Market News
Summer moments
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Marseille is not a very beautiful city, but it offers a chance to eat real bouillabaisse. However, bouillabaisse is not very simple to get, because so many different fish are...
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Big increase in yoghurt sales
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to the Retail Index of Nielsen, retail sales of yoghurt were up by 9 per cent in terms of quantity in the June 2007 – July 2008 period, compared...
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E-invoicing useful for everybody
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Electronic invoicing had been regarded as a remote possibility by companies for a long time. However, it has become reality. Companies using electronic invoicing will soon find themselves making more...
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What is business intelligence good for?
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Most companies spend days or weeks compiling data for background analysis which is required for business decisions. Results are far from being up to date or accurate, which means that...
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Money contra health among yoghurts
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Health consciousness is the only factor which can counter the sudden urge felt by consumers to economise on food spending. The price of milk started to drop in February, after...
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Daily finances
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to László Göndör, consulting director of Hostlogic Kft, we not only see financial systems, but also ERP systems in use today. These systems allow FMCG companies to process information...
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Pioneering in-store research: long live shopper marketing! (ECR Europe, part 2.)
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
For a long time, we have been waiting for a method to measure the effectiveness of POS marketing. We have seen a promising method at the annual ECR Europe conference...
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Roasted coffee leading, instant 3in1 growing
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, the consumer price of roasted coffee was up by 10 per cent in April-May this year, compared to the same period in 2007, while...
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Industry down
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Industrial production was down by 0.3 percent in June, compared to June 2007. According to a report by KSH, total production was up by 5.6 percent in the first half...
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Quotes – from our correspondent in Berlin
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
„We have taught consumers to focus on prices” Kees Jacobs, director of Capgemini • „When the taxes on packaging materials are raised by politicians, they seem to forget that packaging...
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Quick and convenient coffee with or without machines
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Coffee machines for home use and pre-portioned capsules have appeared in the assortments of both leading coffee distributors. Consumption habits are slowly changing in the coffee market as well. Manufacturers...
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Inflation highest in Latvia
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Inflation averaged 4.3 percent in the 27 EU member states in the June 2007 – June 2008 period. It was lowest in the Netherlands with 2.3 percent and highest in...
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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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The onion farmers aren't satisfied
Date: 2008-09-30 00:00:00
It was an excellent harvest, so the price is the half of the last years suppliers summe, only HUF 20-25. This rainy summer made bounteous harvest in Hungary, 20-25% more...
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Hungarians love pralines
Date: 2008-09-30 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research the sales of praline grow by 16% in value and by 13% in volume. The biggest segment is the non-alcoholic praline with 50% in sold volume....
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(HU) Az OKSZ továbbra is kifogásolja a termékdíjjal kapcsolatos szabályozást
Date: 2008-09-29 00:00:00
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In H1 we are spending more than HUF 50,000 on clothes
Date: 2008-09-24 00:00:00
According to GfK Hungária Consumer Scope datas in first half of 2008 more families bought clothes, shoes and acsessories as a year before. Between January and June the Hungarian households...
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The volume of retail decreased
Date: 2008-09-24 00:00:00
According to calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 1.8% in July, and by 2.2% in the first seven months of 2008 compared to the same period...
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EU seeks to boost food import controls
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
The aim is to “protect consumers, harmonise control methods and rules and also make sure that products entering Europe respect the same norms that we put on our producers. "We...
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54,000 children sick because of tainted milk
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
Milk powder laced with the industrial chemical melamine has led to nearly 13,000 Chinese infants being admitted to hospital, 104 in a serious condition with kidney stones and agonizing complications....
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Celebs help Children Food Service Foundation
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
On frame of„ Eating well week” several Hungarian celebs – from primadonna Marika Oszvald, to DJ Tibor Dévenyi – work in 9 restaurants in the capital. The partizipant pubs and...
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Big Brother's cafe watches you eat
Date: 2008-09-23 00:00:00
$4.5 million Restaurant of the Future is run by scientists of Wageningen University and Research Center, working with Sodexo, an international catering firm, and the Noldus software company, to answer...
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