Events
Retail: 660 billion HUF revenues from food in half year
Date: 2013-07-16 13:00:57
The retail trade turnover has remained stable in Nielsen’s continuously measured 90 food categories between December 2012 and May 2013, compared to the previous similar period. During the period, the...
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Coface: The meat industry’s situation is worse than the average
Date: 2013-07-16 12:12:23
The Hungarian meat industry is facing serious problems, including especially the pig industry, which has a worse than average risk rating in term of credit insurance – shows the fresh...
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Ipsos F&F: How much coffee do young people drink these days?
Date: 2013-07-16 12:10:52
The quarter of young people are drinking a cup of coffee every day, a third of them can be considered as regular coffee consumers (at least 2-3 coffees per day)....
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Opten: The tobacco shop law can ruin thousands of small firms
Date: 2013-07-16 12:02:41
The tobacco shop law can ruin thousands of retailers, because the profit of small shops is so small, that only a little loss in turnover can make them lossmaking –...
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Most of the tobacconists requested five million HUF loans
Date: 2013-07-16 12:00:54
According to the feedbacks, national tobacco shop operators used OTP bank’s credit package that was set up specifically for them. The sources are used by the entrepreneurs for buying online...
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The MDKE ojects the referendum initiative of OVB
Date: 2013-07-16 11:55:05
The Association of Hungarian Tobacco Retailers submitted an objection to the Supreme Court on Friday, because the Association considers the adoption of the referendum unlawful. The association has put the...
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Croats like the online cash register system
Date: 2013-07-16 11:06:03
According to a recent survey, the vast majority of Croatians supports the use of online cash registers linked directly to the tax authorities – the Glas Slavonije Croatian daily reported...
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The Hungarian economy has been let out of the excessive deficit procedure
Date: 2013-07-16 09:57:39
The Hungarian economy essentially follows trends predicted by GKI. Although Hungary has been let out of the excessive deficit procedure, election-related spending would require further austerity measures. The latest Varga...
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The proven strategies are the drivers of growth on the consumer markets
Date: 2013-07-15 13:30:38
The traditional strategies ie. the increase of sales, product development and the cost reduction programs can be the tools of profitability in the next two years for the consumer companies...
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Animal breeders are afraid of meet price increase and a reduction in consumption
Date: 2013-07-15 13:20:41
The Livestock and Meat Marketing Board Interprofessional Organisation (VHT) states that pork prices will be higher, due to the increasing shipping costs. Szpisják Imre’s swine called Béla (weight: 530 kilograms)...
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The toplist of the most bizarre corporate gifts
Date: 2013-07-15 11:27:49
The global Regus survey, which quizzed 26,000 respondents from over 90 countries about the strangest corporate gifts that they have ever received, found bizarre items such as coffin, sandbags, breathalyser,...
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Strategic partnership between the government and the logistics profession
Date: 2013-07-15 11:20:35
The Ministry of National Development (MFM) and the Logistics Coordination Forum (LEF) that represents the entire Hungarian logistics profession signed a strategic partnership agreement on 11 July 2013. The purpose...
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Two scone records were born at the Lake Balaton
Date: 2013-07-15 11:12:42
The Vénusz and its team were frying a gigantic 300 cms diameter scone, breaking the previous record. In addition, a new record was also born, because Vénusz and its team...
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Hungarians hardly consume the healthy sheep meat
Date: 2013-07-15 11:11:06
The sheep population continue to grow this year. Due to the impact of the supports given to the sector the breeding mood somewhat increased – Hajduk Péter executive director of...
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KSH: a slowdown in the rise of agricultural prices
Date: 2013-07-12 12:40:48
The producer price of agricultural products was 9.2 percent higher in May, compared to a year earlier, after the 11.5 percent increase of April – the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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OKSZ: The price of online cash registers can be 150-200 thousand HUF
Date: 2013-07-12 12:20:15
According to the National Retail Federation (OKSZ) The price of traditional kind of online cash registers can be 150-200 thousand HUF. The Hungarian Trade Licensing Office approved three types of...
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The aggrieved demanding the annulment of the tobacco shop concessions
Date: 2013-07-12 12:10:02
The Movement of Tobacco Shop Tender Aggrieved demand the destruction of the result of tobacco shop applications and a new tender. The Movement’s representative gave twenty thousand signatures supporting the...
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Most of the Pannon Wines came from in Villány
Date: 2013-07-12 12:00:07
In the last five years, the most of the wines with Pannon wine region marks were marketed in the Villány wine region. From the four wine regions of the region,...
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Hungary will be at the forefront in the restriction of the trans fatty acid content of food products
Date: 2013-07-12 11:58:04
If the regulation on trans fatty acids in food products comes into force in the autumn, Hungary will be the third country within the European Union, where this harmful ingredient...
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Pálinka should be a leading agricultural product, a global brand
Date: 2013-07-12 11:12:39
The government aims to make pálinka as a leading agricultural product, to be a global brand in the coming years. The pálinka takes a special part in the agricultural strategy,...
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Festival of Hungarian products in Debrecen
Date: 2013-07-12 11:11:38
A festival of Hungarian products began on Thursday in Debrecen. The Szeged-based Tisza Expo Kft. in collaboration with the Debrecen-based Főnix Rendezvényszervező Nonprofit Kft. organized the festival for the first...
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The wine culture in Békéscsaba to be revived
Date: 2013-07-12 11:10:57
The local wine culture in Békéscsaba to be revived; the city established two hectares of wineyards with 9 thousand grapevines. In 2010, the local government of the city decided to...
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Competition for the “Most Beautiful kitchen garden” title
Date: 2013-07-12 10:59:15
This year, more than eight hundred kitchen gardens of sixty settlements will compete for the “Most Beautiful kitchen garden” title. The aim of the movement is gardening and self-sufficiency. The...
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KSH: inflation in June was 1.9 percent
Date: 2013-07-11 12:20:42
The annual consumer price inflation rate, accelerated to 1.9 percent in June, from the 1.8 percent of May. Compared to May, consumer prices rose by 0.2 percent – the Central...
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The world’s grain harvest may break a record
Date: 2013-07-11 12:10:04
The world’s grain harvest in the 2013-14 season will increase by 7.2 percent and will reach a record 2.479 billion tons – the FAO estimates in its report released on...
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The tobacconists to sell alcohol at night
Date: 2013-07-11 12:05:51
In several districts of Budapest it is prohibited to sell alcohol after 10 pm. However, this regulation does not apply to the national tobacco shops. Formerly the National Assembly excluded...
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GfK: every fifth bank customer uses online banking services
Date: 2013-07-11 12:04:09
The use of online banking is considered as advanced in Hungary – one in five bank customers use online banking services – but in comparision, Hungary is lagging behind the...
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New EU regulations on cosmetics
Date: 2013-07-11 11:25:04
The New EU regulations on cosmetics adopted by the EU in 2009, came into force on Thursday. The new policy aims to make the cosmetic products from toothpaste to sunscreen...
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The manufacturers of milk powder under investigation reduce their prices in China
Date: 2013-07-11 10:58:03
The world's largest milk formula manufacturer, the U.S. Mead Johnson Nutrition announced a price reduction in the Chinese market, after the Chinese authorities initated proccess against foreign manufacturers and distributors...
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Samurai principles and methods in 21st-century company management
Date: 2013-07-11 10:01:26
The latest event in the Career and Style series bore the above title and was held on Margaret Island on 13 May. The first presentation of the conference was by...
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