Market News
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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Opportunities in the Balkans
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Assisting Bulgaria and Romania in catching up with older EU states might be a promising opportunity for Hungarian enterprises in the food and retail business. At the moment, the 30...
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Management for companies
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Companies which intend to reduce their costs and streamline their activities by introducing a management system do not have an easy task. There are a lot of products to choose...
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Hyper markets less popular north of us
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The expansion of big retail chains is continuing in Eastern Europe. According to the latest survey by PWC, global players like Tesco and Auchan have taken over leading positions, but...
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Obstacles for pork
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Romania and Bulgaria have been allowed to join the EU on condition that they prevent any livestock leaving their territory which may be infected with the virus causing swine fever....
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The age of paper-free administration is near
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
E-commerce in the case of FMCG companies means digitalisation of the activities which belong to the core business – says János Springel, leading consultant of T-Systems. In addition to old...
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What will be on the blacklist?
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Hungarian legislation related to the adaptation of EU principles regarding unfair trade practices, will be published before 11. June this year. Some marketing campaigns will automatically result in a fine...
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Delayed effect
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
The accession of the two new EU member countries will probably have an effect on the retail trade of food in Hungary, but this effect is likely to be a...
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Labelled chips
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Should we stick to the old magnetic code, or should we change to the smarter RFID? According to experts, we should wait. At the Football World Cup held in Germany,...
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Misleading unless considered carefull
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Examples of trade practices regarded as unfair and misleading: – Claiming wrongfully, that the retailer is a signatory of the Code of Conduct. – Using a certificate of quality or...
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Early birds are there
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Romania might not only be a market and a supplier of cheap products for Hungary. A number of Hungarian enterprises are already present in Romania. For example, ABO group have...
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Virtual marketplaces
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Web sites which help businesses to make business electronically exist on the Internet. The operators of Agrágkapu introduced e-commerce into a field that is very remote from the IT scene....
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It’s easier together
Date: 2007-02-28 08:00:00
Take two well known brands which complement each other. Mix sales and marketing experience with a shooting star from a developing category and you get the SIÓ-ECKES-Szentkirályi recipe. Take two...
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