Market News
Different views over the retail turnover
Date: 2011-02-23 13:02:46
According to the National Trade Association, positive signs occurred in last year’s, retail indicators, but the analyst of CIB Bank stressed, that the figures were weaker than expected, and retails...
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Hamburger tax: consumer protectors worry about the passing of the burdens
Date: 2011-02-23 12:54:34
According to the communication of the Central Hungarian Consumer Protection Association; such limits should be imposed on hamburger tax, that will prevent the costumers from the merchants, passing the burdens...
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Last year the retail sales decreased by 2.3 percent
Date: 2011-02-23 12:50:28
The volume of retail sales in December 2010 – on the basis of the calendary effect adjusted datas – decreased by 1.7 percent, compared to the same period of the...
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Hungarian dairy industry may operate successfully
Date: 2011-02-23 12:49:26
In the case of the long-term survival of the current funding system and in the case of feed price decrease, the domestic dairy sector may operate effectively in long-terms. The...
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The EU would support the conscious purchasing behavior with informative food labels
Date: 2011-02-23 12:45:24
The agricultural ministers of the Member States agree that well positioned and readable informative labels should be placed on foods. According to the report of Bruxinfo; on the food packages,...
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Analysts were surprised by the industrial orders increase in the eurozone
Date: 2011-02-23 12:20:36
In December 2010, the new industrial orders in the euro area increased by 2.1 percent, while in the European Union increased by 2.5 percent on a monthly basis – reported...
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Administration of food-vouchers is a breeze
Date: 2011-02-23 12:04:01
There are plenty of debates when it comes to the voucher-based system of fringe benefits, saying that registering vouchers is way too complicated. However, a new survey by BellResearch found...
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Paris International Agricultural Show: 47 Hungarian producers and 327 products
Date: 2011-02-23 09:56:01
Paris International Agricultural Show, happening between 19th and 27th February, is one of the most renowned professional agricultural fairs in Europe. It provides a platform to explore the agriculture's richness...
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Egg-deficit around the corner if laying hen-cage situation is not settled
Date: 2011-02-22 22:52:03
A serious egg-deficit may turn up its head in the EU, in case no solution is found to provide all EU-member countries with proper sized cages for laying hens. Since...
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Coface: The Hungarian firms are less risky than the regional average
Date: 2011-02-22 12:32:17
The ratio of the risky Central and Eastern European companies has deteriorated further, but in some countries there some positive trends can be experienced – shows the latest datas of...
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The Hungarian Product Grand Prix tender has been launched
Date: 2011-02-22 12:30:00
The tender was announced in twenty-two topics for 2011. The Hungarian Product Grand Prix aims to spread quality-conscious approach, and to develop conscious consumer behavior – told the contest is...
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Governments may use administrative tools to fight against rising food prices
Date: 2011-02-22 12:28:45
The dramatic pace of the rising food prices could lead governments to use administrative tools to prevent from the riots that swept through the Middle Eastern and North African countries....
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More and more children consuming energy drinks
Date: 2011-02-22 12:28:05
In Hungary the market turnover of the energy drinks was 14 billion HUF last year, 240 thousand hectoliters were sold from this product – states the National Association for Consumer...
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Over the past decade, backyard pig stocks decreased to one-third
Date: 2011-02-22 12:27:05
In essence, under 10 years the Hungarian agricultural policy has destroyed two-thirds of the backyard pig stocks. This means, that one and a half million pigs had disappeared from the...
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Thirteen percent of the Hungarians interested in organic food
Date: 2011-02-22 12:26:06
New rationality drives the consumer in the world, drenched with the idea of sustainability. As a result, conservation, sustainability, the concept of solidarity are increasingly appear in trade. The annual...
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Rising retail sales, consumer confidence reached its three-year peak in the United States
Date: 2011-02-22 12:25:01
The U.S. consumer confidence index in February jumped to heights have not seen for 3 years, increasing to 70.4 points, from the 64.8 points of January. This is the highest...
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FruitVeb and the Ministry of Agriculture against the greengrocer maffia
Date: 2011-02-21 13:01:49
The price increase of the vegetables was due to the poor harvests and in addition the trickery greengrocer maffia, but it seems that the gardeners and the government finally joined...
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GKI: business confidence is on top, consumer confidence decreases
Date: 2011-02-21 12:52:59
The business expectations were similarly favorable ten years ago, in early 2001 as in February 2011. Consumers remain relatively optimistic, but their expectations decline for the fourth month. In the...
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The supermarket chains seek to comply with the consumer protection rules more than the SMEs
Date: 2011-02-21 12:50:14
The National Consumer Protection Authority carried out its large-scale control between the 1st of March and the 15th of December 2010. The Regional Inspectorate of NFH also participated in the...
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Oversupply is expected from sugar
Date: 2011-02-21 12:30:27
The global sugar production next year may exceed the demand – for the first time in 4 years – if the “normal weather conditions” will return in the world's largest...
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Red and dessert wines did well in the competition of MTA
Date: 2011-02-21 12:24:53
The experts of the MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) have chosen the best wines of 2010, from 140 samples – reports szabadfold.hu. The category winners are: High-category white wine: Mátraalja...
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AMC supports family farms, small- and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2011-02-21 10:53:28
Agicultural Marketing Centre (AMC) published an announcment for small and medium sized enterprises and family farms, to appear in various trade shows, exhibitions and other events linked to the Hungarian...
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The Meat Guild wants alliance
Date: 2011-02-18 17:44:13
The Meat Guild, that contains domestic small-and medium-sized businesses want to take advantage of their existing capacity surplus, and offered cooperation to the producers and traders, thus increasing the supply...
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The rise in producer prices did not solve the problems of agriculture
Date: 2011-02-18 12:48:07
Despite the increase of the agricultural producer price level by one-third, the companies of the sector do not appear optimistic, the number of newly established companies declined by 10 percent...
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Employment and real wages increased in 2010
Date: 2011-02-18 12:41:32
Last year, at businesses employing at least 5 people and at the budgetary institutions, an average of 2 million 702 thousand people was working, 1.5 percent higher than in 2009...
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The Hungarian wine prepares to conquer the U.S.A.
Date: 2011-02-18 12:40:10
The Hungarian wine can achieve success with excellent quality and well-organized marketing in the United States – states the participants of the “The Situation of Hungarian wine in the U.S....
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Contaminated milk appeared again in China
Date: 2011-02-18 12:20:02
China warned the producers of the dairy products, that checks will begin again, because melamine and other contaminated materials have been found. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, indicated the government's...
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Improving consumer confidence in the euro area
Date: 2011-02-18 12:19:45
Consumer confidence improved in February in the euro area. This indicates that concerns over the debts of the region have declined. According to the preliminary estimate of the European Commission;...
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More than 13 billion HUF spent on pills against cold
Date: 2011-02-18 10:03:14
Medicines available without perscriptions against cold have closed with a turnover over 13 billion HUF. Most of these sales took place between September and December, Nielsen market research company pointed...
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The seven main stress factors of commuting
Date: 2011-02-18 08:45:20
Commuters have identified the seven deadly sins of commuting that cause them the most stress on the way to work, and undermine their productivity and job satisfaction. In a new...
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