Market News
Germany under negative watch by Coface
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
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...
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No rice absence to wait
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Vietnam could export more than 5 million tonnes of rice in 2009, up at least 6.4 percent from last year, a state-run newspaper said. In 2008 Vietnam exported 4.72 million...
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Extrem big Christmas Shopping
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
December retail sales in Hungary may exceed HUF 900 million, the biggest collective Christmas spending spree for the nation ever. According to National Retail Association Secretary György Vámos this year...
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Year of liquidations comes?
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
Last year 11,504 firms were liquidated, only in the last quarter more than 3,400. According to Opten Informatic Ltd. the year 2009 will be worse, because the Hungarian SMEs has...
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Tender for protecting innovation
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
This special source could pay 45% of the total cost of technology developments. The summ is non-refundable. The aim of the construction is to protect the innovation operation of the...
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Earnings at U.S. retailers will fall 20 percent in 2009
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
The International Council of Shopping Centers in New York predicts 73,000 U.S. stores may shut in the first half of 2009 after what may have been the worst holiday-shopping season...
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Global manufacturing PMI fell to new low
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
The PMI for Eurozone manufacturing sector fell to 33.9 in December from 35.6 in November. The current reading was the lowest since 1998, when the survey started. The Purchasing Managers...
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NO Sunday shopping in Croatia
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
Retailers complain the new law will adversely affect the economy, forcing layoff and shop closings. They want a repealing of the new law. The law was passed Dec 30 after...
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Goverment doubled the state support by Széchenyi Card
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The states supported credit facility provides micro-, small- and medium enterprises. In 2002 VOSZ (National Organization of Entrepreneurs and Employers ) and MKIK (Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry )...
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Russian retailers are cautious about new store openings
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The most chain is thinking in smaller shops againt big hypermarkets. Leading Russian retail chains have become more cautious about opening new stores and many companies have abandoned high-cost projects....
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Hungarian consumer confidence plummets
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The quarterly Hungarian consumer confidence index slid 22.7 percentage points to 70.9 percent in the fourth quarter, Ecostat told. The index was nevertheless above 66.5 percent recorded in the third...
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Hungarian food export decreased
Date: 2008-12-30 00:00:00
In October 2008, both the export and import volumes decreased by 7 and 6 percent In the first ten months of this year exports increased by 6 percent and imports...
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Men experience less cons
Date: 2008-12-30 00:00:00
According to market researcher Tarki, every 4th Hungarians must to suffer some trumpery in the last three years. Researcher said men went trough less humbug as women. Women have more...
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Less Champagne sold
Date: 2008-12-29 00:00:00
The credit crunch has taken the fizz out of champagne sales which have shown their first major fall for two decades. The latest figures from France's champagne wine board, the...
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Melamine tainted biscuits from China
Date: 2008-12-29 00:00:00
More than 1,500 boxes of Chinese biscuits exported to Hong Kong and Singapore have tested positive for melamine as suspects in the protracted tainted-food scandal go on trial in China,...
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(HU) Akciózással harcolnak a csőd ellen az angol kiskereskedők
Date: 2008-12-23 00:00:00
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Decreasing retail sales in October
Date: 2008-12-22 00:00:00
According to calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 1.4% in October, and by 1.9% in the first ten months of 2008 compared to the same period...
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(HU) A harmadik, kevésbé vonzó alternatíva döntésre inspirálja a habozókat
Date: 2008-12-22 00:00:00
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Consumers Prefer Large, Economy Sizes
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
In today's struggling economy, more than half (58 percent) of U.S. consumers are “very concerned” about rising food prices. As consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers employ options to...
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Campaign for the Hungarian Palinka
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
Since autumn we can see billboards of Agricultural Marketing Center on the streets, on wich the organisation propagates the civilized palinka drinking. The Hungarian palinka is a national treasure. It...
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UK Retail Sales Post Unexpected Rise
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
Latest data on retail sales from the Office for National Statistics show that retail sales volume in the three months September to November rose by a better-than-expected 0.5% compared with...
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Second Hand Shopping going to be fashionable in US
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
According to Reuters, the sales in second hand shops jump spectacular. Americans buy more and more second hand clothes, toys, eletrical equipments and jewelery. Goodwill Industries International, which operates more...
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German Business Confidence Hits Record Low
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
The Ifo index, a widely-followed gauge of German business sentiment, dropped to a record low in December, underscoring prospects for a deepening recession in the euro-zone's largest economy. The Ifo...
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Research about Hungarian Agriculture
Date: 2008-12-18 00:00:00
The problem of the domestic agriculture and food industry are first of all horizontal, they came from the Hungarian economy. The survey, was made by Agriculture Research Institute, was showed...
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