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Rise in household chemical and cosmetics product sales
Date: 2013-12-16 00:34:25
Retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics valued at HUF 200 billion in January- August 2013. Value sales were up 1 percent from the same period a year before, but...
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METRO starts the winter season with a dessert catalogue
Date: 2013-12-15 01:37:20
Pralines and bonbons form an integral part of METRO’s confectionery selection. Communications manager Yvette Krubl told our magazine that these products represent about 15 percent of their total chocolate sales....
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New luxury chocolate brand from Budapest: Ypsilon Artisan Chocolates
Date: 2013-12-15 01:34:28
Ypsilon Chocolates is an artisan chocolate manufacturer whose new product is the brilliant creation of chef Zsanett Ésik and chocolate master Csaba Kéninger: luxury-edition fruit bomb in a chocolate glass....
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Sales remained concentrated
Date: 2013-12-15 01:31:13
Between December 2012 and September 2013 praline sales amounted to HUF 12 billion, with value sales climbing 2 percent but volume sales falling 5 percent. Sales remained concentrated as 400m²...
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Strong and stable manufacturer brands
Date: 2013-12-14 02:02:18
Sales-wise shower gel is in the Top 10 of the 70 household chemical and cosmetics categories audited by Nielsen. Retail sales exceeded the HUF 8 billion level between January and...
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METRO’s wide selection of shower gels are displayed on special shelves
Date: 2013-12-14 01:59:37
As a wholesaler METRO is in a difficult position in comparison with drugstores when it comes to selling shower gel. This is the reason why it needs to keep innovating...
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Standing on four legs all year round
Date: 2013-12-14 01:51:33
METRO’s office supplies offering can be divided into four groups: office supply, school supply, office furniture and office machines. Communications manager Yvette Krubl reckons METRO is strong in the category...
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Nielsen: two millions were sold from gift packages containing lotions
Date: 2013-12-13 13:00:30
The retail sold two million pieces of Christmas gift packages containing lotions and medicinal products. According to Retail Index of the Nielsen consumer information and knowledge services company, the consumers...
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Hungary has the lowest shopping center area rate per capita in the region
Date: 2013-12-13 12:47:33
Within the region, Poland leads with 225 square meters of shopping center space for one thousand inhabitants, followed by Slovakia (221 square meters) the Czech Republic (210 square meters), while...
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The government sets up an online cash register working group
Date: 2013-12-13 12:35:49
The government would speed up the online cash register replacement, therefore sets up an online cash register working group, that will include the representatives of the Ministry, the NAV, and...
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Gemius: e- commerce pages are least visited in Hungary in Central Europe
Date: 2013-12-13 12:00:06
Most e-clients can be found Poland, in the Czech Republic mainly young people are visiting the websites, while the average age of such users are the oldest in Hungary –...
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Genetically modified potatoes cannot be marketed in the EU
Date: 2013-12-13 11:58:51
In its Friday's judgment, the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice annulled the decisions of in the European Commission, which authorized the marketing of genetically modified potato called Amflora for industrial...
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Increased amount of support will be given to the sheep and goat breeders
Date: 2013-12-13 11:35:02
The sheep and goat breeders will be given increased amount of support, because the government succeeded at the European Commission that the Hungarian farmers can receive national resources worth 10...
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Carp fishing is necessary in the Balaton
Date: 2013-12-13 11:00:38
Carp fishing is necessary in the Lake Balaton, because still 1.5-3 thousand tons of carps can be found in the lake, and carp breeding in the surrounding fishponds should be...
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More and more women drink beer
Date: 2013-12-13 09:10:05
Domestic beer manufacturers could significantly increase their sales with advertisings for women, and with smaller but designed bottled beers – the research of the Budapest Business School shows. According to...
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KSH: The decline of agricultural prices accelerated in October
Date: 2013-12-12 13:04:50
The decline of agricultural producer prices further accelerated in October. The agricultural producer prices are decreasing for the fourth month. According to the report of the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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The global marketing industry begins to recover, thanks to the digital area
Date: 2013-12-12 11:50:01
This year, marketing professionals are becoming more optimistic everywhere all over the world. The budgets will increase, primarily due to the impact of digital investments – the survey of the...
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Hungarian companies are more optimistic, but have different visions about the future
Date: 2013-12-12 11:48:44
According to the Market Sentiment research of Profession.hu, seven out of ten recruitment and not HR consulting firms believe that the number of their orders and their number will increase...
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The Millennium Generation befriends on the net
Date: 2013-12-12 11:10:05
They spend most of their free time with passive entertainment, but 70 percent of the millennium generation consider themselves as happy internationally. This ratio is 62 percent in Hungary. They...
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Hungarian ecomomy is expanding faster than Germany
Date: 2013-12-12 10:49:49
Economic activity in Germany grew by 0.3%, a slowdown from the prior quarter, and in France it fell by 0.1%, indicating that the euro zone’s nascent recovery faltered in the...
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Supports in order to preserve genetic stocks
Date: 2013-12-12 10:40:46
The payment of grants in order to preserve the conservation and protection of the genetic stocks of endangered farm animals has started – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) informed...
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Barely increased food prices, however, much more expensive alcoholic drinks and tobacco
Date: 2013-12-11 12:45:18
Consumer prices were 0.9 percent higher in November, than a year ago. Compared to October, consumer prices decreased by 0.1 percent – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on Wednesday....
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The Ministry of Rural Development would increase pork consumption with three kgs in one year
Date: 2013-12-11 12:42:09
Pork consumption should have been increased by three kilogrammes in one year in Hungary. In oredr to reach this goal a campaign will be launched to encourage consumption – Fazekas...
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A new decree will regulate the kindergarten, and school milk programmes
Date: 2013-12-11 12:01:35
Educational institutions can require support to finance the kindergarten, and school milk programmes – the new decree contains. The decree was published in the Tuesday issue of the Magyar Közlöny...
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NAV will punish without a confirmed cash register order
Date: 2013-12-11 12:01:33
Those traders can accept completely different perception, who are waiting do nothing, from those traders who are unable to meet the requirements of the regulation involuntarily – Aszalós Andrea, spokesperson...
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We do not care if the food is expired
Date: 2013-12-11 12:00:51
The latest online survey of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) reveals how consumers behave in Hungary, when they find expired food products in the stores. The end result...
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KSH : The performance of crop farming had a positive impact on agriculture
Date: 2013-12-11 11:52:24
The volume of crop output in 2013 exceeded last year's figure by 22 percent, while the performance of animal husbandry fell by 3 percent – the preliminary datas of the...
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Szatmár Region also sees Improvement of Hungarian-Romanian Economic Cooperation in Agriculture
Date: 2013-12-11 11:00:20
Cooperation between the Ministries of Rural Development and National Economy and the Carpathian Region Business Network are expanding further with the opening of the Network's new office in Szatmárbereg. Thanks...
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The forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. for 2014
Date: 2013-12-11 09:38:57
Although Hungary came out of recession this year, its economy did not follow into a trajectory ensuring sustained fast and healthy growth. This year’s recovery is based almost only on...
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Nielsen: the sales of toothpastes and toothbrushes have increased
Date: 2013-12-10 12:40:52
Nearly two million liters of toothpaste and about nine and a half million pieces of toothbrushes were bought by the Hungarian consumers between January and October this year. In the...
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