Market News
Silver EFFIE for Invitel
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Invitel has received a silver EFFIE award for its autumn ADSL campaign designed and implemented by Neo Interactive. A total of 30 awards were handed over at the EFFIE ceremony...
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Intimate relationship with customers
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Consumers habits are changing continuously in the market of women’s hygiene products, but safety, softness, good absorption and fit remain essential requirements. Innovation focuses on air permeable materials, shapes and...
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Low prices and cleanness self-evident in the UK
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to Jonathan Banks, research director of Nielsen UK, low prices have become a precondition of competitiveness in the UK. Tesco ranks third globally among food retail enterprises and is...
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Fondants for six billion
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Fondants are to be sold in the value of HUF 6 billion in the 4-5 weeks before Christmas. 821 tonnes of Christmas figures worth HUF 2.2 billion and accounting for...
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Sales of women’s hygiene products up
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products were up both in terms of value and quantity in the first half of 2008. According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, sales...
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Incredible nights by the river Moscow
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Moscow ranks number one on the top list of cities regarding luxury. A two room apartment in a pre-fabricated concrete apartment block costs HUF 50 million and we pay HUF...
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Uniform standards needed
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The position of vice chairman has been established in the Global Food Safety workgroup of CIES – The Food Business organisation in order to promote further global harmonisation of food...
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Awards for domestic flavours
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Award wining products can be sold for more money and awards offer advantages in marketing as well. Enterprises operating food production facilities in Hungary may apply for the right to...
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The financial crisis
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We will probably soon begin to feel the effects of the financial crisis. A brief overview of what we can expect has been prepared by my colleague, Balázs Lapis. „It...
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Growing demand for frankfurters sold by weight in spite of higher price
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of frankfurters exceeded HUF 24 billion in the September 2007–August 2008 period. Sales showed stagnation in terms of quantity. Sales of pre-portioned products were down, while that of...
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Superbrands – for brand-conscious consumer
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The main objective of the Superbrands program is to increase awareness of the best brands and to promote brand-conscious shopping decisions. Superbrands are selected from the PIPACS data base of...
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Merry digital Christmas!
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
As the end of the year is here, we’ll take a look at the future. Today, we see digital solutions wherever we look, because electronic media is highly flexible and...
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Wide gap in frankfurter prices
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The market of frankfurters serves as a good example of complex and often incoherent consumer behaviour. Though consumers are increasingly concerned about the healthiness of ingredients, private labels show expansion....
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Sales stagnating
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales were down by 1.4 percent in August 2008, compared to August 2007. Sales showed stagnation compared to July. Food retail units generated 0.7 percent lower revenues in August...
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Thorough preparations – half way to success
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We have asked a number of display manufacturers what in their opinion ideal trade marketing or marketing professionals are like. The answer was: those who know their job, know what...
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Decreasing prices in agriculture
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
In October 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 16.5% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year – said the Hungarian Statistic Office. More specifically,...
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Demand for households papers and desodors grow
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research the common sold household chemicals are the fabric softeners, the toilet papers, dushgels and pocket tissues. The value of the TOP 10 households chemicals is over...
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The production of manufacturing fell by 8.6% in October
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office In October 2008, industrial gross output decreased by 7.2% compared to October 2007, the index adjusted for working days was equal to the non-adjusted...
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German firms plan wage hike in Hungary
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to a research, commissioned by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, German firms operating in Hungary plan an average 6.2% wage hike next year. The headline wages at...
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Collective bargaining ended
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Employers and unions agreed at a Friday meeting of the OET to a general wage increase of 3-5% in 2009 and to establish Hungary’s monthly minimum wage at HUF 71,500...
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This year in the first 11 months price increased by 6.3%
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Statistic Office in November 2008 consumer prices decreased by 0.2% compared to the previous month and rose by 4.2% compared to November 2007. In November 2008...
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Dutch Supermarket Sales Growth forecast only 3% in 2009
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The supermarket sector reported sales of 28.7 billion euros in 2007, a 4.7 percent rise. The sales in the week leading up to Christmas to go up by 7 percent...
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Origin and brand is important for shopping Hungarians
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the GfK Shopper Insight 2008 reseach half of the shopping Hungarians always or often compare the products with different brands. Almost half of the shoppers hold on to...
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EU to scrutinise competition in food retail sector
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
European Union regulators pledged on Wednesday to crack down on uncompetitive practices in the food retail sector. Warning of a risk that food retail consolidation might be against consumer and...
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The authority controls thousands of food entrepreneurs and 80,000 products. The office made survey o
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
According to a press conference of the Hungarian Agricultural Administrative Office, the authority made 6,000 penalty captions from January-October 2008. The authority controls thousands of food entrepreneurs and 80,000 products....
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57 tons dioxin- incriminating liverish in Hungary
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
Kaiser-Food Kft. imported in November 42 tons liver from Ireland, from this 29 tons are frosted, but from the rest liver paste were made and sold in the retail. After...
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Dioxin poisened pork in Romania
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
3 tons of toxic pork from Ireland arrived into a depot in Bucharest, it was transported to 5 South-Romanian companies – said the Romanian Food Safety authority. It's sure that...
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We buy travel and book on-line
Date: 2008-12-10 00:00:00
According to the newest research the number of Hungarian on-line shoppers is over 1 million. E-Commerce Trend Report 2008, made by NRC Market Researcher, shows that 1.8 million Hungarians tested...
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Germany's Retailers are optimistic
Date: 2008-12-10 00:00:00
According to Reuters informations, last week Germans spent 1% more, 4.7 billion euros for Christmas presents. High-quality toys as well as books, CDs and DVDs were among the most bought...
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Supermarkets are Very Popular In Baltic region
Date: 2008-12-10 00:00:00
A new survey by Extended Performance Satisfaction Initiative (EPSI) reveals that supermarket chains in the Baltic countries receive strong approval ratings. The EPSI study found that Estonian consumers are slightly...
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