Market News
Be careful with online shopping!
Date: 2009-12-09 00:00:25
More and more people are looking for web sites, hoping to find cheaper Christmas gifts. The store sales are not expected to increase, compared with last year. Online shopping, however,...
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Men leave purchase to the last minute
Date: 2009-12-08 00:06:12
According to the joint Christmas survey of Kirakat.hu store comparision site, and Ipsos Ltd.; People plan to buy fewer gifts for the Christmas this year. The number of those who...
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Less valuable gifts may be under the Christmas tree
Date: 2009-12-08 00:05:59
Fourty-two percent of the population is planning to spend less on Christmas presents this year, compared to the previous year – shows the survey of Kérdőívem.hu. More than half of...
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Copenhagen climate summit begins
Date: 2009-12-08 00:05:58
The 15th UN climate summit has started in Copenhagen. On the event lasts until 18th December, representatives of 192 countries will be debating over the new global climate agreement which...
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Holiday from health insurance resources payments
Date: 2009-12-08 00:03:28
According to Stability Fund Association; It is worth to collect money for the holiday in health insurance funds, because it has a number of benefits. Several catering companies are waiting...
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Declining manufacturing orders in Germany
Date: 2009-12-08 00:01:25
The German manufacturing orders showed an unexpected fall on October monthly basis, suggesting that the recovery of the largest European economy, is getting slower. According to the seasonally adjusted preliminary...
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One can buy until 2 pm on Christmas Day
Date: 2009-12-08 00:00:55
The shops can be open until 2 pm on 24th December, on 31st stores will close earlier than usual, at 6 pm. During the Christmas holidays, on 25th and 26th...
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EUFE launched its roadshow for the renewal of high-quality public nurition
Date: 2009-12-08 00:00:10
EUFE’s (Meal Vouchers Distributor Association) Roadshow arrived to its first stage to Gödöllő. The initiation seeks to promote healthy nutrition and mor variable public nurition. The program aims to encourage...
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EU's GDP increased again
Date: 2009-12-07 00:05:02
In the third quarter of this year – the first time since January-March 2008 – European Union's economy expanded, compared to the previous quarter. According to Eurostat; The gross domestic...
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London started the Christmas season energetically
Date: 2009-12-07 00:03:21
Despite the recession, the first major pre-Christmas shopping weekend in London was characterised by spending fever has not seen for two years, where millions of customers stormed the British capital's...
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The crisis does not affect the food deliveries
Date: 2009-12-04 00:04:28
Food delivery companies do not seem to face a significant downturn. The fast delivery, the changing supply and the energy saved on cooking are enough convincing reasons not save on...
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Winery at the Corvinus University
Date: 2009-12-04 00:02:11
The Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE) will create a Vine and Winery Institute, in order to further increase the traditionally good quality of the domestic wine education and research, from...
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Decreasing alcohol consumption in Russia
Date: 2009-12-04 00:00:15
This year, in the January-September period, Russian alcohol sales decreased by 15 percent in volume, compared to the same period of the last year. Vodka consumption has decreased by 15-16...
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Sales approach an annual HUF 27 billion
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Demand for wiener is steady: 27,000 tons were sold in September 2008-August 2009, just like a year earlier, according to the Nielsen Retail Index. Wiener sales grew above the meat...
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Producers paid less for meat
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the production price of domestic pork fell by...
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The crisis made wiener buyers more rationalistic
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Consumers accept pre-packaged wieners and do not think of deli counter wiener as better. The price advantage of the latter is also dwindling and it is important to be aware...
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GKI expects Euro’s exchange rate to be at 260 Forints next year
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy hit rock bottom in autumn 2009 and in the 4th quarter a modest growth is expected....
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They spent more on wieners
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, Hungarian households bought 3 percent less wiener in the first eight months of 2009, compared to the same period last year. The average price per...
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Retail in a bad patch
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Retail sales continued to fall in August, in terms of volume. Sales turnover of retail stores was down by 4.2 percent in the first eight months of 2009 and by...
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In terms of volume pálinka, in value bitters lead
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Spirit retail sales are stable in terms of value, surpassing HUF 73 billion in October 2008- September 2009, just like a year earlier. However, Nielsen registered a 5 percent decline...
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Shrinking real wages
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
At enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people and at budgetary institutions, gross average wages were 1.3 percent higher and net average wages improved by 1.6 percent in the first...
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Shaken, not stirred
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
After the increase in excise duty and VAT, spirit distributors spent most of 2009 with rethinking their price strategies. Although the number of spirit buyers is declining, the average price...
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Foreign trade balance improving
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In January-August 2009, the volume of foreign trade was 17 percent lower in export and 23 percent lower in import than one year earlier. KSH’s quick report also states that...
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The market of baking additives, dessert powders and fruit preserving agents expands
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Powder product sales are on the increase, the market expanded by 17 percent in terms of value in August 2008-July 2009, to surpass the annual HUF 8 billion level. In...
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Temporary halt among non-alcoholic cold beverages
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In the first six months, 10 percent less non-alcoholic cold beverages were bought in Hungary, reveals a joint survey by GfK Hungária and Agrár Európa Tanácsadó Kft. The world market...
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The rebirth of home baking
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
As a result of austerity measures, the positions of several food categories connected with home cooking/baking improved. Families do not buy as many ready-made cakes as before and spend less...
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Austrians trust their good old brands
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to Nielsen Austria, retail turnover growth in food products is losing speed in Austria. Last year food sales augmented by 4.8 percent, largely due to increased prices, but in...
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Kalifa now also offers Oriental flavours
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
– I am happy to say that our sales turnover in the cooking-baking segment in last October-December improved by more than 20 percent. Around Christmas, Kalifa ground poppy seed and...
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Price/value ratio and the brand value of products and retail chains put in the limelight
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to David Calhoun, Nielsen’s president/CEO consumers are getting used to changes caused by the crisis. They worry less and try to accommodate to the new situation. Spending habits changed...
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The same number of people buy more baking products
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Certain product categories are able to improve sales even in a negative consumer atmosphere, because at the time of crisis people spend more time at home. In January-July 2009, we...
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