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Sweeties have caught up with table chocolate
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Retail sales of sweeties are growing dynamically. Value has grown by 13 per cent, while volume has increased by 19 per cent in the October 2005 – September 2006 period...
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Higher customer requirements
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Though quality, price and assortment are still the most important customer considerations in Hungary, the possibility of using debit cards for payment became significantly more important for customers in 2006,...
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Season of seasons
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to marketing books, one of the tools that can be used for boosting sales is creating new opportunities for purchasing. The sweets industry seems to be good student. In...
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Flood of imports from the EU
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to KSH data, the volume of foreign trade between January and October 2006 increased compared to the previous year. In terms of volume, exports grew by 16 per cent,...
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Modern store types dominate
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The retail trade of frozen products is growing. Sales of meats exceed HUF 12 billion, frozen potato sales are over HUF 3,5 billion, while frozen pizzas represent a market of...
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Destination: Romania
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
At the moment, there is no sign of the dumping of cheap food in Romanian and Bulgarian markets which took place in Hungary after accession to the EU in 2004....
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Escape to victory
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Very different strategies might all be successful in the market of frozen products – this is the conclusion I came to after analysing the answers I got from market players....
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The brakes are on
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. published on 27. December 2006, inflation is rising but balance is starting to improve. Investor confidence and the HUF are both improving...
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The market has expanded both in terms of value and volume
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Fruit tea has become more popular than black tea, according to November 2006 – October 2006 retail figures. Herbal tea and green tea have also gained market share at the...
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30 years of shopping malls
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The history of shopping malls in Hungary – reviewed in a fresh a KSH publication – began with Flórián Üzletközpont thirty years ago. Modern malls, which brought new shopping habits,...
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Teas are not all black nowadays
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The tea market seems to have benefited from the myth that black teas are not as healthy as other types, because attention turned to these other kinds of tea, which...
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Food conscious minority
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to a survey by GfK Hungária Market research, people who choose food consciously are still the minority. 58 per cent of the 1000 people interviewed believe that they eat...
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Tablets subject to strict scrutiny
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
A ministerial decree was published at the end of last year about trading of medicine outside pharmacies with the names of medicines which can be sold this way. A decree...
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Men prefer smaller stores
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to a recent study by GfK Hungária Market Research about the process of shopping under the title “Shopping Monitor”, the most important considerations for Hungarian customers in food stores...
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Small stores in a strong position
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
The value of retail sales of spirits grew by 8 per cent, while the quantity of sales grew by 4 per cent in the October 2005–September 2006 period compared to...
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Favourable domestic trends for wine
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
The year 2004/2005 does not count among the best years of wine production in Hungary. The purchase price of wine dropped by 25% due to overproduction, export fell by 180...
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Palinka reborn
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
Palinka has definitely benefited from EU rules regarding protection of origin. New flavours and designs keep appearing in the market, helping to boost sales. Since Hungary became the sole country...
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Return of the beer bottle
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
In Hungary the beer market is rather static, the yearly turnover is 7.5 million hectoliters (6.9 domestic and 5-600 thousand foreign production). The low-price segment (at present with 15% market...
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Why is headache more expensive on a Sunday?
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
Gyorgy Vamos of National Trade Association was arguing very strongly for the opening of the drug-market on the pages of Népszabadság. In his article published in mid-October he was reasoning,...
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Larger size shower gels are more popular
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
Shower gel sales continue to expand: retail sales in excess of HUF 10 billion showed an increase of 8 per cent in terms of value and 14 per cent in...
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Consumption growing after lifting of duties
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
The legal market of liquors in Hungary has risen by 1-1.5 % in 2005, and has reached the amount of 47 million liters, first of all due to the growing...
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Faked washing powder brands
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
More than 33 tons of faked washing powder was confiscated in a XI. district warehouse. The names of two well known brands were used for the washing powder-imitations which contained...
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Natural is the trend in shower gels
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
According to surveys, shower gels are more popular in Hungary compared to neighbouring countries, though consumption has not reached the Western European level yet. Why is this? Private labels account...
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Export rates growing, import growth figures slowing down
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
Hungary’s export rates of agrarian products have been on the rise since our EU accession, and this tendency is continuing. Although the forecast for the growth of export rates was...
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EU testing rice from the US
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
Food safety experts of EU member countries have decided to begin testing rice shipments from the US to stop deliveries of genetically engineered products. The costs of testing in European...
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Low profitability in swine breeding
Date: 2006-11-20 08:00:00
In Hungary more than 400 businesses are carrying out meat-processing activities. Since 2004 the number of such businesses has halved, and the production is highly concentrated (less than 50 companies...
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