Market News
Hans-Georg Häusel: Brain Script (Why do customers buy?)
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
What is the actual driving force behind customers or consumers? Why do they buy? What can we do to make them buy more? This book by Häusel Brain Script is...
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Deodorant market expanding both in terms of quantity and value
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to Nielsen data, sales of deodorants grew by 10 per cent in terms of quantity in the March 2007–February 2008 period, while overall revenues grew by 9 per cent,...
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Food industry gathering momentum
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Domestic industrial prices were up by 0.5 per cent in February 2008, compared to January and 10.6 per cent higher than in February 2007. Average price in the food, beverages...
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Trapped by distribution costs
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
An entire business sector has been built around telling us what the best solution is. The usual solution to the problem of cutting costs is employing subcontractors. What can those...
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Rigour, with exact regulations
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Soon, retailers and manufacturers might be fined billions instead of millions, when found to be in breach of food safety regulations. They believe that the proposed fines are excessive. Hungary’s...
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Year of sport benefiting men’s deodorants mainly
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to experts, an expansion is practically guaranteed to take place in the market of deodorants in future years. Nielsen data seems to support this prediction. Though women’s products account...
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Deficit in cattle and poultry in the EU
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) monitors the global trend sin the market of meat and poultry. Data from the Market and Price Information System of KSH and AKI can be...
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How do we choose? The optimal light commercial vehicle
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Buying a light commercial vehicle is unlike buying a car. We are not only buying a vehicle, we are buying a package, which should offer the best possible solution for...
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Insolvency continues to spread
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The number of companies becoming insolvent grew by 21 per cent in the first quarter of the year, compared to 2007. Construction and commerce remain the riskiest industries. According to...
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Stabilisation among women’s hygiene products
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores, but hyper markets also hold a substantial market share. According to Nielsen data, the market share of drugstores expanded by...
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Worse rating for Hungary
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, both the internal and external balance is expected to show significant improvement in 2008. A significant reduction in the...
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Toiletpaper, a typical routine category
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
On of the most common routine paper products is toilet paper. One of the things we only tend to notice, when we run out of it. It is much the...
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VOSZ on tour
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The “Let them hear our voice” series of regional events has been launched by VOSZ for the third time this year....
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Women’s hygiene increasingly confidential category
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
While demand for panty liners and tampons is increasing, the market share of hygienic liners is shrinking. The proportion of scented products is also rising. Brand loyalty is still strong...
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More foreigners in Budapest
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a KSH report, the number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation increased by 2.7 per cent in January-February 2008, compared to the same period in 2007,...
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Where even kings go on foot
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Regardless what we call them, visiting toilets is part of our everyday lives. An exhibition about the history of toilets was held by Zewa between 26. September and 21. October...
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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The new law would allow supermarkets of up to 1000sqm to open anywhere they wanted. Until now, petits commerçants – or small shop owners – have been protected by a...
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Tesco Starts Trial Of Carbon Footprint Labels
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The retailer is piloting carbon labelling across 20 of its own label products. There isn't consensus about every piece of data among the specialists. Tesco will telling customers about the...
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Enterpreneurs' Forum in Debrecenben
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The National Association of Enterpreneurs and Employers organises forums between the enterpreneurs and authorities since three years all over Hungary. Laszlo Perlusz spoke about organisation's yearly program, which focuses on...
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Fake Clothes in Value HUF 42 million was found
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The solders of Hungarian Costum and Finance Guard controlled two Bulgarian camions. The first camion cames from Turkey and according to logistic information it delivered clothes. Trough the control the...
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Hungarian retail trade turnover dropped
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Retail trade turnover at constant prices decreased by 2.5% in February, and by 2.7% in the first two months of 2008 compared to the level measured one year before according...
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Rent a car – better business as to buy
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
The rent a car market is 3-3.5 times so big in Austria as in Hungary, altough there live only 7 million people. Fox Autorent Kft. offers cars with almost 0...
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Fake olive oil in Italy
Date: 2008-04-23 00:00:00
The Hungarian authorities dosn't have any information about Hungarian sell of this oil. The fake oil looked like extra virgin olive oil. It even tasted and smelt like extra virgin...
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(HU) Éves szinten 9,5 százalékos élelmiszer áremelés várható
Date: 2008-04-23 00:00:00
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Hypermarkets sell the most praline
Date: 2008-04-15 00:00:00
The Hungarian chocolate market grow in volume by 11% in value by 16% last year. Total sales was almost HUF 60 billion. According to Nielsen Research more than 30,000 tons...
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GKI sentiment index fall
Date: 2008-04-14 00:00:00
The confidence index of trade dropped notably in January 2008, but it has been increasing since February. In March the projection of sales and the expectations on future orders improved,...
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One year 34% price increase at Hungarian agriculture products
Date: 2008-04-14 00:00:00
The price level of crops and horticultural products was 46.9% higher, while that of animals and animal products increased by 17.6%. between February 2007-2008. In January–February 2008 the average price...
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