Market News
30–40 age group drinking fruit juice
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of Gfk Hungária, the market expansion of fruit nectars and juices with 100 per cent fruit content came to a halt in 2007. The...
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Instore: the moment of truth
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Cheapness is till the key consideration regarding instore tools, but at least cardboard displays are becoming increasingly attractive. Companies specialising in instore communication are confident however, that western solutions will...
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Canned beer increasingly popular
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Retail sales of beer continued to grow last year, with a 6 per cent increase in terms of quantity and 10 per cent in terms of value. Demand for canned...
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Fighting instore theft
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
There is no such thing as perfect security. Store owners can do no more than to make life as difficult for thieves as possible. Expensive products can be fitted with...
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Constant change
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
The cliché that change is the only thing that is constant is especially true for the food retail sector. The appearance of Aldi will definitely have a serious impact on...
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Magnetic beer brands in hyper markets
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
Since beer sales grew last year, even though it was a difficult year for everybody, optimism regarding 2008 seems to be justified. As a result of new strategies, hyper markets...
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What really matters is inside
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
When we see that the interior of a supermarket that we regularly visit has been completely redesigned, we usually feel that it takes us longer to find the products we...
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Lessen the mirelit brick
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
There is a shortage of some vegetables a result of last year’s drought. When stocks run out, we will have to wait until the season arrives. Refrigerating enterprises have only...
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Date Swedes and drink beer with Romanians!
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
A survey has been prepared about European beer culture by the market researchers Added Value for SABMiller. 7,500 consumers have been interviewed in 15 European countries for the survey. There...
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Food still fuelling inflation
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
In February 2008, average consumer prices were 1.1 per cent up compared to January and 6.9 per cent higher than in the same month of 2007. Food prices were up...
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Ban on smoking?
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to Ágnes Horváth, minister of health, her ministry will submit the bill for the amendment of the law on the protection of non-smokers to parliament by the end of...
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Less households buying private labels
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of Gfk Hungária, beer consumption rose last year both in terms of value and quantity. Sales were up by 5,6 per cent in terms...
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Barbecue season to start early
Date: 2008-03-28 08:00:00
The Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) monitors trends in the world markets of meat and poultry. Data from the Market and Price Information System of KSH and AKI can be...
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Slowly improve of the internal and external balances of Hungary
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
By the end of the year the economy will be out of the slump it slipped into last year. Inflation, however, will start to decline more substantially only around the...
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Toxic mozzarella from Naples
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Italy's buffalo mozzarella industry was in crisis yesterday as a third of producers faced closure amid fears that their cheese had been contaminated with cancer-causing substances. Several batches of...
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Increasing business confidence in Germany and France
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
Europe economy is running, the unemployment is in 25 year low and no crisis to see at properity sector. The euro rose against the dollar, reversing an earlier decline,...
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Campagne for Eating Hungarian Poultry
Date: 2008-03-28 00:00:00
The Hungarian Poultry Product Broad propagate buying poultry growing up in Hungary. In part of the intagrated communications campagne a conference is organised. The board hopes that people will protecting...
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Regional tenfold difference between the yearly budget in the region
Date: 2008-03-27 00:00:00
Austrian has the most money, Ukrainian the less. 42% of the cost is given for food in the now growing countries, in Hungary this share moved from 29 to 23%...
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Tobacco products from under the counter
Date: 2008-03-26 00:00:00
Retailers could be forced to take cigarettes off display, under government plans to crack-down on smoking in UK. Shopkeepers could be made to sell tobacco products from under the counter...
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Retail Market Continues Rapid Growth in Russia
Date: 2008-03-26 00:00:00
The retail trade grew 17% to US$40bn in February this year compared to the same month a year earlier, according to figures from the Federal State Statistics Service. Retail trade...
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100 millió eurós beruházást tervez Törökországban a Metro
Date: 2008-03-26 00:00:00
Company plans to open 10 new stores this year Metro CEO Eckhard Cordes said. Metro will open 6 consumer electronics MediaMarkt stores, 2 retailer Real stores, and another 2 retailer...
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The Russian X5 Retail To Acquire Kama Retail
Date: 2008-03-26 00:00:00
The X5 Retail Group has announced a deal buy Kama Retail Co, a Pyaterochka franchisee in the Perm region, for about US$18m including debt. The rapidly expanding russian food retailer...
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Smart shopping trolley with dietetic advices
Date: 2008-03-26 00:00:00
Microsoft is helping design the ultimate shopping trolley: a cart that will guide you round the store, suggest recipes…and tell you if you're sticking to your diet. Developed by...
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Compact washing powder's price increased 20%
Date: 2008-03-25 00:00:00
According to Nielsen Research the last year the sales of detergents grow with 10% , it was over HUF 37 billion. There was a 2% decrease in quantity. Detergent is...
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In spite of higher prise the beer in can is more popular
Date: 2008-03-25 00:00:00
The sales of beer increased in volume with 6% , in value with 10% – according to Nielsen Research. The non-alcoholic segment stagneted at 3-4%, since two years. The most...
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Younger people are more fexible by changing city or country
Date: 2008-03-25 00:00:00
Kelly Services made an international workplace survey of 115,000 people in 33 countries, from Hungary 4400 people answered the questions. The research also queried how far workers would travel for...
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The volume of retail sales adjusted for calendar effects decreased by 3.0% in January
Date: 2008-03-25 00:00:00
In January 2008, the domestic retail turnover (including catalog retailing) was 416 billion HUF. In January 2008, specialized and non-specialized food, beverages and tobacco retail sales declined again; sales volumes...
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Young people shopping not purposeful
Date: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
70% of Hungarian consumer don't know too much about consumer protection rights, most of them know almost nothing about indemnity and warrant. According to kirakat.hu's and Szonda Ipsos's research the...
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Eggs are 25% more expensive as last year
Date: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Eggs on tray cost each HUF 26-28, in boksz HUF 32. According to the Hungarian Poultry Product Board Hungarians buy 100 million eggs near the Eastern. The eggs' sale duplicat...
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The self service photo corner is a good business
Date: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Dailly 1500-2000 pictures are printed by each mashines standing in Saturn stores. The photo kiosk are served by HP, the electronic stores bought them for HUF one million and the...
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