Market News

No agreement about the food codex

The commitee, co-ordinated by Ministry of Agriculture reassemble on 26th January.  Members of the commitee are specialist of the ministry, representatives of the farmers, producers and retailers. Some of the...

Read more

Multinational retailers won the biggest at last years Christmas attack

According to marketingcommando.hu, the best Christmas season had those entrepreneurs which have a big number of customers from business sector and in their offer the are more service as products....

Read more

The most Hungarians don't borrow

According to Szonda Ipsos research, made between October – December 2008, Hungarian inhabitans wait for an extending, 18 months long financial and economic crisis.  72% of the Hungarians said they...

Read more

Trade mark for Hungarian pork

The logo could be legal trade mark in 2009, but the introduction needs at least two years and large marketing budget.  According to business daily Napi Gazdaság, first of all...

Read more

New owner will built plaza near to the Hungarian Airport

The former developer of the old russian solder garrison near to Budapest Airport, Airport City Plaza Kft. is since December 2008 under liquidation process. According to business Daily Napi Gazdaság...

Read more

Shifters spend more – but at the competitor

A new, valuable category of consumers called the “Shifters” — shoppers who move their purchases to new retailers — which will open up new windows of opportunity for retailers.  A...

Read more

Last year's inflation in Hungary 6.1%

In December 2008 consumer prices decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous month and rose by 3.5% compared to December 2007 – published the Hungarian Central Statistical Office.  In December...

Read more

The production of food decreased considerably in November

According to national statistic office in November 2008, industrial gross output decreased by 12% compared to November 2007, the index adjusted for working days declined by 9.9%.  The volume of...

Read more

Hungarians drink beer

44% of our citizens never drink alcohol – according to a survey by GfK made in 2008 autumn.  To study the issue, the Wall Street Journal asked market-research firm GfK...

Read more

Capsule coffee spreads

The mashines in value HUF 40-100,000 are mostly bought by firms instead the big and expensive drink automates.  According to a prognosis published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in the next...

Read more

Germans are optimistic

Most Germans say they are optimistic for 2009 as it will affect them personally while being downbeat for the country’s prospects as a whole, a Forsa poll showed.  Due to...

Read more

Places of retail decreased by 5,000

According to Hungarian Central Statistical Office on 30. June 2008 the number of retail places were only 160,000, it is 3% less as a year before.  But the total retail...

Read more

2008 – year of collapsing

Last year the number of non paying firms grow by 14%, in 2008 four percent of all entrepreneurs couldn't acquit – said Coface Hungary in its newest research.  The most...

Read more

Extreme price decrease by cereals

In November 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 22.3% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year. More specifically, the price level of crops and...

Read more

Record fall in US retail sales

Trade over the Christmas and sales season fell 2.7 per cent, far above the 1.2 per cent expected by analysts and, excluding car purchases, dived 3.1 per cent, the worst...

Read more

Wineries from Eger protest against sales on dumping price

According to the Association of Wineries of Eger, the Hungarian retailers often sale Egri Bikavér (most well known red wein from Eger) under cost price.  The directory of association decided...

Read more

People love ads weaking up disere for possession

The most FMCG ads on billboard have average perception, but because of the characteristic image and the popular products this ads have high rates in identification and activation.  Szonda Ipsos...

Read more

HUF 1 billion penalty at Sparkler II. control

In frame of the adjusted monitoring authorities reserved products in value HUF 600 million.  Supervision started on 20. November 2008, till 4. January 2009. inspectors punished in 5400 cases in...

Read more

The end of the recession is unpredictable

In 2009 the decline of GDP in the entire European Union will probably close to 2%, within this the downturn in Germany and consequently in Hungary will be somewhat deeper....

Read more

“The Germans’ desire for beer is continuing to fall

Beside the financial crisis a combination of an ageing population, changing drinking habits among younger people and the smoking ban which hit pubs and bars, had led to the drop...

Read more

Consumers change product and shops to save money

According to Nielsen research last year the price of cooking oil grow by 28%, the increasing was 6% at sour cream and coffee, customers have to pay 2% more for...

Read more

GKI's Consumer-business confidence in new historical low

Industrial companies' assessment of production and order stock worsened. But the evaluation of stocks of their own products improved. Plans for price changes were the same as in November, but...

Read more

Praline and chocolate sales grow in 2008

According to Nielsen last year 7% more food were sold in the retail as a year before.  The total value of 90 categories, researched by Nielsen, was HUF 1300 billion,...

Read more

OKSZ calls the retailers for energy efficient operating

The organisation suggests voluntary steps for saving energy to keep out the closing or limitation of retail spaces.  Hungarian Retail Associciation launch a public appeal for gas saving operating of...

Read more

Retailer are pessimistic, the service sector is no lower

After the bottom recorded during October and November the value of GKI’s economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects dropped again in December.  According to the survey conducted by GKI...

Read more

Daily more millions of milk will be wasted vain

If the dairy firm will not take the fresh milks because of the limitaiton of gas usage, farmers have to throw out million liters of milk. Hungarian Agriculture Chamber ask...

Read more

Gas restrictions was lifted on category II consumers

Restrictions remain in place for “category I” consumers that use more than 2,500 cubic meters per hour.  Hungarian gas transmission company FGSz said it would reintroduce the restrictions on category...

Read more

Price in food industry low by 0.5%

Domestic sales prices of industry decreased by 1.3% in November 2008 compared to the previous month and were 10.8% higher than in November 2007.  Export sales prices of industry measured...

Read more

Hungarians are less happy than the European average

The 51-country Nielsen happiness study, which polled 28,153 respondents online in May 2008, found that globally, women are happier than men in 48 of the surveyed countries.  Hungarians are most...

Read more

Germany under negative watch by Coface

Following in the footsteps of France – under negative watch since October 2008, Germany was the last major Western European country to have the best Coface country rating.  Weakened by...

Read more
Oldal