Market News
Baltic retailers in trouble
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
According to an estimate by Eurostat, retail sales were down by 3.4 percent in the EU-27 countries in February compared to February 2008. Only Poland and Belgium produced growth, while...
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Green spices bringing diversity into Hungarian cuisine
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Diversity in the use of spices is growing but this does not mean the end of red paprika. In fact it is still producing growth in spite of a substantial...
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Waiting for the grilling season
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
International trends in the poultry and garden product markets are monitored by AKI. According to analysts working for USDA, turkey production and consumption is expected to drop in 2009. In...
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(HU) Több fűszerkeveréket vásárolnak
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
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Drop in conjuncture index stopping in April
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Following a nine month continuous drop, the value of the GKI conjuncture index finally stabilised in April. According to a survey by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. conducted with the support of...
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Concentration decreasing in sales of ice tea
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Retail sales of ice tea were up by 3 percent in the April 2008-March 2009 period, exceeding HUF 14 billion, while sales in terms of quantity were down by 4...
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Proportion of people following a healthy diet stable
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
According to the latest survey conducted by GfK Hungária about eating habits, practically all foods are consumed less frequently. Traditional dishes and flavours continue to remain dominant. The proportion of...
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Stores can do a lot to boost sales of ice tea
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Experts are looking forward to this year’s ice tea season with cautious optimism in spite of the recession. The market of ice tea is still dominated by traditional lemon and...
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Hungarian origin increasingly important
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
The freshness and good quality of products continue to remain the primary considerations for consumers, while price remains the second most important. According to the GfK Hungária Shopping Monitor and...
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Lemon ice tea becoming even more popular
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
According to the GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, growth of the ice tea market continued both in terms of quantity and value in the first quarter of 2009. The market was still...
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Fewer guests in the beginning of the year
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
The number of foreign guests served by commercial accommodation providers was down by 19 percent in January-March, compared to the same period in 2008, while the same number for domestic...
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Annual sales approaching HUF 40 billion
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Retail sales of household paper products were up by 8 percent in terms of value in the March 2008-February 2009 period, compared to the previous year. Retail sales totalled more...
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Price rise in the food industry
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Domestic industrial prices were down by 0.7 percent in February 2009, compared to January and up by 4.6 percent, compared to March 2008. Industrial export prices were up by 12.2...
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Innovation apart from price might also be a guarantee of the future
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Paper tissue has been the most dynamically growing segment in the domestic market of household paper products in recent years. Dry tissue is used for removing wet and greasy stains...
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Food retail still dropping
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Retail sales were down by 3.2 percent in February 2009, compared to the same month in 2008 and by 0.5 percent, compared to January. Retail sales totalled HUF 958 billion...
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Who is going to have the biggest slice?
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Postal service providers are going to fight hard for control of the under 50 gram segment from 2013. We want to take advantage of our exceptionally wide range of services...
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Shower gel improving it position in the top 5
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Retail sales of shower gel were up by 5 percent in terms of value in the March 2008-February 2009 period, compared to the preceding year, with sales exceeding HUF 14...
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Food prices dropping except for seasonal ones
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Food prices were up by 0.4 percent in April, compared to March. Seasonal prices like potato, fresh vegetables and fruits rose. The same happened to sausages, chocolate and poultry. The...
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In May, the first time in a nine-month period the economic index of GKI has been improved.
Date: 2009-05-27 00:46:27
The seasonally adjusted values of the GKI consumer confidence index has been appreciably increased after last October’s fall and April’s stagnation. According to the survey of GKI Economic Research Co....
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Every third Hungarian purchases in small stores
Date: 2009-05-27 00:18:57
According to the datas of GfK Hungária, the long-term change in consumer habits, seems to strengthen due to the economic crisis. The number of high rate shopping has been decreased,...
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The European Commission to examine food shop prices
Date: 2009-05-27 00:01:00
It is observed in many European countries that the decrease in prices in the food market does not follow by a decline in consumer prices. While a large number of...
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Retail trade turnover has been decreased in March
Date: 2009-05-26 00:33:00
The volume of retail sales decreased by 3.6 percent in March, and declined with 3.2 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period of previous year – states...
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The small meat-processing companies are in hopeless situation
Date: 2009-05-26 00:30:00
Those domestic meat industries can survive the crisis whivc has own raw material production, has significant opportunities for domestic sales, and has export markets. The smaller companies working with imported...
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Economic Competition Authority inspects the ethical code of food
Date: 2009-05-26 00:21:00
The ethical code of food was signed by a number of professional organizations and associations in mid-April. The ECA started an inspection because of the suspicion is that there is...
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IFO index has improved, but not enough
Date: 2009-05-26 00:06:00
The IFO index reflecting the business mood in Germany increased to 84.2 points in May however, the improvement is less than the expected 85 points. he participants of the survey...
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Ghost malls in the United States
Date: 2009-05-26 00:02:00
The huge shopping malls established in the 50’s – which are the basic institutions of American consumer society – are empty, their number is decreasing. The groups operating the shopping...
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Cheaper loans for small and medium enterprises
Date: 2009-05-25 00:56:31
Government will allow small and medium-sized businesses to obtain government guarantees 25 percent cheaper, if they do not exceed the amount of credit last year's personal efforts. New chapters have...
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Pessimistic forecast of the Ministry of Finance
Date: 2009-05-25 00:53:34
According to the forecast of The Ministry of Finance, the private consumption decreses with 6-7 percent, exports decreases with 15 percent this year due to the deepening global economic crisis....
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The world's grain production will be lower than last year
Date: 2009-05-25 00:30:28
This year, 5.7 percent less wheat will grow on Earth, compared to 2008. The expected total weight will be 651 million tonnes. Accordingly, the prices are rising moderately – reports...
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During purchasing we take care about packaging
Date: 2009-05-25 00:07:25
According to the investigation of HUMUSZ, the majority of consumers believes that there would be a need of refilled drink packaging the need for the collection of discarded packaging. It’s...
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