Market News
Packaging in three steps – part 3: illustrating flavour
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Many types of illustrations exist in many styles and with many different purposes. Illustrating flavour is a relatively new development. This modern method is barely 50 years old. Even at...
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Strengthening organised wine trade
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
An increasing quantity of wine is sold in the major retail chains. In the June 2007- May 2008 period, sales were up by 3 per cent in terms of quantity...
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Brands are strong among washing powders
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, the quantity of washing powder sold in the first third of 2008 shows stagnation, compared to the same period in 2007,...
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Deficit lower than planned
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt and Erste Bank, both the internal and external balance of payments are expected to show significant improvement this year. Real incomes are...
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New generation advertising messages on TV2
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
The recently established TV2 Brand Care group and the spot types developed by them were the topics of a roundtable discussion held in June. In recent years, TV2 has been...
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Let’s have a festival!
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Wine competitions and festivals are becoming synonyms, though the two things are quite different, as their purpose and form is quite different. 300 wine competitions are held in Hungary annually....
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The well known Clorox
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
brand represent quality in the eyes of consumers. Product debvelopment is driven by market trends and feedback from consumers. It is very important for us to keep the confidence and...
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Food industry catching up
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Domestic industrial prices were up by 0.3 per cent in May, compared to April and by 11.7 per cent compared to May 2007. Export prices were down by 2.2 per...
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ECR Europe: when we make customers happy
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
„We have achieved a revolutionary breakthrough in co-operation between manufacturers and retailers. Instead of focusing on confrontation, we have begun to work together”- said Peter Braback-Lemathe, co-chairman of ECR Europe,...
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Lower wine consumption last year
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Rising average prices, smaller quantities purchased less frequently – these were the main trends in Hungarian wine consumption in 2007, according to data from GfK Hungária. Wine consumption was down...
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Innovation changing cleaning habits
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Spring and autumn are the main seasons for detergents and other cleaning products. SC Johnson, Unilever and Vileda all have new products waiting to be launched in the autumn. Housewives...
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Recession slowing down
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
The total volume of retail trade was down by 1.5 per cent in April, compared to April 2007. Retail sales totalled more than HUF 508 billion in April. The turnover...
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ECR=mozgalom a közös érdekekért
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Az ECR (=Efficient Consumer Responce, hatékony reagálás a fogyasztóra) az FMCG-szektor vállalatainak közös testülete. Célja, hogy fórumot adjon az FMCG-piac szereplői számára a minél szorosabb együttműködésre, azzal a céllal, hogy...
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Better educated wine consumers
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Consumers of wine are changing, or developing or getting easier to influence – depending on the way we look at them. Changes are slow, but apparent. Today’s wine drinkers want...
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Body care segment developing with improving hygiene culture
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Body care products include those intended for daily hygiene and those intended to improve the condition of our skin. In both categories, manufacturers are trying to get consumers to use...
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Highest price rise for cooking oil
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Consumer prices rose by 0.1 per cent on average in June, and were up by 6.7 per cent compared to June 2007. Food prices were down by 0.4 per cent...
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Innovation in wine
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
When the consumers of wine change, wine itself needs to change. But is wine changing, or is the product changing? Wine is not a product before it is packaged and...
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Mouth care brands focusing on special needs
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
The weakness of Hungarian mouth care culture is well illustrated by the single toothbrush used by consumers per year. In countries with an insurance-based healthcare system, the insurance company only...
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Promising growth in food export
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Both export and import grew at a faster rate in April 2008, than in the preceding three months. Exports were up by 24 per cent, while import increased by 18...
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Yearly HUF 33 billions as pocket money in our childrens' hands
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
According to Szonda Ipsos research, the 8-14 years old Hungarian children chip on not only the clothes and grocery shopping, but also by choosing family's new television, mobilephone, PC or...
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After blokades come the ad for Apple
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
The Hungarian Agrar Marketing Center (AMC) call for HUF 41.6 millio value PR and advertising ad. The aim is to popular the apple consumption. The goal is to quintuple the...
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European parliament calls for ban on cloned farm animals
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
The European parliament urged the EU's executive branch to ban the cloning of animals for the food trade, citing reduced genetic diversity among other concerns. Several expert groups, including the...
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Colombia to Increase Coffee Production
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
Colombia plans to increase coffee production to 17 million 60-KG sacks by 2014, the government said. The effort will carry an initial cost of $724.5 million, Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe...
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Hungarians go shopping on the weekend
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
In value 10% of the weekly total sales at the hypermarkets and Cash&Carry units happens on Sunday, the share is 7% at the discount stores. According to GfK Hungaria research...
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Industry decries too complex labelling proposal
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
The proposed regulation on food labelling is too complicated, makes unrealistic demands on font size, and will be burdensome for SMEs, a hearing has heard. The hearing, organised by rapporteur...
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The trade balance showed a surplus
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
In June 2008, the volume of foreign trade grew moderately both in exports and imports; exports were up by 2.4, imports by 5 percent as compared to the same month...
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Apple demonstration is over
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
On the three sites meeting come an agreement about the suppliers' price: Agrana pays 0.09 euro pro one kilo industry apple to the Hungarian growers. According to Gyula Budai, director...
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Sainsbury to push own-brand goods
Date: 2008-09-03 00:00:00
The UK consumer buys a higher proportion of own label than pretty much anywhere in the world.Sainsbury-sponsored research found that 62 per cent of shoppers said they were more likely...
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Stores accused of unhealthy food promotions
Date: 2008-09-03 00:00:00
The British National Consumer Council (NCC) went into the eight major chains and found that more than half of promotions were for unhealthy foods. The NCC visited eight stores in...
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Decline of investments
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
In the second quarter of 2008 the volume of investments in the national economy – on the basis of preliminary data – decreased by 2.1% compared to the same period...
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