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New recognition: Hungarian Agricultural Economics Quality Prize
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Soon a new trademark will appear on the packaging of a few food products: the Hungarian Agricultural Economics Quality Prize honours companies’ efforts to meet quality requirements, thereby setting them...
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To leave or to stay, that is the question
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
It is constantly debated whether trade fairs and participating in them are necessary. Ilka Theil, marketing leader of Idea Zone says that statistical data from 2008-2009 are significantly worse than...
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Sensormatic system at NorgesGruppen
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Norway’s leading food retail chain, NorgesGruppen equipped its stores with Sensormatic® acousto-magnetic (AM) detection technology in order to cut down on stealth and increase profits. Sensormatic AM labels are smaller...
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Behind the scenes and in front of the scene
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
What to look out for at a fair venue? What is the secret of successful exhibitors? How can typical mistakes be avoided? – these are only a few of the...
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Trends in high turnover food products
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Retail turnover growth of a few high turnover food products in October 2008-September 2009, compared to the previous such period (measured in value; in percentage)....
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Food prices curb inflation again
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In September 2009, consumer prices were 4.9 percent higher than in September 2008. KSH’s quick report reveals that food prices decreased by 0.6 percent in comparison with August, largely due...
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Sales approach an annual HUF 27 billion
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Demand for wiener is steady: 27,000 tons were sold in September 2008-August 2009, just like a year earlier, according to the Nielsen Retail Index. Wiener sales grew above the meat...
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Producers paid less for meat
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the production price of domestic pork fell by...
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The crisis made wiener buyers more rationalistic
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Consumers accept pre-packaged wieners and do not think of deli counter wiener as better. The price advantage of the latter is also dwindling and it is important to be aware...
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GKI expects Euro’s exchange rate to be at 260 Forints next year
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy hit rock bottom in autumn 2009 and in the 4th quarter a modest growth is expected....
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They spent more on wieners
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, Hungarian households bought 3 percent less wiener in the first eight months of 2009, compared to the same period last year. The average price per...
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Retail in a bad patch
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Retail sales continued to fall in August, in terms of volume. Sales turnover of retail stores was down by 4.2 percent in the first eight months of 2009 and by...
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Increasing public demand for cheap products
Date: 2009-12-03 00:03:55
According to the datas of GfK Hungária Market Research Institute; in the third quarter of 2009, the households purchased recommended daily products 1.3 percent lower than a year earlier. However,...
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Domestic food retail sales increased in value, decreased in volume in the third quarter
Date: 2009-12-03 00:03:42
According to Nielsen market research company; with Hungary food retail sales volume decresed in nine European countries in the third quarter, compared to last year’s July -September. In Hungary, the...
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We are facing a money saving Christmas
Date: 2009-12-02 00:07:07
The Christmas season in the United States starts each year, the Friday after Thanksgiving day. The Equilor Investment Ltd. examined how the Christmas shopping season can evolutate in Hungary and...
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Eurozone’s unemployment rate reached its 11-year peak
Date: 2009-12-02 00:05:11
In the Euro-zone, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate is currently 9.8 percent, stagnaiting on its 11-year peak level in October, after the September rate was modified from 9.7 percent to 9.8...
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GVH would pay tracking fee
Date: 2009-12-02 00:03:08
According to a law proposal; In the future 1 percent of the imposed fine, but not more than 50 million HUF would be given to the person who provides evidence...
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Year-end mall handover rush
Date: 2009-12-02 00:01:25
While less shopping centers are handed over this year, than in the last year, at the end of the year, malls are handed over; one after the another in Europe....
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One giant leap in the Chinese credit card debt
Date: 2009-12-02 00:00:35
According to the report of the Chinese central bank; The over six months credit card debts more than doubled in the first three quarters of the year in China, compared...
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The number of dangerous products are growing due to the crisis
Date: 2009-12-01 00:04:51
Although there is no accurate measurement and assessment of the impact of the crisis, in the market of counterfeit products, the turnover of the non authentic products shows an increasing...
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Environment protection product fee: a lump sum, instead of the more complex solution
Date: 2009-12-01 00:03:01
From January agri-producers can pay their environment protection product fee, product registration, record keeping, reporting and payment obligations with lesser administration, as a lump sum – thanks to the legislative...
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Stagnating industrial producer prices
Date: 2009-12-01 00:02:15
According to the Central Statistical Office; The industrial producer prices have not changed, compared to the previous month or to a year earlier period in October. The Hungarian industry's sales...
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The THM-ceiling may be the end of quick loans
Date: 2009-12-01 00:01:25
Many people agree that now it is time to tighten the conditions of the Hungarian retail lendings, including consumer credits. One elements may be the much-debated introduction of the THM-ceiling....
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After one and a half year, the prices have increased in the EU again
Date: 2009-12-01 00:00:59
Inflation returned into the euro area in November: According to Eurostat's first estimations, published on Monday, consumer prices were 0.6 percent higher than a year earlier. This is the first...
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The Americans throw out 40 percent of the food
Date: 2009-12-01 00:00:54
According to an American survey; the nation's population throw 50 percent more food into the trasher than in 1974. An average 1400 calory food per capita is thrown into the...
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Germany can put an end to the monitoring of the staff
Date: 2009-12-01 00:00:15
According to press reports in Germany at several chains of stores, the illegal monitoring of workers is a “daily routine”. Among others the workers are being monitored in the stores...
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GKI: The foreign market demand and the EU support can help in recovery
Date: 2009-11-30 00:06:28
According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co., in cooperation with Erste Bank; This year, in the Hungarian economy a 6.5 percent decline and future stagnation is expected. The...
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This year, Americans spent more on Black Friday
Date: 2009-11-30 00:01:01
Retail sales on Friday increased slightly, by half a percent in the United States, which is traditionally one of the busiest day of the Christmas shopping period. Retail sales showed...
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Different bargaining positions in the food industry
Date: 2009-11-30 00:00:50
The domestic food companies were not prepared for the EU's competition, the high charges, only further increase their vulnerability in competition – said Éder Tamás, President of the National Food...
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The deodorants and shower gels are the most popular
Date: 2009-11-27 00:04:59
According to Nielsen; decorative packaging toilet preparations and cosmetics are becoming more and more popular as Christmas gifts. More than 3 billion HUF worth of gifts were sold last year...
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