Market News

Shared fears, gloomy prospects

According to Péter Biczó, director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft, the most important conclusion to be drawn from the past 12 months is that uncertainty can be predicted for certain. Banks have...

Read more

Agricultural prices continue to rise

The supply prices of agricultural products was up by 21.6 percent in June 2008, compared to June 2007. The prices of plant product were up by 20.5 percent, while those...

Read more

List of forbidden practices

In the first days of September, officers of various authorities were probably the only people aware of the tasks and obligations imposed upon retailers and manufacturers by the new rules...

Read more

Change in trend

According to MasterCard, a change has taken place in the trend seen since the introduction of bank cards in 1995, as 2007 was the first year when card holders used...

Read more

Romania: booming hyper markets and brand loyalty

According to Nielsen findings, the primary consideration for the average Romanian consumer in choosing a store is ease of access. Finding everything in a single store ranks only third among...

Read more

(HU) Egyre több a JÓFEJ

...

Read more

The onion farmers aren't satisfied

It was an excellent harvest, so the price is the half of the last years suppliers summe, only HUF 20-25. This rainy summer made bounteous harvest in Hungary, 20-25% more...

Read more

Hungarians love pralines

According to Nielsen research the sales of praline grow by 16% in value and by 13% in volume.  The biggest segment is the non-alcoholic praline with 50% in sold volume....

Read more

(HU) Akkor fizetünk, ha nagyon muszáj

...

Read more

In H1 we are spending more than HUF 50,000 on clothes

According to GfK Hungária Consumer Scope datas in first half of 2008 more families bought clothes, shoes and acsessories as a year before. Between January and June the Hungarian households...

Read more

The volume of retail decreased

According to calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 1.8% in July, and by 2.2% in the first seven months of 2008 compared to the same period...

Read more

British Families Nearly Ł600 A Year Worse Off

In spite of an average Ł20 weekly increase in earnings, a typical British household had 7.4% less disposable income. A study says that an essential basket of weekly goods, including...

Read more

Conference about the Teen Hungarian customer

It is the first case, that specialist make conference about the consumption of youth under 18, in Hungary. On 1. October marketing sages go to the Magyar Telekom headquater.  Teen...

Read more

Growing demand on instant 3 in 1 coffee

According to Nielsen research comapany, the coffee consumption grow in value by 8% between August 2007 and July 2008. The total sales was HUF 46 billion.  Coffe is one of...

Read more

EU seeks to boost food import controls

The aim is to “protect consumers, harmonise control methods and rules and also make sure that products entering Europe respect the same norms that we put on our producers. "We...

Read more

54,000 children sick because of tainted milk

Milk powder laced with the industrial chemical melamine has led to nearly 13,000 Chinese infants being admitted to hospital, 104 in a serious condition with kidney stones and agonizing complications....

Read more

Celebs help Children Food Service Foundation

On frame of„ Eating well week” several Hungarian celebs – from primadonna Marika Oszvald, to DJ Tibor Dévenyi – work in 9 restaurants in the capital. The partizipant pubs and...

Read more

Big Brother's cafe watches you eat

$4.5 million Restaurant of the Future is run by scientists of Wageningen University and Research Center, working with Sodexo, an international catering firm, and the Noldus software company, to answer...

Read more

Motor Trades Rose Retail Sales in Ireland

In July Retail sales volumes rose by 2.3% month-on-month (m/m) in July, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).  This marked the first increase in retail...

Read more

France to impose a 'picnic tax' on plastic

France is to impose a “picnic tax” on plastic cutlery and plates as part of a drive to cut down on waste, but the unlikely levy has stuck in the...

Read more

Price increase at poultry and milk was over average

In July 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 12.3% higher than in July 2007. More specifically, the price level of crops and horticultural products increased by 8.1%...

Read more

The domestic sales of manufacturing grew slightly

According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office in July 2008 the industrial gross output increased by 0.6% compared to July 2007, the index adjusted by working days declined by 1.8%.  The...

Read more
Oldal