Market News
Austrian export-import balance positive for the first time
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Austria exported more food than it imported for the first time, last year. Austrian food sales to Hungary grew by 22 per cent last year, while Hungarian export to Austria...
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A few innovators and a lot of followers
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The invasion of private labels and no name products following our accession to the EU, certainly pose a challenge for the manufacturers of salty snacks. The first results of renewed...
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Branded paper ware for individualists
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Many companies specialise in paper products for the HoReCa sector. FOREST-TREND Kft. is one them.Of course, FOREST-TREND Kft. can help in designing products which are becoming increasingly popular. According to...
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Brushing teeth more frequently
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
One of the signs of the spreading of health-consciousness is that more toothpaste and toothbrushes were sold last year than a year earlier. This was one of the findings of...
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Winners are the biggest users of paper towels
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
According to data from the joint data base of GfK Hungária and Szonda Ipsos, the Product Media Index (PMX), one out of two Hungarian households use paper napkins and towels....
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More teeth to whiten
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Even whiter teeth, with electric toothbrushes is the trend for the toothpaste and toothbrush market. The big categories in mouth care are only developing very slowly, since Hungarian mouth care...
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Wellness resorts becoming more popular
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The number of nights spent by guests in commercial places of accommodation fell by 3,5 per cent last year. According to a report by KSH, total income in the sector...
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Sugar from sugar
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Something is wrong with labelling. I can imagine what customers think when looking at labels saying: sugar X %, fat 0 %” . Beyond the Atlantic, the approach to this...
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Drugstores improve their position
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The market of hand and body care lotions is approaching HUF 8 billion in value. The Retail Index of ACNielsen shows moderate expansion last year with growth of 1 per...
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Bird flu and the price of chicken
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The Agricultural Research Institute (AKI) prepared a survey about the effects of last year’s bird flu outbreak on the number of chicken and chicken prices. The publication by KSH and...
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To select or to return?
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The Ministry for the Protection of the Environment is trying to do something about people who throw away plastic bottles used for packaging drinks. It is questionable if a German-style...
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Body care in new colours
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Looking at market research data only, we might get the impression that no big changes are taking place in the category of hand and body care products, although a number...
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Real incomes: two years back in time
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt, prepared with the co-operation of Erste Bank, the rate of economic growth will slow down this year but both the external and...
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Gold is too exclusive?
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
According to a regional survey prepared for MasterCard, clients living in Hungary regard services available for gold and platinum card holders as too exclusive and distant and they would prefer...
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Market pressure instead of rational business decisions
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Domestic turnover cannot be estimated and foreign experience is diverse. A Gazdasági Versenyhivatal expects to see fast market development and more competition as a result of new legislation about the...
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Prices going up in January
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Though average consumer prices rose by 1,2 per cent in January, the annual increase for last year reached 7,8 per cent. According to the report by KSH, the price of...
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Shopping fast is practically unknown
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Few people have ever heard of it and even fewer believe in it – this is the result of a survey prepared about the “Don’t buy anything day” in Hungary...
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Opposite trends in Germany
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
According to an analysis by the German Nielsen Subsidiary, he German market of pharmaceutical products grew by 0,5 per cent between October 2005 and September 2006 compared to the preceding...
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Small stores closing in the north-west
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
According to data from ACNielsen, the total number of food stores shrunk by 5 per cent last year, with less than 22 thousand such stores operating at the end of...
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New umbrella organisation lobbying in Brussel
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
An organisation was established by manufacturers of basic foods, like Bunge, Nutrinveste and Lactalis, under the name EUBF (European Basic Foods), with the aim of helping the European Committee in...
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Lack of information can slow down therapy
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
As a result of the liberalisation of the pharmaceutical market and the reform of the health system, targeted and adequate communication is becoming more important. Medicine without information is practically...
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Pessimistic as usual
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
According to the latest survey about EU indexes by the Gfk Csoport, Hungarians are the least optimistic about their future prospects among citzens of new EU states. Two out of...
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(HU) A nőknek a nívós áruválaszték, a férfiaknak a kisebb, közelben lévő bolt jelent vonzerőt
Date: 2007-02-28 00:00:00
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(HU) A bolttól a szántóföldig vissza kell tudni követni az áru útját
Date: 2007-02-27 00:00:00
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(HU) A boltot is megbüntették, mert a szállítólevélen nem volt feltüntetve a pontos fogyaszthatósági idő
Date: 2007-02-26 00:00:00
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(HU) Önmegtartóztatás év elején, nagyobb költekezés az év második felében
Date: 2007-02-26 00:00:00
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