Market News
Awards for the most attractive shop fronts on Budapest boulevard
Date: 2008-10-08 00:00:00
The jurey found the store window of Calliope fashion, the Kiwi Sun and Katti Zoób's salon the most spectacular. At the first Boulevard store window compatition the specialist spyed 800...
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Consumers like brands sponsoring good causes
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
According to Cone Communication's research 4/5 of the people prefers to buy brands which protecting good causes, but the most important is the price and the quality. The 'good cause'...
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The domestic enterprises leave too much on their subjective value judgement
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
The most Hungarian companies associate based on personal connections or previous experience – is lying in latest assaying of the Coface Hungary . Coface is producing more than one thousand...
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The OKSZ would simplify the environment control green tax
Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00
The smallholders are tallying that the file and account commitment is without reason too sophisticated, and they hold , that in 2009 figure of the green tax will be growing...
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The trade confidence index came to halt
Date: 2008-10-06 00:00:00
According to the survey conducted by GKI Economic research Co. (www.gki.hu) with the support of the European Union, the trend of business expectations remained unchanged. In September, the confidence index...
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Increasing consumption in the 3in1 segment
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to data from GfK ConsumerScan, the number of consumers in the 3in1 segment has been growing at a double digit rate in recent years. Consumption of ground-roasted coffee was...
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Moderate rise in the price of swine
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Trends in the world market of meat and poultry are monitored by the Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI). Data from the price information system (PÁIR) operated by KSH and AKI...
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Brands getting stronger in the fondant category
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
While overall sales dropped last year, most manufacturers increased their sales, owing to a leading competitor leaving the market. This year, we will probably see if the shift from quantity...
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Deteriorating prospects for Europe
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. with Erste Bank, growth will speed up in the second half of the year. Both internal and external balance is improving and...
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Fondants in bags still most popular
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, the market of seasonal sweets for Christmas shrunk last year, with sales of fondants down by 14 percent and chocolate Santa Claus figures...
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Rising incomes
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Gross average income was up by 8.2 percent, while net income was up by 7.3 percent. According to KSH data, the average income of employees in full time employment was...
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Pet food as supplement or snack
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to data from Euromonitor, the global market of pet food has been growing continuously since 2001. Global pet food sales totalled USD 45 billion in 2007. Growth is expected...
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Deteriorating balance of foreign trade
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to KSH data, exports totalled EUR 6113 million in July, while imports amounted to EUR 6351 million. Whereas export increased by only 8 percent, import was up by 10...
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Corporate financing: everything for sale!
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
At the moment, there are no signs of any decline in demand for financing among companies. According to a forecast by MNB, last year’s trend is expected to continue, with...
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Food still on top
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Consumer prices were up by 0.1 percent in July, compared to June and by 6.7 percent, compared to July 2007. According to KSH data, food prices were down by 0.7...
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Leasing of production equipment showing constant growth
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The leasing market expanded by over 16 percent in 2007, compared to 2006. Financing of real estate and equipment have been the main driving forces behind growth. 15 new specialised...
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Driving to new discounts
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Large stores have become the primary scene for pre-planned major shopping, while smaller stores, accessible on foot are the places for daily shopping. Small stores were again visited most frequently...
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It’s time to…
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Sour cherry, water melon, apple…Which one will be the next time bomb exploding in the gardening sector? An excess of supply exists in other countries as well, but that is...
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Shared fears, gloomy prospects
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to Péter Biczó, director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft, the most important conclusion to be drawn from the past 12 months is that uncertainty can be predicted for certain. Banks have...
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Agricultural prices continue to rise
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The supply prices of agricultural products was up by 21.6 percent in June 2008, compared to June 2007. The prices of plant product were up by 20.5 percent, while those...
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List of forbidden practices
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
In the first days of September, officers of various authorities were probably the only people aware of the tasks and obligations imposed upon retailers and manufacturers by the new rules...
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Change in trend
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to MasterCard, a change has taken place in the trend seen since the introduction of bank cards in 1995, as 2007 was the first year when card holders used...
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Romania: booming hyper markets and brand loyalty
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to Nielsen findings, the primary consideration for the average Romanian consumer in choosing a store is ease of access. Finding everything in a single store ranks only third among...
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Competitors catching up
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to a recent study by Atradius Hitelbiztosító, China’s position as the most important target for investment might be threatened by other regions of the world. Though 60 percent of...
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Disappearing illusions?
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Though the Second National Development Project has been launched among high expectations, potential applicants seem to be passive or even dissatisfied at present. Only 40,000 out of a total of...
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Discount strategies in fastidious England
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to a recent Nielsen survey, three out of four English consumers tare trying to economise on their food expenditure, whereas only 45 per cent were doing this a year...
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„Finding everything in a single store”
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
When consumers are asked about their most important considerations in choosing a store to visit, most of them put the assortment of good quality fresh products in first place, according...
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Even more bankruptcies in 2008
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Although the total amount of liabilities in commerce is substantially higher than credit liabilities in the banking sector totalling HUF 6,500 billion, relatively few companies use the services offered by...
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Swedes also feeling the rising prices
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The Lidl chain is attracting an increasing number of customers in Sweden. Nearly a quarter of Swedes visit a Lidl store at least once a month. According to the ShopperTrends...
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Teens like this
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to the Fanta Trend Report compiled by Bence Ságvári, Hungarian teenagers are exactly like their Western counterparts regarding their Internet usage. 94 per cent of 14-17 year old teenagers...
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