Market News
Székelyföld preparing to conquer Hungary
Date: 2009-09-18 00:03:30
For the initiative of the County Council Harghita and Covasna Counties, a trademark has been registered to differentiate the Székely products and would give an impetus to the foreign, and...
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Sixteen percent increase in the number of online shoppers in a year
Date: 2009-09-18 00:03:25
According to the joint survey of KutatóCentrum and Mai Piac; Beside the increase in Internet penetration, the expansion in the number of e-customers and the frequency of purchases also showed...
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British retail sales did not increase
Date: 2009-09-18 00:02:15
Contrary to expectations, August retail sales stagnated in England, after the customers held back their consumption, because of the rising unemployment rate. The retail trade has stagnated in August, after...
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Increasing Russian meat production
Date: 2009-09-18 00:01:50
In recent months, despite the financial and economic crisis, the Russian meat sector became much stronger and imports suppressed. Living meat production was 4.07 million tonnes, which is 5.9 percent...
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The signation of the new advertising ethics code
Date: 2009-09-17 00:03:55
From the 30th September the new Code of Hungarian advertising ethics will come into force, with expanded content, renewed in structure and signed by 26 organizations on 16th September. The...
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The Hungarian companies’ losings are over five percent
Date: 2009-09-17 00:03:30
According to Direktinfo Kft.; the losings of the Hungarian companies increased over five percent, compared to last year’s average, one and a half percent loss. A significant part of the...
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Domestic markets are in transition
Date: 2009-09-17 00:03:10
The editors of Event Manager and O | G | H – Open Gates Hungary Ltd. carried out a survey at the beginning of the autumn season, in the areas...
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Community Wine Campaign will start
Date: 2009-09-17 00:01:50
Hungarian Wine Marketing Kht. Launches a nation wide image campaign, in order to promote Hungarian wines in mid-September. The campaign is produced by the Action-NXS advertising company. Its slogan is...
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Great demand for own branded products in the U.S. and New Zealand
Date: 2009-09-17 00:01:00
Recession significantly changed the eating habits of the citizens of New Zealand and U.S.A. More and more people purchase sensible and economical, while fewer and fewer choose to takeaway meals....
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The agricultural sector is in competition handicap
Date: 2009-09-16 00:06:30
According to the study of Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI); The Hungarian agricultural enterprises – especially the small and medium ones – can get loans with an extra 5-8 percent...
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U.S. Retail is in progress
Date: 2009-09-16 00:04:00
The U.S. retail sector sales produced the highest increase of the past three and a half years in August. The total retail sales increased by 2.7 percent instead of the...
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Low point of wheat
Date: 2009-09-16 00:03:05
The price of wheat, has not been so low since April 2007, as it is now. The volume of production was increased by favorable weather conditions in the United States,...
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German economic sentiment is under expectations
Date: 2009-09-16 00:02:00
The German ZEW economic sentiment index increased to 57.7 points in September from the 56.1 points of August. Sixty points were expected. According to ZEW Institute of Economic Research, the...
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More and more people buy online with card
Date: 2009-09-16 00:01:00
Slowly, but the caution of the Hungarian cardholders shopping online, is getting soluble. According to MasterCard's home study, 8 percent of the respondents regularly use card to purchase on the...
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Supermarkets increased market share
Date: 2009-09-15 00:05:59
According to GfK Hungária Market Research Institute supermarkets have continued to increased their market share, over the past nearly one year. Real winners of the the last one year, were...
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Coffee is more popular than chocolate and mineral water
Date: 2009-09-15 00:04:25
According to Nielsen market research company’s latest research, retail coffee sales increased 5 percent compared to the same period the previous year, between the August 2008 and July 2009 period....
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Food prices decreased significantly in a month
Date: 2009-09-15 00:03:10
According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH); the monthly average retail price decreased 0.3 percent in August. Compared to the August 2008, the prices increased by 5 percent. In the...
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Budapest malls handing over ceremonies postponed for next year
Date: 2009-09-15 00:01:20
According to the analysis of GVA Robertson, only one shopping mall will be handed over this year in Budapest. The furter four, will be handed over next year. The decline...
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American consumers became more optimistic
Date: 2009-09-14 00:03:00
The consumer sentiment index of the University of Michigan has improved in September. The middle month index jumped to 70.2 points, after the 65.7 points, measured at the end of...
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Frozen vegetables are better
Date: 2009-09-14 00:02:10
According to a new research; one can save more money and even live healthier, during the winter months, if eating frozen vegetables rather than choose from the frozen import goods....
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Grape harvest on Tokaj-Hegyalja
Date: 2009-09-14 00:01:30
The grape harvest on Tokaj-Hegyalja has been started with the harvest of the muscat grape, which is the earliest exposure grape. On the historic wine region, about 35 thousand tonnes...
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It will be hard to get support from the Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 2009-09-11 00:05:00
Next year state support for agriculture will decrease with 47 billion HUF and rural development will get 5 billion HUF less. All sources supplemented with EU aid will be less:...
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The premium meat products represents the future
Date: 2009-09-11 00:04:00
Most of the Hungarian meat processing companies are almost in a hopeless position: the crisis has been further aggravated the condition of the already struggling under-resourced sector. The companies receive...
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Only drinks became more expensive
Date: 2009-09-11 00:02:55
According to Privátbankár.hu’s food basket prices have been decreasing for the third month, but drinks are getting more expensive. The September Privátbankár food basket survey shows, that prices were 0.2...
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Hungarian geese liver will be again on the shelves
Date: 2009-09-11 00:01:30
Although there is no agreement with the Négy Mancs animal rights organization, at the Hungerit Ltd. of Szentes the cut continues, such as last year, before the scandal. The majority...
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U.S. consumers still do not spend
Date: 2009-09-11 00:01:00
Not much more to reassure the U.S. economy is not in an encouraging postion.The most recent consumer credit datas shows a significant decline. After the 10.3 billion USD fall of...
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Meat can be brought to slaughterhouse without qualification
Date: 2009-09-11 00:00:30
The requisite amendment of the Ministry of Agriculture dismissed smaller slaughterhouses under the obligation of operating, if they obtain the meat from a livestock plant within 50 kilometres and market...
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More than half of the firms gives fringe benefits
Date: 2009-09-10 00:04:55
Publicus Research asked the leaders of 500 domestic companies on the general impacts of the crisis, including the cafeteria and about the future of the fringe benefits after the introduction...
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Dairy producers can only receive help on national level
Date: 2009-09-10 00:03:20
Hungary will take all steps that the EU rules allow, to cure the problems of the dairy sector – said Gráf József Minister of Agriculture after failed to agree on...
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The foreign trade turnover between January and July 2009
Date: 2009-09-10 00:03:20
According to the estimations of the Central Statistical Office; Hungary’s export reached 1388 million HUF, while imports reached 1242 billion HUF. Calculated in euro, exports decresed 18, imports by 32...
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