Events
More cooking done at home is both an opportunity and a challenge for pasta
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Average price on the pasta market has been stagnating since 2008 and private labels have achieved a 45 percent market share. Import is not significant and egg-content is practically unchanged....
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Cattle sent to the slaughter
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Agricultural Eonomics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their latest market report reveals that decrease in the production price of domestic slaughter...
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FOODAPEST NEWS
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In just four months, FOODAPEST opens its gates in Hungexpo Budapest Fair Center. We are happy to inform you that in 2010 Trade Magazine will be the official journal of...
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We buy pasta more frequently
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The volume of pasta bought per household increased moderately in January-June 2009, reveals GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan. Fewer households bought pasta, sales still improved by 2 percent. 80 percent of households...
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Optimistic report on the economic perspectives of the near future
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Summer data indicate a moderate improvement in the situation of the world economy and Hungary: the most painful part of the crisis is over. However, the extent and length of...
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Coupon terminal facilitates cheaper shopping
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Two coupon terminals were placed in Duna Plaza, in the 13th district. According to Tamás Újvári, managing director of Kuponnet Advertising, by using the terminals shoppers can search for promotions,...
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Gift packages: old brands and new concepts
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Most producers agree that in volume sales last year’s level is achievable, producers do not prepare with crisis-packages but with beautiful and eye-pleasing offers. Unilever Magyarország Kft. was the number...
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Payment deadline may become longer
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In Central and Eastern Europe the number of companies whose credit ratings dropped kept increasing in the past few years – says Zoltán Dercze, managing director of Coface Hungary. 45...
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Growing international interest in Alimentaria tradeshow
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Alimentaria is gaining importance outside Spain. For this reason the event has increased its budget for international promotion by 30 percent. Over 20 percent of the show’s 158,000 visitors come...
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Only LCD and plasma televisions achieved growth
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In the first half of the year, the market of consumer electronics contracted by 25 percent in both value and volume, compared to the same period last year – finds...
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Retail turnover on the increase in Belgium.
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
According to an estimate by Eurostat, the volume of retail turnover continued to decline in July 2009: by 0.9 percent in the EU-27 and by 1.8 percent in the eurozone,...
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KMÉ and HoReCa
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Agricultural Marketing Centre organised a meeting between representatives of Quality Food from Hungary (KMÉ) products and the HoReCa sector. Companies with products bearing the KMÉ marking try to find new...
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Loan market recovering slowly
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
After the development of previous years, the loan market dramatically declined. Global crisis narrowed down resources, entailing a lending activity contracted to the minimum; at the same time interest rates...
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Wages and salaries are up by two percent
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
At enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people and at budgetary institutions, gross average wages were 1.3 percent higher and net average wages improved by 1.4 percent in the first...
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Exhibition about the ”soul” of chocolate
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
125-year old Côte d’Or paid tribute to chocolate by organising a special exhibition in Millenáris Park on 11-13 September. The interactive exhibition was implemented by the marketing team of Kraft...
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Erste Bank
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Market changes in the past few years influenced customer demand. Firms often postpone their investments and revise their spendings. This trend entails the optimisation of financial services used and a...
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Decrease, but improvement as well
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In January-July 2009, the volume of foreign trade was 18 percent lower in export and 25 percent lower in import than one year earlier. KSH’s report also states that our...
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Event about DMS
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Onlinet, a Cisco partner organises a two-week series of events about Digital Media Signage, one of the most dynamically developing fields of POS advertising. According to ABI Research, in 2009...
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The factoring market
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
According to data by the Hungarian Factoring Association, factoring services only made up for 2.5 percent of the GDP in 2008, while the same ratio in the EU is almost...
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Fewer guests spent fewer nights
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
On the commercial accommodation services market, the decline that started early 2009 continues, the trend does not seem to turn yet. In January-August 2009, 2,173 thousand foreign guests spent 6,350...
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Where producer brands are strong
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In the 60 household chemicals and cosmetics categories measured by Nielsen, private labels represented 17 percent of retail turnover, in terms of value in the first six months of 2008....
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Erste Faktor improves its market position
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Although in the first quarter the factoring market contracted, Erste Faktor Zrt. managed to expand significantly (by 40 percent in the second quarter; in the same period the market contracted...
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The brake still holds back the industry
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In July 2009, industrial production fell by 19.4 percent, compared to the same period a year earlier. KSH’s report states that the volume of production was 22.1 percent lower in...
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New advertising code of ethics entered into force
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The new Hungarian Advertising Code of Ethics was signed by 26 professional organisations and entered into force on 30 September 2009. It is based on the Code of Ethics of...
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CIB Faktor provides additional services
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
In the first six months of 2009, factoring turnover at CIB Faktor increased by 16 percent, compared to the same period last year, while the Hungarian factoring market contracted by...
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Purchasing power highest in Csopak
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
Csopak dwellers may spend the most, while purchasing power is lowest in Tiszabő (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county), according to a study by GfK Hungária. In the county ranking (including Budapest) Budapest is...
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Turkey stew with plum for 1,500 people
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The 12th Plum Days were held in Szarvas on 11-13 September, with 20-year old turkey processing company Gallicoop as one of the main sponsors. Gallicoop’s master chefs cooked a stew...
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Next step: the concentration of suppliers?
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
According to Dr Judit Firniksz, a competition law expert with law firm Réti, Antall and Madl Landwell, a concentration process took place in Hungarian food retail in the past 15...
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More people use Internet banking
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
The number of people using on-line banking services increased by 1.8 percentage point in the first half of 2009 – according to a new study by GfK Hungária. This means...
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Warning! Traffic diverted! – Business Days 2009 (Part 1)
Date: 2009-10-27 08:00:00
This was the sub-title of the joint Business Days conference of Trade magazine and Lánchíd Klub on 30 September-2 October in Tapolca. The venue was decorated with traffic signs –...
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