Market News
V4 commercial ethical code is about to come
Date: 2009-03-30 08:55:34
The Agricultural Chambers of V4-countries agreed to take steps against dishonest merchants jointly, at the V4-conference in Debrecen organized by the Hungarian Agricultural Chamber. The V4 Agricultural Chambers have taken...
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Even 20%-profit increase available with data analysis methods
Date: 2009-03-30 08:46:03
Firms with an outstanding performance use analysis techniques five times more frequently than weaker companies do. Surveys justify that a carefully-planned analysis toolbar and the exploration of deeper contexts...
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'Young Enterproneurs of the Future' were awarded
Date: 2009-03-27 11:59:39
Dreher Brewery submits the talented youngs with all together HUF 6 million and with half year free of charge advises in realisation of entrepreneurship. It was the third time...
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Carrefour opens first store in Bulgaria
Date: 2009-03-26 21:24:28
With a sales area of 8,300 square metres, the store offers over 50,000 SKUs, including 3,500 Carrefour own-branded products. Carrefour opened its first store in Bulgaria on 25 March in...
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Retail of clothes is bipolar
Date: 2009-03-26 16:06:00
Last year an average Hungarian family spent HUF 108,500 for clothes and shoes. Most of them for overclothes. According to FashionScope research by GfK Hungary customers used both pole of...
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Investigation into retail prices
Date: 2009-03-25 05:30:26
A report by EU Parliament's Agriculture Committee calls for a Europe-wide investigation into retail prices, a database of food prices to be set up to allow comparison and a telephone...
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Balance between economic growth and protecting the environment
Date: 2009-03-25 05:18:56
While the environment remains a significant issue for Americans, there has been a shift from broad-based green thinking to more practical green action and a focus on activities that have...
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Auchan's net sales grow by 7.5%
Date: 2009-03-25 03:56:26
French retailer's net sales reached EUR39.5 billion and EBITDA increased by 9.2% to EUR2.26 billion. A good performance was registered in France, posting a 3.1% increase in net sales...
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Sales decreasing under 3%
Date: 2009-03-24 11:16:52
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office's calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 2.8% in January compared to the same period of the previous year. In January...
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The „JÓFEJ-campaign is continuing
Date: 2009-03-24 10:22:34
Campaign inviting to a temperate and guilty automobile driving, it is one of the continental activities, which breweries of Europe started in struggle against ruinous effects of irresponsible consumption of...
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Less people buy OTC products in stores
Date: 2009-03-24 10:08:50
According to Business Superbrands awarded reseracher Szonda Ipsos, 95% of the Hungarian adults lay OTC products in pharmacies. But some of them are also open for other solutions. 90%...
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Hungary’s GDP to contract 4-5% in 2009
Date: 2009-03-24 08:19:22
Economic think tank Kopint-Tárki projects a 3% drop in euro zone exports this year, including a 3.0-3.5% decline in exports to Germany. The think tank Kopint-Tárki expects Hungary’s GDP...
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Signing the Food Codex?
Date: 2009-03-23 22:58:00
According to business daily Világgazdaság the dealers, the adapters and the producers also agree with established variant of the codex. Partners could study the initiative once again after 23 March....
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Scottish doctor urges “fat tax” on chocolate
Date: 2009-03-23 21:36:00
In Scotland, nearly one in four people are obese, and chocolate is a root cause of increasing obesity. "If the British government is serious, they should tax chocolate in the...
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(HU) 2009 első negyedévében tovább csökkent a fogyasztói bizalom
Date: 2009-03-20 15:56:00
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U.S. food groups eye emerging markets
Date: 2009-03-20 13:08:00
The world's largest soup maker, Campbell Soup Co., is focused on China and Russia; processed meat group Hormel Foods Corp is looking to China, and Sara Lee Corp is eyeing...
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Food price equalised
Date: 2009-03-18 10:23:00
In January 2009 the producer price level of agricultural products was 28.2% lower than in the previous year. The price level of crops and horticultural products decreased by 38.6%, while...
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Extreme fall in industry output
Date: 2009-03-17 10:18:00
In January 2009, industrial gross output decreased by 22.9% compared to January 2008. The index adjusted for working days declined by 21%. The industrial export sales declined by 29.2%...
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Decreasing consumer trust
Date: 2009-03-16 12:18:23
The sales of FMCG products will fall in West-Europe, the growing inflation and the pressure of budget cutting influences all of the supply chain. In frame of ’Economic Current’ research...
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Euro zone Jan retail sales dip
Date: 2009-03-16 11:16:51
Euro zone retail sales fell more than expected year-on-year in January and were revised down sharply for December in another sign of continued economic recession. The European Union statistics office,...
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The concentration is faster, 1,400 less shops
Date: 2009-03-13 07:05:08
According to Nielsen researches in 20008 December the number of food shops was 19,935, opposite to 2007's year's end result, 21,339 units. Mainly the number of shops under 50...
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Hungarian bougth less consumer durables
Date: 2009-03-13 06:21:22
After a balking year's end in 2007, the trend was unchanged in 2008, the total sales in volume and value was under the previous year's results. According to GfK...
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