Market News
Consumer confidence on the increase, moderate optimism
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
We have experienced an unparalleled economic crisis and the consequences have been difficult to predict. The Consumer Confidence Index makes it possible to forecast probable trends. FMCG retail data in...
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(HU) A HÓNAP TÁBLÁZATA – Top 10 élelmiszer a régiókban
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
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Packaged demands
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Household packaging material sales grew in value and stagnated in terms of volume, compared to last year. The food packaging and baking paper segments both grew by two-digit numbers. As...
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Foreign markets – Spain: Supermarkets dominate, discounts gaining ground
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Out of 100 Spanish households, 58 spend the most money on food, household chemicals and cosmetics in supermarkets. For the Spanish, the most important in choosing a shop is a...
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Most popular segments became more expensive by 7-11 percent in one year
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to Nielsen, retail sales of coffee was up by 5 percent in value, surpassing an annual HUF 50 billion in August 2008-July 2009, compared to the same period in...
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Cosmetics market prepares for Christmas
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
In value, the market holds its position. In personal body care, shower gels and deodorants are the two biggest sub-categories where special products, innovations and promotions push category sales forward....
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Private labels: two-digit growth
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, private label food product sales were up by 14 percent in the first half of the year, while household chemicals and cosmetics improved by...
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Modern and exclusive messages from coffee brands
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Private labels are attacking on the coffee market too, but they are successful mainly in the instant segment where functionality prevails over the formality of drinking a good ground-roasted espresso....
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Mothers mobilised via the Internet
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Despite the recession, the baby category is solid in terms of both value and volume, since major indicators hardly changed compared to previous years. Creams, wet wipes and private labels...
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The business potential of co-operation
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Communicating restrictive measures to employees in the way management wants these to be interpreted is a major problem all over the world. It was a mystery for the top management...
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Coffee accessories going natural
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to Rita Habuda-Salyámosy, the managing director of Maresi Foodboker Kft., coffee whiteners are only used by a part of coffee drinkers. The share of discounts and private labels rose...
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Consumers look for more economical sources of energy
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
A modest restructuring is taking place on the battery market, alkaline and Zinc coal batteries play the leading roles. Private labels’ expansion and novelties push the category forward. We find...
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Network research answers the following questions of leaders
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Which colleagues should I select to be members of a winning team? • How can new colleagues be made part of the team more easily – so that they would...
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Sales growth of instant 3in1 coffees drawn to a halt
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Despite that most Hungarian consumers buy ground roasted coffee, the segment continues to show a negative trend. According to data by GfK’s ConsumerScan, ground roasted coffee sales were down by...
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Wages are stagnating
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
At enterprises with a minimum of five employees and at budgetary institutions, gross average wages improved by 1.3 percent and net average wages increased by 1 percent in the first...
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Using modern technology
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Pannon Kávé Kft. rents out and operates coffee making machines and beverage vending machines. Managing director László Lőrincz says that the crisis caused a setback in both the Horeca and...
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Decreasing production, subdued prices
Date: 2009-09-27 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 shrinking consumption directly affects the processing industry and...
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Price/value ratio plays the leading role on the fondant candy market
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
This year’s fondant candy season may bring significant price increase. Both base material and energy prices increased, affecting branded products and private labels alike. Volume sales are practically guaranteed to...
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Dwindling pessimism
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to predictions by GKI, made in cooperation with Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy’s performance probably reached its nadir this summer. External balance is radically improving, while internal balance meets...
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We bought more fondant candy in 2008
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, in October 2008-January 2009, Hungarian households bought more fondant candy than a year before; the increase was 4 percent in terms of volume (meaning that...
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Supermarkets recuperate in the first six months
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
A report by GfK Hungária on retail in Hungary in the first half of the year reveals that households bought significantly less in volume. The supermarket channel expanded healthily, it...
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Customers are looking for actions and visiting shops rarely
Date: 2009-09-25 00:04:01
According to Nielsen market research company; consumers are visiting shops rarely; more and more people are looking for cheaper goods and discount shopping opportunities. The growth of the popularity of...
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London and New York in the lead, Budapest is the 74th in the ranking of business centers
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:55
London and New York remain the most competitive business centers of the world. The score of Budapest has improved, but its ranking became worse, due to the improvement of the...
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FAO: in the next 40 years, 70 percent more food will be need
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:30
According to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Seventy percent more food should be produced worldwide, until 2050. The FAO expects that the global population is expected to grow...
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The first “Pannon Wheat Quality” certificate was handed over
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:00
The “Pannonian wheat” trade mark was established in July, by the National Association of Cereal Producers (GOSZ), to indicate the extra quality wheat. The first certificate was given to the...
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Stock orders in the euro area are over expectations
Date: 2009-09-25 00:02:00
According to the report of Eurostat, the new industrial orders of the euro zone increased in July, surpassing expectations, that shows a recovery in activity and the easing of recession....
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The situation of dairy producers has improved a bit
Date: 2009-09-25 00:01:40
According to the latest report of Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI); In August, for the first time this year, even if a very small extent, but the domestic milk prices...
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Christmas shopping already started
Date: 2009-09-25 00:01:05
It is just the end of the summer, but chains are preparing for Christmas, due to the economic crisis and under the pressure of the changing consumer habits. The latest...
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GKI economic forecast for 2009-2010
Date: 2009-09-24 00:04:58
According to the summer data of GKI Economic Research company, the greatest economic crisis of the last 70 years has ended. However, the magnitude and the sustainability of improvement are...
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Retail declines from every point of views
Date: 2009-09-24 00:03:30
In July, the retail sales fell by 2.2 percent compared to June. Compared to July 2008, by 6.6 percent. In the first seven months of 2009 a 3.7 percent decrease...
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