Events
Shifters spend more – but at the competitor
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
A new, valuable category of consumers called the “Shifters” — shoppers who move their purchases to new retailers — which will open up new windows of opportunity for retailers. A...
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Last year's inflation in Hungary 6.1%
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
In December 2008 consumer prices decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous month and rose by 3.5% compared to December 2007 – published the Hungarian Central Statistical Office. In December...
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The production of food decreased considerably in November
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
According to national statistic office in November 2008, industrial gross output decreased by 12% compared to November 2007, the index adjusted for working days declined by 9.9%. The volume of...
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Hungarians drink beer
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
44% of our citizens never drink alcohol – according to a survey by GfK made in 2008 autumn. To study the issue, the Wall Street Journal asked market-research firm GfK...
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Capsule coffee spreads
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
The mashines in value HUF 40-100,000 are mostly bought by firms instead the big and expensive drink automates. According to a prognosis published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in the next...
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Germans are optimistic
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
Most Germans say they are optimistic for 2009 as it will affect them personally while being downbeat for the country’s prospects as a whole, a Forsa poll showed. Due to...
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Places of retail decreased by 5,000
Date: 2009-01-16 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistical Office on 30. June 2008 the number of retail places were only 160,000, it is 3% less as a year before. But the total retail...
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2008 – year of collapsing
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
Last year the number of non paying firms grow by 14%, in 2008 four percent of all entrepreneurs couldn't acquit – said Coface Hungary in its newest research. The most...
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Extreme price decrease by cereals
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
In November 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 22.3% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year. More specifically, the price level of crops and...
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Record fall in US retail sales
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:00
Trade over the Christmas and sales season fell 2.7 per cent, far above the 1.2 per cent expected by analysts and, excluding car purchases, dived 3.1 per cent, the worst...
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Wineries from Eger protest against sales on dumping price
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
According to the Association of Wineries of Eger, the Hungarian retailers often sale Egri Bikavér (most well known red wein from Eger) under cost price. The directory of association decided...
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Hungarian wine review in Amsterdam
Date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00
ITD Hungary and the Hungarian Wine Marketing Kht. common organised wine show for 30 Hungarian wines on the Wine Professional between 12-14 January in Amsterdam. The public, first of all...
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People love ads weaking up disere for possession
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
The most FMCG ads on billboard have average perception, but because of the characteristic image and the popular products this ads have high rates in identification and activation. Szonda Ipsos...
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HUF 1 billion penalty at Sparkler II. control
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
In frame of the adjusted monitoring authorities reserved products in value HUF 600 million. Supervision started on 20. November 2008, till 4. January 2009. inspectors punished in 5400 cases in...
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The end of the recession is unpredictable
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
In 2009 the decline of GDP in the entire European Union will probably close to 2%, within this the downturn in Germany and consequently in Hungary will be somewhat deeper....
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“The Germans’ desire for beer is continuing to fall
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
Beside the financial crisis a combination of an ageing population, changing drinking habits among younger people and the smoking ban which hit pubs and bars, had led to the drop...
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Consumers change product and shops to save money
Date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research last year the price of cooking oil grow by 28%, the increasing was 6% at sour cream and coffee, customers have to pay 2% more for...
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GKI's Consumer-business confidence in new historical low
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
Industrial companies' assessment of production and order stock worsened. But the evaluation of stocks of their own products improved. Plans for price changes were the same as in November, but...
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Praline and chocolate sales grow in 2008
Date: 2009-01-09 00:00:00
According to Nielsen last year 7% more food were sold in the retail as a year before. The total value of 90 categories, researched by Nielsen, was HUF 1300 billion,...
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OKSZ calls the retailers for energy efficient operating
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
The organisation suggests voluntary steps for saving energy to keep out the closing or limitation of retail spaces. Hungarian Retail Associciation launch a public appeal for gas saving operating of...
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Retailer are pessimistic, the service sector is no lower
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
After the bottom recorded during October and November the value of GKI’s economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects dropped again in December. According to the survey conducted by GKI...
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Daily more millions of milk will be wasted vain
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
If the dairy firm will not take the fresh milks because of the limitaiton of gas usage, farmers have to throw out million liters of milk. Hungarian Agriculture Chamber ask...
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Gas restrictions was lifted on category II consumers
Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
Restrictions remain in place for “category I” consumers that use more than 2,500 cubic meters per hour. Hungarian gas transmission company FGSz said it would reintroduce the restrictions on category...
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Price in food industry low by 0.5%
Date: 2009-01-07 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices of industry decreased by 1.3% in November 2008 compared to the previous month and were 10.8% higher than in November 2007. Export sales prices of industry measured...
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Next British clothes retail chain in trouble
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Adams Childrenswear has closed 111 of its stores in UK. As a result of the closures, 850 members of staff have been made redundant with immediate effect. Adams blamed the...
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Hungarians are less happy than the European average
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
The 51-country Nielsen happiness study, which polled 28,153 respondents online in May 2008, found that globally, women are happier than men in 48 of the surveyed countries. Hungarians are most...
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Germany under negative watch by Coface
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Following in the footsteps of France – under negative watch since October 2008, Germany was the last major Western European country to have the best Coface country rating. Weakened by...
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No rice absence to wait
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
Vietnam could export more than 5 million tonnes of rice in 2009, up at least 6.4 percent from last year, a state-run newspaper said. In 2008 Vietnam exported 4.72 million...
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Tender for protecting innovation
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
This special source could pay 45% of the total cost of technology developments. The summ is non-refundable. The aim of the construction is to protect the innovation operation of the...
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Earnings at U.S. retailers will fall 20 percent in 2009
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
The International Council of Shopping Centers in New York predicts 73,000 U.S. stores may shut in the first half of 2009 after what may have been the worst holiday-shopping season...
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