Market News
Europe's largest mall opened in Istanbul
Date: 2009-11-20 00:00:32
The Forum Istambul is waiting its customers with a 175 thousand square meters purchasing area. This is more than four-fold of Westend City Center’s, base area. Five thousand new permanent...
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Quality Santa Sweets
Date: 2009-11-19 00:05:12
According to the Hungarian Confectionery Association; last year 943 tons of sweetness was taken into the boots of the children and the loved ones. This volume is the best ever...
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Hungarians eating fish mainly at Easter and Christmas
Date: 2009-11-19 00:04:29
The Hungarians are seasonally fish consumers. Fourty percent come onto plate around Christmas and Easter. Hungarians like carp the most. Although the per capital amount of fish consumption increases by...
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Fewer employees are working for less real wages
Date: 2009-11-19 00:04:12
The gross average earnings in the first nine months of 2009 decreased by 1.2, the net average earnings were 1.8 percent, higher than in the previous year. The real wages...
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The crisis affects beer consumption also
Date: 2009-11-18 00:04:12
According to the survey of the Nielsen market research company; The Hungarian beer market decreased by six-seven percent in the last year. The Seven billion HUF fall is not new,...
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Food can be more expensive
Date: 2009-11-18 00:03:51
In short terms food prices can remain high because of the very delicate balance between supply and demand – claim international experts. Many say, it can cause a food crisis....
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New Gastro-lifestyle magazine on the market
Date: 2009-11-18 00:00:32
The unique taste and culinary-lifestyle magazine is entitled; ”Ízek és Érzések – Tastes and Emotions.” Beside the recipes using natural ingredients and seasonal foods, lot of useful and informative, articles...
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Christmas spendings are increasing in the eastern part of Europe
Date: 2009-11-16 00:04:57
According to the Christmas survey of Deloitte consulting firm; the Europeans are expected to reduce spendings in the middle of the crisis for Christmas and prefer useful, durable, less expensive...
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Hungarian GDP continue to fall in the third quarter
Date: 2009-11-16 00:04:28
The European Union's economy has started to grow in the third quarter of 2009, but Hungary is still ongoing to decrease, and several other countries in the region are in...
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Wine is still a good long-term investment
Date: 2009-11-16 00:03:12
On the wine market, the signs of prosperity continues to appear, especially with the rising demands of the Asian markets. Since January, prices have increased by 14-18 percent, only in...
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Goods shortages due to the shy merchants
Date: 2009-11-16 00:00:15
A lot of products ran out of stock in the U.S. stores, because the merchants despite the Christmas season are too shy to order large stocks, because of the crisis....
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The Consumer Confidence Index improved by 6 points in Hungary
Date: 2009-11-13 00:09:59
The Consumer Confidence Index improved by 6 points to 58 points in October compared to April. Thus the indicator but is still far from the pre-crisis level. The improvement is...
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The promoting of the quality Pálinka consumption continues
Date: 2009-11-13 00:09:54
The campaign aims to change general consumer attitudes to one of the most important Hungarikum, the Pálinka. The project developer the Agricultural Center (AMC), promotes conscious consumption. Everyone can find...
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Decline in agricultural prices
Date: 2009-11-13 00:08:21
According to the Central Statistical Office’s report the decrease of the agricultural prices continues. The prices are close to the low point of the decade. Az agrártermékek termelőiár-szintje 2009 szeptemberében...
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The cafeteria will stay, benefit will be reduced
Date: 2009-11-13 00:06:22
According to the survey of Sodexo Pass; two-thirds of the firms plan with the same cafeteria budget, for next year as this year. This means a one fifth reduction in...
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The inflation data is better-than-expected
Date: 2009-11-12 00:09:27
According to the Central Statistical Office; the consumer prices increased by 4.7 percent in October compared to last year and remained unchanged compared to September. Analysts expected a 4.9 percent...
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A hundred billion was spent on web purchases
Date: 2009-11-12 00:06:21
Although barely one percent of the annual domestic trade revenue comes from web, this amount is still close to100 billion forints. In 2009 Bookline became the Best Internet Trader.The quarter...
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This year's new wines are promising
Date: 2009-11-12 00:05:47
Autumn harvest’s first wines can be tasted from the beginning of November. Expectations very high among the professionals. This summer was good for grapes, the experiences of the new wine...
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Low goose prices in Germany
Date: 2009-11-12 00:04:19
Goose breeders who are exporting mainly to the German Market are in a difficult situation. Due to the previous animal rights campaign, and the dramatically falling prices. According to the...
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Sense and sensitivity in the call centers
Date: 2009-11-12 00:02:01
Due to legal obligations the telephone customer service operators have to record the dialogue, and store it for five years. With the usage of an analysis software the companies can...
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Fall in the price of pork
Date: 2009-11-11 00:07:12
The purchase price of pork decreased drastically within a few weeks by 15-16 percent – said the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture. The decrease occurred, despite the fact that the number...
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There is still no trend change in domestic tourism
Date: 2009-11-11 00:06:02
According to the Central Statistical Office; between January and September 2009, the number of foreign and domestic guests decreased by 11 and 6 percent, compared to the same period the...
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The business sentiment has improved the most in Hungary in the region
Date: 2009-11-11 00:05:28
According to the analysis of Thomson Reuters and the Austrian OeKB (Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG); the business sentiment has improved the most in Hungary and in Poland, in the Central and...
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1500 billion in the pocket of shoplifters
Date: 2009-11-11 00:00:15
According to the statistics, the total value of products stolen by shoplifters increased by 20 percent, over a year. Moreover, amateur middle-classed thiefs increasingly committed thefts. The British Center for...
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The usual Christmas rush may be omitted
Date: 2009-11-10 00:07:35
Less and less expensive – That is what traders expect for the holiday season. Although the season warm-up ads build on the customer rush of the past years, traders believe...
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Gift spirit decreased
Date: 2009-11-10 00:07:21
According to Promo Direct Market Research’s national survey, fourty-four percent of the companies do not know exactly how much they spend on gifts. Due to the crisis, gift spirit decreased...
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Thirty companies joined the Good CSR program
Date: 2009-11-10 00:05:12
Thirty companies joined the Hungarian initiative and in 2009 became international corporate responsibility program this year. Due to the enlargement; beside the Hungarian companies, two Polish and six Romanian companies...
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The first E-Mail Marketing Report has finished
Date: 2009-11-10 00:03:21
According to the E-Mail Marketing Report of the KutatóCentrum; Ninety percent of the active Internet users read the interesting subjected advertising messages. However personal invocation, does not always show an...
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Closed cooling desks and energy-saving bulbs
Date: 2009-11-10 00:00:46
The British government is planning Decisive steps in the economical in order to operate the retail chains more economically. Food prices also can be reduced with the new rules. According...
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Revenue of 250 thousand euros at the mushroom auction
Date: 2009-11-10 00:00:15
A 750 white truffle has been bought at an auction for 100 thousand euros (27 million HUF) held in Grinzane Cavour, Nortern Italy. A total of 11 Italian white truffle...
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