Market News
Demand shifts towards general purpose cleaners
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Consumer habits are changing in the product categories related to cleaning. Households buy less cleaners and cleaning utensils. Only innovative, environmentally friendly solutions and private labels achieved growth. – The...
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Weakening price-decrease in the agricultural sector
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Producer price level of agricultural products in June 2009 fell by 13 percent, compared to the same period in 2008. According to KSH, crop products were down by 17.5 percent,...
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The Wandering Magyar
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
The food basket known by the name of Hungaricum is one of the most straightforward advertising messages: sausage, onion and a pitcher accompany Hungarian flavours. However, in an age of...
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Battery-operated air fresheners energise the market
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Last year the air freshener market produced a two-digit expansion, but this year growth is losing pace. One third of the market is covered by aerosol products and battery-operated devices...
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Consumer confidence on the increase, moderate optimism
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
We have experienced an unparalleled economic crisis and the consequences have been difficult to predict. The Consumer Confidence Index makes it possible to forecast probable trends. FMCG retail data in...
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(HU) A HÓNAP TÁBLÁZATA – Top 10 élelmiszer a régiókban
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
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Packaged demands
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Household packaging material sales grew in value and stagnated in terms of volume, compared to last year. The food packaging and baking paper segments both grew by two-digit numbers. As...
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Foreign markets – Spain: Supermarkets dominate, discounts gaining ground
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Out of 100 Spanish households, 58 spend the most money on food, household chemicals and cosmetics in supermarkets. For the Spanish, the most important in choosing a shop is a...
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Customers are looking for actions and visiting shops rarely
Date: 2009-09-25 00:04:01
According to Nielsen market research company; consumers are visiting shops rarely; more and more people are looking for cheaper goods and discount shopping opportunities. The growth of the popularity of...
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London and New York in the lead, Budapest is the 74th in the ranking of business centers
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:55
London and New York remain the most competitive business centers of the world. The score of Budapest has improved, but its ranking became worse, due to the improvement of the...
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FAO: in the next 40 years, 70 percent more food will be need
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:30
According to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Seventy percent more food should be produced worldwide, until 2050. The FAO expects that the global population is expected to grow...
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The first “Pannon Wheat Quality” certificate was handed over
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:00
The “Pannonian wheat” trade mark was established in July, by the National Association of Cereal Producers (GOSZ), to indicate the extra quality wheat. The first certificate was given to the...
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Stock orders in the euro area are over expectations
Date: 2009-09-25 00:02:00
According to the report of Eurostat, the new industrial orders of the euro zone increased in July, surpassing expectations, that shows a recovery in activity and the easing of recession....
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The situation of dairy producers has improved a bit
Date: 2009-09-25 00:01:40
According to the latest report of Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI); In August, for the first time this year, even if a very small extent, but the domestic milk prices...
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Christmas shopping already started
Date: 2009-09-25 00:01:05
It is just the end of the summer, but chains are preparing for Christmas, due to the economic crisis and under the pressure of the changing consumer habits. The latest...
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GKI economic forecast for 2009-2010
Date: 2009-09-24 00:04:58
According to the summer data of GKI Economic Research company, the greatest economic crisis of the last 70 years has ended. However, the magnitude and the sustainability of improvement are...
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Retail declines from every point of views
Date: 2009-09-24 00:03:30
In July, the retail sales fell by 2.2 percent compared to June. Compared to July 2008, by 6.6 percent. In the first seven months of 2009 a 3.7 percent decrease...
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Face analyzer program for commercial purposes
Date: 2009-09-24 00:02:40
The software is suitable for the analysis of consumer behavior, research for marketing renewal and the precise targeting of target groups. The new technology is able for the support proactive...
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Seventeen and a half billion HUF for small and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2009-09-23 00:04:12
The National Development Agency will announce the second time this year, the Economic Development Operational Program, and the Central Hungary Operational Program applications for the development of technological basis of...
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Retail sales can be expanded by 20 to 44 -year-olds
Date: 2009-09-23 00:03:45
According to the new analysis of Research and Markets, Irish market research company; Hungarian retail sales turnover may expand by 13 percent between 2008 and 2013. According to the company’s...
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Széchenyi: Hungary will be
Date: 2009-09-23 00:03:00
The 120 thousandth Széchenyi card was ceremonially handed over. This high number also shows that appropriate means should vote in confidence, to the Hungarian companies. Up to date, outsourcing capital...
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According to the Chamber of Agriculture; the crisis widened
Date: 2009-09-23 00:02:35
There's a big problem in agriculture: the economic crisis now really reached the industry, which is compounded by the almost a complete shutdown of credit and a full product depression...
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Váci Street slipped back in the rankings
Date: 2009-09-23 00:02:00
According to a recent analysis; New York's Fifth Avenue remained the most expensive shopping mall in the world. Váci Street of Budapest slipped back four places in the rankings. New...
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Growing numbers of bankrupting meat companies
Date: 2009-09-22 00:04:25
More than a hundred meat companies’ liquidation was started in August. Since last October, more and more larger companies are wound up, leaving a growing number of unemployed and unpaid...
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Individual companies can be established from January
Date: 2009-09-22 00:04:00
New company types, limited or unlimited liability individual firms will be introduce by the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, which is available on the website of the Parliament. From...
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Point collecting cards become more popular
Date: 2009-09-22 00:03:59
The declining consumption due to the crisis, started an expansion on the market, of point collecting and loyalty cards. A number of smaller companies have also ventured into the point...
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Discount actions in Slovakian stores
Date: 2009-09-22 00:01:20
In the autumn the Slovakian chains’ struggle for costumers becomes more acute of this year. More and more stores are offering discounts; up to 50 percent, or well-known “pay two,...
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The meat is cheaper, eggs will be more expensive
Date: 2009-09-22 00:01:00
The price of feed corn reduces, the costs of the meat industry decrease, and this will be seen in prices. However, the price of eggs can be sustained over 30...
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Twenty-four percent less cereals grew compared to last year
Date: 2009-09-21 00:03:50
KSH reported about decreasing cereal crop, in accordance with the previous forecasts. Compared to 2008 a 24 percent occured, compared to the previous 5-year period, a 15 percent less cereal...
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Fair Business for fair webshops
Date: 2009-09-21 00:03:35
The Fair Business certification and alternative dispute resolution system – which ensures the integrity of electronic commerce – started to operate on 1st September 2009. The INFOMEDIÁTOR Information Society User...
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