Market News
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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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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Atradius credit insurance company of the year
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Atradius Credit Insurance has been awarded the title “Credit insurance company of the year 2008” by World Finance Magazine. Atradius provides reliable and effective services in over 40 countries....
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Foreign trade of agricultural products with question marks
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
According to KSH data, our agricultural export expanded almost twice as dynamically as overall export in 2007, achieving record breaking revenues of more than EUR 4.8 billion. Imports totalling EUR...
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Decrease in the EU as well
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Retail sales were down by 0.4 per cent in the EUR zone and by 0.7 per cent in the EU-27 zone in March, compared to February. According to Eurostat data,...
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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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National shop windows
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Most countries spend a lot of money on marketing support for their food products in foreign markets. Methods are diverse. In some countries, a government organisation is in charge of...
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Positive balance for foreign trade
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Exports totalled HUF 6,394 in January-April 2008, while imports amounted to HUF 6,309. The volume of export was up by 19 per cent compared to April 2007, while imports grew...
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NESPRESSO coffee machines in retail chains
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
In addition to the showroom in Andrássy út, the full range of NESPRESSO coffee machines has also been available in Saturn and Media Markt stores since June. Nine Budapest stores...
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Region marketing
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Not only countries, but regions may also use collective marketing. The Spanish region specialising in agriculture and the food industry, Castillia-Leon is a good example. Many synergies exist between government-level...
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Higher price for livestock as well
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
The prices of agricultural products were up by 38.1 per cent in March 2008, compared to March 2007. The prices of plant products were up by 52 per cent, while...
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Revolution in self service
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
According to a 2008 survey conducted by BuzzBack Market Research for NCR Corporation about consumer attitudes towards self service solutions, 67 per cent of French, German, Italian, Spanish and English...
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Aperitif a la française celebrating its fifth birthday
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
The event called „Apéritif a la française” started its world tour on 5. June. It is held at the same time in 24 countries and serves to present the full...
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Private labels playing growing role
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan survey of GfK Hungária Piackutató Intézet, the market share of private labels continued to grow in the FMCG market in 2007. In the first...
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IBM fights queues
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
IBM has launched a self service cash register system under the name “Anyplace Checkout”. Customers use hand scanners to read bar codes when products are placed in the shopping cart...
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An efficient foreign legion
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Many people believe that the only purpose of import is to flood our stores with cheap products. However, appropriate quality products are often simply not available in the domestic market....
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Traditional stores till strong in Poland
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Though the number of hyper markets is growing in Poland, their market share is shrinking. At the same time, supermarkets and discount stores have increased their market share. Traditional stores...
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Oily seed plant in Foktõ
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
The plant to be built by the Glencore group will be the largest facility of its kind in Hungary with an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes. Construction is expected to...
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Adapting to local conditions
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
According to an analysis prepared by the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and industry (BKIK) last year, the general marketing of multinational companies is prevalent in Hungary. Advertisements lack local features...
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Where is the Hungarian retail sector heading?
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
A study has been prepared about the future prospects of the Hungarian retail sector by the consultants of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the students of Corvinus University. It is foreseen as a...
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Széchenyi Card 2 launched
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
The two year Széchenyi Card 2 was launched by KA-VOSZ ZRt in co-operation with its partner banks, Hitelgarancia ZRt, and the Ministry of Economy and Development on 2. June. This...
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Naturalisation of brands: say and spell
Date: 2008-06-27 08:00:00
Empty Coca-Cola bottles with the letters in Cyrillic have become collectors’ items, as only bottles with Latin letters are available today. Collectors should now go to China or Korea. Foreign...
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