősödésből
Date: 2010-03-30 00:00:02
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The annual market of energy drinks is over 14 billion HUF
Date: 2010-03-29 00:19:08
Energy drink retail sales continue to increase, and exceeded 14 billion HUF, between 2009 February and 2010 January. That's 15 percent more, than in the previous comparable period – reports...
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Consumer groups are risky
Date: 2010-03-29 00:15:14
The Financial Supervisory Authority (PSZÁF), the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) and the Economic Competition Office (GVH), are warning about the dangers of consumer groups in their common resolution. The...
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World trade has not been fallen so big for 70 years
Date: 2010-03-29 00:11:12
The volume of world trade decreased by 12.2 percent in 2009 – notified the World Trade Organization. The WTO has officially confirmed that China – ahead of Germany – became...
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Italian style icon in Hungary
Date: 2010-03-29 00:03:28
Emporio Peroni, the exclusive shop of Peroni Nastro Azzurro has opened at the most fashionable avenue of Budapest, the Andrassy Avenue, close to iconic Italian brands, such as Gucci, Armani...
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Since Hungary’s EU accession, the number of pigs decreased by nearly two million
Date: 2010-03-26 00:07:14
Currently, the number of the Hungarian pigs are on Austrian level, about 3.2 million – said Menczel Lászlóné, secretary of the Livestock and Meat Product Board (VHT). The expert added...
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Partial success in the Slovak-Hungarian Tokaji Case
Date: 2010-03-26 00:06:12
The European Commission deleted the Slovakian entry from the community register, that registered the Tokaji name among the protected geographical indications, in a benefit to Slovakia. But the Slovakian claim...
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Consumer durables market falling for one and a half year now
Date: 2010-03-26 00:03:12
While we must spend on food, durable goods are not so important. The datas show the decline in demand. The decrease of the consumer durables market continues. According to GfK...
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Eurozone: 2 percent decline in industrial orders
Date: 2010-03-26 00:02:15
In January 2010, the industrial orders within the Eurozone showed a 2 percent monthly decline, after the 0.8 percent increase of December. This is really a big surprise, because expectations...
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Battle for EU labeling
Date: 2010-03-26 00:00:55
The Which? British consumer magazine sent jam donuts to all members of the European parliament, to protest against the planned changes in food labeling. The British consumer group states, that...
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Expanding British retail
Date: 2010-03-26 00:00:05
British retail sales rose in February excess of the expectations, thanks to the record level sales of household goods. On the basis of the datas of the British statistical office;...
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The demand for quality sweets continues to increase in the Easter season
Date: 2010-03-25 00:07:02
In the 2009 Easter period, the Hungarian consumers have been observed despite to high quality, despite the crisis, because twice as many high-quality chocolate candy was purchased than products made...
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Slow way out of the crisis
Date: 2010-03-25 00:06:59
The recovery from the crisis, its speed and durability – especially the most important to us in the EU – is uncertain and a fragile process – states GKI. In...
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Nearly half of the investments came to Budapest
Date: 2010-03-25 00:03:25
46 percent of investments of the country, came to Budapest last year, in addition the concentration increased in the last two years. The per capita investment was 823 thousand HUF...
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Retail sales: decreased by 5.5, increased by 0.6 percent
Date: 2010-03-24 00:08:02
The retail sales datas of January 2010, adjusted from the calendar effect, decreased by 5.6 percent, compared to the same period of last year, but rose by 0.6 percent, compared...
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Easter ham traffic remained stable
Date: 2010-03-24 00:07:12
Consumers continue to purchase Easter ham. Retail sales increased in value by 5 percent, in quantities by 1 percent last year in the March-April season, compared to the previous year's...
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Decreasing trade – increasing black economy
Date: 2010-03-24 00:06:11
According to the Central Statistical Office; trade sales in January were less than a year earlier. Due to the decline last year, this reflects a very negative consumer market –...
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