Market News
EU Working Group of Ministers about GMO
Date: 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Paris has announced the creation of a “group of friends of the presidency” to consider the EU's GMO authorisation process, which it wants to take better account of “local specificities”...
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Hungarian R&D companies have better business environment as before
Date: 2008-07-10 00:00:00
The in 2005 legislated innovation act helps to bring academic researches near to the practice. The spin-off and start-up firms are day to day more dynamic. JEREMIE starts this...
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Massive investments in logistics on the Romanian market
Date: 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Food retailers are expanding warehousing space and networks, overall investments worth above 50m euros on the logistics segment for this year alone. Kaufland and Plus invested a total of 55m...
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Top Five Luxury Brands
Date: 2008-07-10 00:00:00
According to Forbes list these brands not only deliver fat revenues and profit margins, they also attract loyal consumers. The new fans come from Brazil, China, Russia and India. ...
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Hungary is in Late with Arrangements against Salmonella
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
EU would give money, in the next four years , for decreasing the Salmonella infection in Hungarian poultry from nowadays' 60% to 1%. Only 2-3 from chickens 400 normal Salmonella...
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Unspent EU farm aid to go to Africa
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
The World Bank has estimated that about 6 billion euros is needed in short-term aid to help poor countries face the global food and fuel price crisis. "The EU...
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British vaste food yearly in value of 10 billion pounds
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
In 2008 an average British family spends 9% of household's income for food, it was 16% in 1984. A Cabinet Office report, Recipe for Success, showed 4.1 million tons of...
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Exports and imports levels are higher by 7 percent
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
According to first estimates of Central Statistic Office in May 2008,, exports amounted to HUF 1,513 billion, while the value of imports reached HUF 1,504 billion. The Euro value of...
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Trend Research about the Hungarian Youth by Fanta
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
In the first part of the study, researcher was looking the using of digital technology and the digital culture between the young people. The second part spyed the attitudes to...
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Value shops tip growth as shoppers trade down in UK
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
Aldi, Lidl and Netto, the discount supermarkets, are forecast to increase their share of Britain's grocery market by 60 per cent over the next four years. A new report claims...
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Cheap import and tax reduction could decrease the food price
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to common research of Kopint-Tárki Konjunktúrakutató Intézet Zrt. and AgrárEurópa Tanácsadó Kft. in long periode we have to be ready for high food prices. The specialist said because...
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Online Sales Up 60% In Romania
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Romanian online sales rose to E25m in the first six months of 2008, according to figures from RomCard. The number of transactions amounted to 300,000, while the average value of...
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The Deficit May Be Even Lower Than Planned
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Substantial improvement in the internal and external equilibrium this year with real wages in the business sector already climbing while inflation and interest rates remain high. The forecast prepared by...
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HUF 14 billion Ice Tea Market in Hungary
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to Nielsen Research the sales of ice tea grow in volume by 23%, in value by 19% between Mai 2007-April 2008. The most popular taste are lemon and peach,...
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Nestlé to sell prime property in Budapest
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
Nestlé has decided to sell a 2,500-square-meter property in Budapest with a panoramic view of the Buda Castle, the Chain Bridge and the Pest skyline. Nestlé is selling the property...
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Association of Hungarian Farmers accuse forestallers of cartell
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
Farmers protest against the low price of sourcherry in front of Hungarian Parliament. The farmers said the forestallers pay only HUF 50-60/kilo for sourcherry, what is only half of the...
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Private label organic foods lead in German market
Date: 2008-07-04 00:00:00
New Nielsen data shows that German consumers have doubled the number of organic food items they have purchased in the past two years. Retailer brands have gained a larger...
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Hungarian Companies are more Pessimistic
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
The measure of confidence at Hungarian companies slipped to 85.4 percent in the second quarter of 2008 from 91 percent in the first quarter. Ecostat's TOP-100 index for sentiment at...
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Lefelé módosította várható profitját a Marks & Spencer
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
The retailer posted profits of £1bn last year and analysts were expecting profits of around £870m this year. Overall M&S's UK sales were down 5.3% in the 13 weeks to...
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Dutch smoking ban
Date: 2008-07-03 00:00:00
A tobacco smoking ban came into force Tuesday in cafes, bars and restaurants throughout the Netherlands. While patrons are no longer allowed to light up cigarettes, they can still...
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Virtual shopping can't take all
Date: 2008-07-02 00:00:00
The Store of the Future 2012-15 report, commissioned by Visa Europe analyses the key customer, payments, technology and social responsibility issues affecting the likely development of retail stores in Europe....
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Germans to shop more in May
Date: 2008-07-02 00:00:00
German retail sales rose by more than expected in May, offering a glimmer of hope that a labour market recovery may be yielding fruit, although the outlook remains clouded by...
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Consumer Spending Higher-Than-Expected In May
Date: 2008-07-01 00:00:00
US consumer spending rose a better-than-expected 0.8% year-on-year in May, as tax rebates helped fuel the biggest rise since November 2007. Figures from the Commerce Department said the rebates helped...
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Austrian Food Specialities debuts in New York
Date: 2008-07-01 00:00:00
The Austrian food producers showcase their products on Fancy Food Show 2008 and later get meetings in Manhattan supermarkets. More than 2,300 domestic exhibitors from around the country and the...
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Hungarians consumpt less biscuit
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
Last year 27 tons of biscuit were sold in Hungary, it is deep by the European Average. Only Greeks, Czechs and Slovakians eat less biscuits as we. Hungarians eat...
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Payable household goods in Hungary
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
According to Eurostat and OECD common research the electric equipments and household goods are several % less in Hungary than the European average. Within the framework of the European...
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Tesco, Asda Cut More Prices
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
Tesco PLC and Asda Group Ltd., the U.K.'s two biggest supermarket chains announced another round of major price cuts amid intense competition. Tesco will cut prices on 3,000 products...
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Hungarian Beer Market grow in value by 6% and in volume by 1%
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
Between June 2007 and Mai 2008 4 million hectoliter beer were sold in Hungary, it was a summe in value HUF 110 billion. According to Nielsen Research retail index 1...
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Expectations improved significantly
Date: 2008-06-30 00:00:00
In June the seasonally adjusted Business Confidence Index of GKI remained essentially unchanged, but the expectations of consumers improved significantly and reached highs that haven’t been seen for two years....
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Bio – our health and that of our kids
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
The increasing popularity of bio food is a result of the two most important trends of our decade: health and wellness. This is one of the conclusions of the global...
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