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Whitening toothpaste is stable in popularity
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Toothpaste volume and value retail sales grew only in hypermarkets and in the 201-400 m²-channel in March 2009-February 2010 – the Nielsen Retail Index informs us. Hypermarkets’ value share reached...

Rapid alerts
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) operates in the member states of the EU. Through this system member states report to the European Commission if human health hazards...

Variations on eco-bottle
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Andrew Kim, an 18-year old designer unveiled a new concept, which uses squared Coca-Cola bottles that can be folded when empty – they become up to two-thirds smaller than when...

The teeth situation
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Hungarian people’s oral hygiene is still below par. Márton Pál, brand builder with Unilever Magyarország Kft. shared some data with us: toothbrush usage is 1/person/year, toothpaste consumption is 3 tubes...

Heartening domestic retail data
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

According to KSH’s report, after a 0.6-percent growth in January, retail turnover in Hungary stagnated in February, but the annual downturn diminished from 5.6 to 4.3 percent. In terms of...

Cheese in chocolate-type multi-block form
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Chunka Cheese’s experts had two things in mind when they created a cheese block design that is similar to a chocolate bloc or bar: convenience and simplicity. Smaller sections of...

Functionality gets a leg up
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The economic recession hit the foot care category hard, buyers were forced to make decisions by looking at the prices only, which resulted in a fallback amongst premium brands. Renáta...

Hungarian pigs cannot cope with competition
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that this year we can expect a global growth...

ChocolateStory
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

These days one of the strongest consumer trends is transparency. US company Original Beans plants a tree after every bar of chocolate they sell. Documents in the packaging indicate the...

Shoe care brands are strong
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The Nielsen Retail Index registered 13 percent lower value sales in shoe care product retail, while volume sales were 20 percent lower in comparison with the previous year. Average price...

Economic policy dilemmas
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy will stagnate in 2010 and a moderate growth is expected only in the second half of...

Most people expect the growth of the Internet
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Hungarian Mediaindex, a survey by Marketing&Media and Ipsos revealed that 83 percent of those asked expect growing advertising revenues on the Internet for the second half of 2010. The heads...

Gloomy Sunday?
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The battle in the past 10 years between retail chains and trade unions about Sunday shopping seems to settle for a draw in Hungary. However, the debate continues on a...

In the developed world growth is already palpable
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

According to an analysis by credit insurance company Coface Hungary, in the first quarter of 2010 companies’ insolvency indicator augmented by 12 percent, compared with the same period in 2009....

Surprising changes in online content consumption
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Data from the gemius/Ipsos Audience online audience measurement system shows that the Internet using habits of certain target groups and the character of consumed content has changed considerably. While the...

Tracked fleets
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Many companies distribute solutions such as vehicle tracking system, satellite fleet management system or GPS fleet tracking. In everyday conversations GPS (Global Positioning System) means a navigation system installed in...

Strengthening Forint, expanding food export
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

According to a preliminary estimate by KSH, our foreign trade surplus was EUR 374 million (HUF 103 billion) in February, up EUR 78 million (HUF 14 billion) from February 2009....

Competing with the neighbours drives the garden product market
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Experts say that the development of people’s gardens depends on how much they earn and on their rivalry with neighbours. From year to year, the garden product market expands by...

PDA and smartphone: about to merge
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The market of PDA devices, which are capable of transmitting data directly from the store via the Internet, has been standing still for quite a while. Neither Microsoft nor Symbian...

Agricultural prices augmented at the beginning of the year
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

KSH’s report informs that the production price index of agricultural products went up by 0.2 percent in February 2010, compared with the same period a year before. This February vegetable...

Germans shoppers buy comfortably in a pleasant environment
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Edeka Group, the market leader in German food retail improved its turnover by 17 percent, compared with the previous year, and its sales revenue surpassed the EUR 39.6 billion threshold...

Behind the scenes
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The crisis generated cost efficiency measures and structural changes, which affected sales teams too. Work has been outsourced at several companies, either completely or in part. According to Ágnes Csiby,...

Increasingly conscious decisions by shoppers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Last year the complete turnover of daily consumer goods bought by Hungarian households remained stable in nominal value, in comparison with 2008. However, in terms of volume turnover lowered –...

A stable yoghurt market with strong manufacturer brands
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Manufacturer brands strengthened their position in yoghurt retail sales: they improved by 1 percentage points in value (reaching an annual HUF 29 billion) and by 3 in volume against private...

Down on your knees or standing up?
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

‘How many of you are convinced that win-win business relationships are good for you?’ 90 percent of people in the room raised their hands. ‘Your minutes are numbered!’ – said...

Television advertising campaigns’ reach can now be measured electronically
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

GfK Panel Services Germany expanded its Web Efficiency Panel service: it now involves monitoring the reach of television advertising campaigns. Panel members were given special mobile phones which are capable...

Yoghurt drinks are coming up
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The yoghurt segment which focuses on health managed to expand despite the crisis, only the medium price segment contracted a bit. Beáta Kiss, external relations director at Danone Kft., is...

Private life made public
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

While shopping, customers can now use their smartphones to compare prices with prices offered by other shops. Shopkick, a recently established California enterprise uses the phones’ location-sensing abilities to send...

‘It is ending precisely now…’ (Part 2)
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

This new, 6-part series by Trade magazin and GfK Hungária Market Research Institute focuses on price trends, pricing policies and consumer expectations in terms of price. Last time we called...

Households spent less on yoghurt last year
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Last year 86 percent of households bought yoghurt – shows ConsumerScan by GfK Hungária. As for fruit yoghurts, 81 percent of consumers bought one flavour or another, so sales remained...

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Market News

Whitening toothpaste is stable in popularity Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Rapid alerts Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Variations on eco-bottle Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

The teeth situation Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Heartening domestic retail data Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Cheese in chocolate-type multi-block form Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Functionality gets a leg up Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Hungarian pigs cannot cope with competition Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

ChocolateStory Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Shoe care brands are strong Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Economic policy dilemmas Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Most people expect the growth of the Internet Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Gloomy Sunday? Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

In the developed world growth is already palpable Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Surprising changes in online content consumption Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Tracked fleets Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Strengthening Forint, expanding food export Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Competing with the neighbours drives the garden product market Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

PDA and smartphone: about to merge Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Agricultural prices augmented at the beginning of the year Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Germans shoppers buy comfortably in a pleasant environment Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Behind the scenes Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Increasingly conscious decisions by shoppers Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

A stable yoghurt market with strong manufacturer brands Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Down on your knees or standing up? Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Television advertising campaigns’ reach can now be measured electronically Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Yoghurt drinks are coming up Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Private life made public Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

‘It is ending precisely now…’ (Part 2) Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

Households spent less on yoghurt last year Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00

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