Market News
Father's Day Sales Expected to Reach $9.9 Billion in the US
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The NRF 2007 Father's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, found that 76 percent of Americans plan to celebrate Father's Day. Those who plan to celebrate will...
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Credit cards are for getting over difficulties
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
According to a study prepared for MacterCard, Hungarian small to medium enterprises use business credit cards primarily as a source of short term bridge financing. According to clients, no fee...
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Children fond of inventive gifts
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
It is not very difficult to communicate with children, but manufacturers should be aware of the increasingly strict regulations applicable to this activity. Maresi Foodbroker Kft. has several products for...
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New tracks for market research
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Market research is a link between seller and buyer. Sellers who have a better knowledge of their target group than their competitors enjoy an enormous advantage. It is no wonder...
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Success of Hungarian food and wines in Spain
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
A promotion with sampling called “European Weeks” was held in the stores of the retail chain El Corte Inglés, between 10-15 March. The products of 19 Hungarian companies were among...
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Opposite groups drink spirits
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
According to data from the joint database of GfK Hungária and Szonda Ipsos called Product Media Index, less than one out of three Hungarians drink spirits. 6 per cent of...
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Austrian exports soaring after some hard years
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Austrian food producers do not complain about being in a small market. Instead, they successfully look for possibilities to export their goods. Josef Domschitz (45), the officer responsible for competitiveness...
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ECR= efficient consumer response
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
ECR is the abbreviation of. Efficient Consumer Response, while ECR Europe is an organisation composed of manufacturers and retailers, established in 1994. Their aim is to allow players in the...
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Competition in meat prices
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The prices of agricultural products showed a rise of 11,1 per cent in January/March 2007, compared to a year earlier. The prices of vegetables grew by 2,8 per cent, while...
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The way to Hungarian shelves
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Austrian have learned from the flood of imports to their market at the time of their accession to the EU and prepared for a similar flood of exports in 2004....
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„We should be playing to win, not to avoid losing”
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Some noteworthy quotes from Milan: “We, manufacturers and retailers should learn to co-ordinate our collaboration, because we are forced to take risks together, in order to grow.” A. G. Lafley,...
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Eggs will stay expensive
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) monitors and publishes trends in the world market of meat and eggs. Data from KSH and the Market Price Information System of AKI is worth...
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Alcohol-free beverage becoming an international star
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Retail sales of alcohol-free beverages showed the biggest growth in terms of value last year. Total sales exceeded USD 200 billion, according to a global analysis by Nielsen titled „What”s...
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Reduction of interest rates is expected
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
According to a forecast made jointly by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. with Erste Bank, the relatively favourable rate of growth of the first quarter of the year will be maintained for...
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Panorama of drinks before the heat
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
A warmer climate is not the only reason behind the expansion seen in the sales of alcohol-free beverages. More comprehensive brand strategies, deeper knowledge of consumers and innovation also make...
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Food offensive broken
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The total volume of retail trade was practically the same in February 2007, as a year earlier. Revenues generated by retail trade in the first two months of 2007 totalled...
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Market of meat for the grill far from being saturated yet
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The most seasonal meat product category, that of meat for grilling shows constant growth. Within this category, sausages are still the biggest segment, but marinade meat, Vienna sausages and other...
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Food above inflation
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The average rise in consumer prices was 0,5 per cent in April 2007, while price rises totalled 8,8 per cent for the previous year. According to a report by KSH,...
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Hyper markets strong in hair
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Retail sales of shampoos exceeded HUF 10 billion in the March 2006 – February 2007 period. According to the Retail Index of Nielsen, sales expanded by 4 per cent compared...
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Lunch carrying less weight
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
According to a study titled “Eating habits” by GfK Hungária Piackutató Intézet , the significance of daily meals is changing. Dinner is becoming the main meal of the day for...
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Manufacturers’ brands a hair ahead
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Among cosmetics in general, manufacturers’ brands have been quite successful against private labels so far, but among shampoos, they seem to be staging a true counter-attack. The market share of...
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Feeling like travelling again
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation by foreign and domestic guests in the first quarter of the year grew by 6 per cent compared to the...
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One out of two deodorants are still sprays
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The size of the deodorant market has exceeded HUF 12 billion. Retail sales grew by 9 per cent in terms o value in the March 2006–February 2007 period. 40 per...
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How to measure success?
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
As Péter Biczó director of Price Waterhouse Coopers Kft. has pointed it out to us, different figures may be used to describe market success, according to different systems of accounting....
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Fragrance is not all that matters to women
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
While sales of deodorants for women show steady growth from year to year, the same cannot be said about deodorants for men and this is not the only difference. Regarding...
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Croatian retailers resisting
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
As lake Balaton cannot be compared to the Adriatic sea, retail business in Croatia is also hard to compare with the Hungarian retail sector. Hardly any Hungarian products can be...
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Weight Control and Update competing
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
We have taken a close look at the two best known lifestyle programs and the assortment of products sold under the two labels. According to a survey by GfK Hungária...
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Big trader or wholesaler?
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The drastic reduction in the number of retail outlets we had expected a few years ago did not take place. Many retailers are gone, but many new ones have appeared....
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Bio in movement
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Bio products are becoming more popular. Their number is growing not only in market places but stores as well. The proportion of bio products within total Hungarian food consumption is...
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Current figures about our FMCG market
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Retail sales of food grew by 11 per cent in terms of value between April 2006 and March 2007. There was double digit growth in 22 categories, while there was...
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