Events
New progressive economic perspectives in the Central and Eastern European member states of EU
Date: 2013-10-02 10:07:27
The objective of this report is to analyse the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on eleven Central and Eastern European (CEE11) EU member states as well as...
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They have a machine and they like to use it
Date: 2013-10-01 23:40:03
Coffee’s retail sales develop in a strange fashion. Those rather narrow segments are able to expand which form part of a higher-level, premium form of coffee drinking: capsule and whole...
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GfK: consumer confidence is close to the 2010 September levels
Date: 2013-10-01 12:30:39
In September 2013 all components of the GfK Hungária’s Consumer Confidence Index turned to growth, so the complex index is also higher than in the second quarter. In June, the...
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EuroShop is preparing with the most exciting trade innovations of all times
Date: 2013-10-01 12:12:25
At the world muster of commercial investments, the EuroShop, 92 countries will exhibit their wares at more than one hundred thousand square meters between 16 and 20 February 2014 in...
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MNB: the number and value of credit card purchases increased in the first half of the year
Date: 2013-10-01 12:10:35
In the first half of 2013, 146 million purchases occurred with domestically issued payment cards, the number of transactions were 14 percent higher, than in the same period of the...
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A significant turnover increase at award-winning products
Date: 2013-10-01 12:07:44
In April 2012, based on the votes of consumers, products in 17 categories could receive the Product of the Year recognition. The GfK market research company’s Household Panel Survey compared...
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A catalog will present the Csabai Sausage
Date: 2013-10-01 11:59:37
A catalog will be created for the Csabai Sausage, which became a Hungaricum a week ago. The publication was presented by Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister and Vantara Gyula, mayor...
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Gamay is already harvested in Sopron, the main harvest begins in mid October in Tokaj-Hegyalja
Date: 2013-10-01 11:55:42
Gamay grape harvest started at the end of the week in the Sopron wine region. The crop’s quality is good, but the amount is about thirty percent less than usual...
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White or red, narrow or wide
Date: 2013-10-01 11:02:25
We drink the most, if white wine is filled in wide glass in our hand – the experiment of the Iowa State University shows. The researchers of the university requested...
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Stable market shares for various store types
Date: 2013-10-01 10:59:19
Retail sales of coffee were worth HUF 34 billion between December 2012 and July 2013. Value sales plummeted by 3 percent and volume sales fell by 4 percent – reported...
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There is always something new from Milford
Date: 2013-10-01 10:08:54
Milford is a brand with great prestige in the tea market which has always been leading the way when it came to innovating. Last year a new segment started expanding,...
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Restructuring spirits market
Date: 2013-10-01 09:08:16
Combined retail sales of the nine spirits categories audited by Nielsen in the December 2012-July 2013 period amounted to HUF 43 billion in a restructuring market. Four years ago pálinka...
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An old-new success story
Date: 2013-10-01 01:11:59
– We had a rather easy task relaunching the product as practically everyone above the age of 40 knows Ararat brandy. Still, serious replanning work had to be done in...
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In a bad patch
Date: 2013-10-01 01:01:04
Hungary’s spirits market has changed dramatically in the last five years, but some say it all started back in 2003 when excise duties were abolished before Hungary’s accession to the...
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The joy of giving
Date: 2013-10-01 00:56:33
The trend in the field of promotional gifts distributed in large numbers hardly changes: Hungarian gift companies offer the promotional gifts featured in most catalogues and manufactured in the Far...
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Bonbonetti sets out to conquer Europe
Date: 2013-10-01 00:43:25
Bonbonetti group CEO Sándor Sánta told our magazine that the cooperation agreement they signed with the Roshen Confectionery Corporation last spring guarantees significant investments that would make Bonbonetti more competitive...
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Mobile Wallet: payment and points collection at the same time
Date: 2013-09-30 12:10:57
The Super Shop is preparing for the launch of the Mobile Wallet System with a full swing. In addition to payments in the shops, the point collection will also be...
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OKSZ: domestic food trade needs a VAT cut
Date: 2013-09-30 12:01:10
According to the Central Statistical Office, inflation in August was 1.3 percent, which is a very low rate. The price of many products has fallen since last year, but the...
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Apple, Google, Coca-Cola – the ranking of the most valuable brands
Date: 2013-09-30 12:00:46
Interbrand has published the ranking of the world's most valuable brands again. In the first place we can find Apple with a value of more than 98 billion USD. Google...
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Tobacco shop applications are twenty times oversubscribed
Date: 2013-09-30 12:00:27
There is a continuing interest towards the the third-round tender for tobacconists. The 180 concession applications announced at 162 settlements are twenty times oversubscribed – Világgazdaság wrote on Friday. “A...
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The Millward Brown is looking for the best fanpage of Hungary
Date: 2013-09-30 11:13:58
The Millward Brown undertakes the task to find the “best” fanpage in Hungary – the press release of the market research company shows. According to Millward Brown’s philosophy, those consumers...
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VM: farmers do not required to give informations to the Four Paws
Date: 2013-09-30 11:11:22
Farmers do not have obligation to provide information towards the Four Paws animal rights organization – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) drew the attention, after heard that the that...
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Retail sales rose in Germany
Date: 2013-09-30 11:10:53
Lower than expected growth occurred in German retail sales in August – the German statistical office, the Destatis announced. According to the seasonal and calendar adjusted datas, retail sales rose...
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Table of the Hungarians: the roasted goose was prepared by a master chef from Kecskemét
Date: 2013-09-30 10:45:54
Traditional roast turkey was prepared on Sunday in Kecskemét in the scope of the You are at home! I love You Hungary! series of events of the Hungarian Television. The...
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This year's Oktoberfest is quite peaceful
Date: 2013-09-30 10:07:56
The Oktoberfest has a new supervisor: For the first time, Dieter Reiter, head of the Munich economy division, is responsible for everything connected to the organization of the Oktoberfest. He...
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Nielsen: vitamins and dietary supplements sales increased by 9 percent
Date: 2013-09-27 13:07:26
The retail sales of vitamins and dietary supplements exceeded 27 billion HUF in the first eight months of this year. This is 9 percent higher than in the same period...
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Kopint-Tárki: GDP increases 0.5 this year and will grow by 1.5 percent in 2014
Date: 2013-09-27 12:30:33
Kopint-Tárki has improved its previous growth forecast. According to the research company, the Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by 0.5 in 2013 and by 1.5 percent in 2014...
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Tabajdi proposes a ban on the Internet trade of tobacco products
Date: 2013-09-27 11:50:46
Tabajdi Csaba, Hungarian Socialist MEP proposes a Europe wide ban on the Internet trade of tobacco products. In his Wednesday communication, the socialist MEP stressed that during the review of...
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Cash registers: order the new one if you want to use the old one
Date: 2013-09-27 11:48:28
Entrepreneurs are obliged to operate traditional cash registers with no electronic diary from 1 October, if they can confirm that they have a contract to online cash registers. Those businesses...
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The Greek peaches have inimitable success in the international markets
Date: 2013-09-27 11:10:44
The fruit and vegetable exports, thanks to the high-quality products, is one of the leading sectors of the Greek economy. The European Union pays special attention to promote the unique...
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