Market News
Farm-gate prices rise 35.2% in January
Date: 2008-03-13 00:00:00
According to the Central Statistics Office (KSH) the farm-gate prices rose 35.2% year-on-year in January, as prices for crops jumped 49.9% and livestock prices increased 17.2% in twelve months. Farm-gate...
Read more
97% Of UK Web Users Have Made A Purchase
Date: 2008-03-13 00:00:00
More than 85% of the world's online population, including 97% in the UK, has used the internet to make a purchase, according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey. This...
Read more
Food industry companies are seller in Slovakia
Date: 2008-03-13 00:00:00
Investors are interested in companies producing vegetable and defatted meat products. The private equity group Penta Investment acquired another Slovak meat processing company, PM Zbrojniky, about a year ago is...
Read more
New position at TV2 – Head of producers
Date: 2008-03-12 00:00:00
The chanel wants to strong the position of its own prudeced programs, so they joined the media's drave-devil Attila Arpa. The specialist works under control of program director Bence Gyongyossy,...
Read more
The average increase of prices was 7.0% in the first two months
Date: 2008-03-12 00:00:00
In February 2008 consumer prices rose by 1.1% compared to the previous month, the food prices rose by 0.8%. Price increase was measured in case of edible oil (4.2%),...
Read more
Kopint-Tárki lowers 2008 GDP forecast
Date: 2008-03-12 00:00:00
Economic think-tank Kopint-Tarki has lowered its forecast for Hungary's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2008 from 2.5 percent to 2.2 percent. It raised its inflation projection for 2008 from...
Read more
UK retailers add beverages
Date: 2008-03-12 00:00:00
Two of the largest UK retailers, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are expanding their private label offerings in ales, wines and ciders. Tesco has introduced three ales and four ciders...
Read more
Developing the AsiaCenter for 60 million euros
Date: 2008-03-12 00:00:00
The expandition starts next year, the 70,000 sqm center building will be ready by 2011, until this time 1,000-1,500 new chineese company will starts working in Hungary. The Branded Chineese...
Read more
Discounters have to develope its offer
Date: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
Discounters such as Aldi and Lidl are predicted to take one Euro in every two in Germany by 2012, according to a new report from Verdict Research.The study, Retailing in...
Read more
European retail sales rose in February
Date: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
For the first time in five months gauge of sales growth in the euro region rose to a seasonally adjusted 52.4 from 48.1 in January. That's the fastest growth rate...
Read more
Sales in outside compansated the weak performance of Carrefour in France
Date: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
Operating profit rose 3.4 percent to 3.29 billion euros from 3.18 billion euros a year ago. Sales rose 6.8 percent to 82.15 billion euros.Rising food prices combined with competitive price...
Read more
600 food stores had to close
Date: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
According to Nielsen Research there is a slowly at closing the shops, but there are too much small shops in Hungary, another closure is to wait. Last year 21,430 food...
Read more
Hungarian Superbrands program to start
Date: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
This year the top B2B brands and the brands with good CSR will be awarded too. The Superbrands Comitee started its work last Friday, a jourey with 14 marketing, media...
Read more
One ton eggs were stoled
Date: 2008-03-11 00:00:00
The eggs signed with HU 10B081/3 belong to Farmer cooperation in Szomod. The thief probably want to sell it in Hungary, the police nose about it. ...
Read more
Business confidence improved while consumer confidence stagnated
Date: 2008-03-10 00:00:00
According to to economic think-tank GKI's combined and seasonally adjusted index measured -17.3 percent in February compared to -19.7 in January. Business sentiment improved from -9.7 percent in January to...
Read more
The possibility of two digits growing makes companies heedles
Date: 2008-03-07 00:00:00
Companies cite corruption and political influences as a major risk in trading with emerging economies, according to a new report by Atradius Credit Insurance company. Atradius research 600 companies in...
Read more
Dannon ads Activia with Jamie Lee Curtis in the US
Date: 2008-03-07 00:00:00
The new campaign, via Y&R, features actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who talks about digestive woes, and touts Activia as a solution. Curtis helps the everyday person get comfortable with...
Read more
The Pet Food is the Most Popular Privat Label Product in Hungary
Date: 2008-03-06 00:00:00
Accoring to Nielsen Research datas from 2007 costumers give every fifth forints for privat labeled food. From the whole privat label food products 48% is sold in discounts, the international...
Read more
The surfeit on the workplace is the biggest stress factor
Date: 2008-03-05 00:00:00
According to GfK LHS HealthCare newest research every 8 people of 10 Hungarians are living in stress, most of them try to relax with sport or walking. Only 3% of...
Read more
Because of the Polish Import the Eggs are Cheap in Hungary
Date: 2008-03-05 00:00:00
The domestic farmers can't enforce the higher feed prises and the thriving labour cost.Enough eggs and ham wait the customers in the stores at Easter. Food industry warns costumers, better...
Read more
16.5% More Food Sold in Slovakia
Date: 2008-03-05 00:00:00
The consumer bought more premium products, the sale of biofoods grow.Last year the 10 biggest retail chains had a revenue over SK 100 billion, the food section rose with 16.5%,...
Read more
Consumers like and seeing the digital billboards totally in the US
Date: 2008-03-05 00:00:00
According to a study from Arbitron US, the digital billboards are getting high marks from consumers. The majority of digital billboard viewers found the new signs to be attractive, and...
Read more
Hungary manufacturing PMI fall 6 percentage
Date: 2008-03-04 00:00:00
Following a leap in January, Hungary's purchasing manager index plummeted to 50.6 points in February. The Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management (HALPIM), the publisher of the...
Read more
Acting in concert against forgery can decrease the black economy
Date: 2008-03-04 00:00:00
The new founded organisation's first assigment is to build a concentrated database. The Hungarian Corporation Against Forgery has a HUF 75 million budget for this year, members are six ministries,...
Read more
To Shop via Internet is Trendy
Date: 2008-03-04 00:00:00
According to Szonda Ipsos research 20% of Hungarian internet users buy something via internet in 2007. Every fifth Hungarian adult visit one of the researched auction, on-line and price and...
Read more
Coffee prises on 10 years top
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
Prises must be grow in Hungary too, Sara Lee started to increase in February, Tchibo only in summer. According to ACNielsen last year 26.7 million kilos coffee was sold in...
Read more
From June only from Hungarian Fruits and only in Hungary can make Palinka
Date: 2008-03-03 00:00:00
The Hungarian Parliament talk about Palinka Regulation in March. According to the new laws proceed can be started against who abuses with the Hungaricum's name. The new regulation – starts...
Read more
