Events
Tips by GKI to boost growth
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
A series of clear and rapid economic measures have been recommended by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt which is composed of only a few elements, but can restore confidence in the business...
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More applicants for GFP funds
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
The Operative Program for the Development of the Economy (GFP) has become very popular. HUF 77 billion out of a total of HUF 329 billion has been made available for...
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Double digit growth in quantity as well
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, retails sales of praline exceeded HUF 18 billion in the June 200 – May 2008 period. Praline sales grew by 13 per cent in...
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True innovations behind expansion in the air fragrance market
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Price competition is not quite as intense in the market of air fragrances as in other categories. Brands focus on innovation and new fragrances. According to Nóra Csizmadia, from SC...
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Danes need a pleasant environment for shopping
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Modern store chains are very strong in Denmark. The food retail business is highly concentrated. Health-consciousness has a major influence on consumption, while demand for premium and luxury products is...
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Moderate optimism on board the OKSZ Klubhajó
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to Péter Feiner, chairman of the National Retail Association, the best we can hope for this year is that the decline of retail trade will stop. The Association is...
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Praline brands creating new seasons
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Praline is an ideal gift, provided its not a private label. This is what brands are counting on when they increasingly focus on the gift function. The praline market which...
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Increasing role of drugstores in market of air fragrances
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, the quantity of air fragrances sold in the first four months show stagnation, but sales dropped in terms of value, owing...
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Following the gendarme from Saint-Tropez
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Not much remains from the charm of the French Riviéra seen in the Louis de Funés movies of the 1960’s. Though the landscape and the sea is still beautiful, industrial...
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First multi-sensory project in Europe
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Leroy Merlin has been the first store chain in Europe to use all elements of sensory marketing in a combined way. Mood Media has been contracted to provide music, visual...
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Market share of private labels continues to rise
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, both the quantity of pralines purchased by households and the amount spent increased in the first third of the year. As a result...
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When you need a little energy
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to Orsolya Varga, trade marketing manager of Energizer, growth in the market of batteries is continuous but slow, with an increasing proportion of consumers choosing quality in the shape...
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(HU) Kereskedelem kínaiul
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Commerce in Chinese When I recently visited China, I had read the travel guide beforehand to see what I could expect. One of my destinations was Hong Kong, which I...
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Yearly HUF 33 billions as pocket money in our childrens' hands
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
According to Szonda Ipsos research, the 8-14 years old Hungarian children chip on not only the clothes and grocery shopping, but also by choosing family's new television, mobilephone, PC or...
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After blokades come the ad for Apple
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
The Hungarian Agrar Marketing Center (AMC) call for HUF 41.6 millio value PR and advertising ad. The aim is to popular the apple consumption. The goal is to quintuple the...
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European parliament calls for ban on cloned farm animals
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
The European parliament urged the EU's executive branch to ban the cloning of animals for the food trade, citing reduced genetic diversity among other concerns. Several expert groups, including the...
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Colombia to Increase Coffee Production
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00
Colombia plans to increase coffee production to 17 million 60-KG sacks by 2014, the government said. The effort will carry an initial cost of $724.5 million, Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe...
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Hungarians go shopping on the weekend
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
In value 10% of the weekly total sales at the hypermarkets and Cash&Carry units happens on Sunday, the share is 7% at the discount stores. According to GfK Hungaria research...
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Industry decries too complex labelling proposal
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
The proposed regulation on food labelling is too complicated, makes unrealistic demands on font size, and will be burdensome for SMEs, a hearing has heard. The hearing, organised by rapporteur...
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The trade balance showed a surplus
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
In June 2008, the volume of foreign trade grew moderately both in exports and imports; exports were up by 2.4, imports by 5 percent as compared to the same month...
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Apple demonstration is over
Date: 2008-09-04 00:00:00
On the three sites meeting come an agreement about the suppliers' price: Agrana pays 0.09 euro pro one kilo industry apple to the Hungarian growers. According to Gyula Budai, director...
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Sainsbury to push own-brand goods
Date: 2008-09-03 00:00:00
The UK consumer buys a higher proportion of own label than pretty much anywhere in the world.Sainsbury-sponsored research found that 62 per cent of shoppers said they were more likely...
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Stores accused of unhealthy food promotions
Date: 2008-09-03 00:00:00
The British National Consumer Council (NCC) went into the eight major chains and found that more than half of promotions were for unhealthy foods. The NCC visited eight stores in...
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US inflation on 17 years top
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
Consumer spending was down 0.4%, the largest decline since June 2004. Inflation-adjusted spending has fallen for the last two months, the first time this has happened since September 2005. Personal...
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Mixed Retail Sales Across the Balticum
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
Retail sales rose in Lithuania for the January to July period, but were down in Latvia and Estonia, according to latest figures from the official agencies in each country. In...
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Decline of investments
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
In the second quarter of 2008 the volume of investments in the national economy – on the basis of preliminary data – decreased by 2.1% compared to the same period...
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Manufacture of refined petroleum products calls the shots
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
Domestic sales prices of industry rose by 1.2% in July 2008 compared to the previous month and were 13.3% higher than in July 2007. Export sales prices of industry, measured...
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Slight German retail sales
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
German retail sales including vehicles and turnover at gas stations rose by 0.6 percent on the month in July in real terms, preliminary Bundesbank figures showed. However, this followed a...
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Slovaks struggle to get to grips with euro prices
Date: 2008-09-02 00:00:00
Shops are supposed to be listing prices in both units, getting people used to the euro before formal conversion on January 1, 2009 but many are not, according to the...
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Internal and external equilibrium improve
Date: 2008-09-01 00:00:00
The forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank shows that the Hungarian economy gets out of the growth hole in the second half of the...
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