Events
Celebration and worries at the Europe's Day In Commerce
Date: 2010-11-03 17:21:35
Europe's Day In Commerce has been organized for the 6th time in Budapest on 3rd November this year. The event was organized by VOSZ and the Hungarian facility of Eurocommerce,...
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Pick, Gyulai, Herendi – The best Hungarian brands
Date: 2010-11-03 16:18:46
In many countries of the world the Superbrands awards are handed over each year, to recognise the finest brands. This year, the national jury paid attention to the Hungarian products,...
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The pig breeders on the edge of bankruptcy
Date: 2010-11-03 16:17:52
The pig industry faces a bad year, so the state should intervene – said Sákán Antal president of the Association of Pig Breeders. Without interference from state, pig stocks can...
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OECD expects a slow recovery
Date: 2010-11-03 16:10:57
OECD expects a 1.5 to 2.0 percent increase for the economy of the euro area in 2011 and a 1.75 to 2.25 percent for the United States. In its June...
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The Szegedi paprika received EU protection
Date: 2010-11-03 16:07:02
The European Commission, put the Szegedi paprika on the”protected area of origin of products” (appellations d'origine protégées, AOP) list – was announced in Brussels on Wednesday. The “szegedi fűszerpaprika-őrlemény” was...
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Two hundred thousand people visited the Corvin during a week
Date: 2010-11-03 16:06:13
Thanks to the customer services, as well as the family-friendly operating philosophy of the Corvin Shopping Center, more than two hundred thousand people visited the new complex in the last...
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Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair
Date: 2010-11-03 16:00:54
The 3rd Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair will be held between the 4th and the 6th of November 2010. At the same time, the Hong Kong Optical Fair,...
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Increasing industrial orders in the U.S.A.
Date: 2010-11-03 14:22:07
The new industrial orders in the United States, increased by 2.1 percent by 8.8 billion dollars, to 421 billion USD in September. Expectations were about a more modest, 1,3 percent...
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Aufwind Schmack to start test operation of biogas plant in April
Date: 2010-11-03 09:12:30
The Hungarian-based unit of Germany's Aufwind Neue Energien plans to start test operation of a HUF 3.9 billion biogas plant it is building in Szarvas in April, Aufwind Schmack announced....
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Ground, roasted passion
Date: 2010-11-02 21:46:39
In September Tchibo reintroduced its Tchibo Exclusive products, which are now made using a new recipe, from 100-percent arabica beans. Andreas Christmann, Tchibo’s international procurement director was present at the...
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The future haunts
Date: 2010-11-02 21:40:38
GINNT EXPO, the Global Innovation Technologies Expo was held in the Syma hall from 15 until 17 September. GS1 Magyarország Zrt. organised the event for the second time in Hungary....
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Annual meeting
Date: 2010-11-02 21:28:49
POPAI Hungary Association held its annual meeting on 9 September. The board’s report was accepted unanimously and everyone remained in their positions. POPAI Hungary decided to send a delegation to...
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New times and a new world (Part 1)
Date: 2010-11-02 19:29:26
The number of participants at the joint Business Days conference of Trade magazin and Lánchíd Club, held at the end of September each year, is growing from year to year....
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What you can eat today…
Date: 2010-11-02 18:40:41
In the autumn several market research companies published data and results from the domain of healthy eating. Nielsen revealed that Hungarians find healthy food products too expensive. Ipsos found that...
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On four wheels for Hungarian food production
Date: 2010-11-02 18:35:32
Coop Rally was organised for the fifth time, and the 84 cars travelled around the central and northern part of Transdanubia from 16 until 18 September, to tell people about...
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Agricultural prices soared during the summer
Date: 2010-11-02 18:31:55
The production price level of agricultural products augmented by 12.8 percent in July 2010, compared with July 2009. Vegetable products became 20.5 percent more expensive, while livestock and products of...
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Drugstores’ market position became more stable
Date: 2010-11-02 18:29:11
The annual market of household chemicals and cosmetics exceeds the value of HUF 300 billion. According to Nielsen, these products’ retail sales did not change this January-August, compared with the...
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Decrease in the prices of food products
Date: 2010-11-02 18:24:42
In August KSH reported a monthly consumer price decrease of 0.6 percent. Compared with August 2009, prices rose by 3.7 percent. In the first eight months prices were 5.2 percent...
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We still consciously pick the place of our shopping
Date: 2010-11-02 18:23:25
According to a study titled ‘Retail analyses 2010, the first six months’, made by GfK Hungária, in the first quarter of 2010 a positive trend characterised households’ spending on food...
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Ipsos launched a validated online research system
Date: 2010-11-02 18:21:44
Ipsos Zrt. launched a new online research service, called Validated Online Opinions (VOV in Hungarian). VOV is a research panel recruited from the users of networking website iWiW, which has...
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Fewer tourists visited Lake Balaton than expected
Date: 2010-11-02 18:19:39
According to data from KSH, in January-July 2010 the signs of economic recovery were not significantly palpable in the tourism sector: fewer domestic guests were registered at commercial accommodation sites....
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We visit shopping centres less frequently
Date: 2010-11-02 18:18:12
GfK Hungária’s latest (July 2010) survey on shopping centres reveals that the number of those going to shopping malls one or more times per week slightly fell, and the proportion...
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‘It is ending precisely now…’ (Part 6)
Date: 2010-11-02 18:16:45
This new, 6-part series by Trade magazin and GfK Hungária Market Research Institute focuses on price trends, pricing policies and consumer expectations in terms of price. Let us summarise what...
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Shops are buzzing in France
Date: 2010-11-02 18:15:20
According to a quick estimate by Eurostat, in July 2010 retail sales improved by 1 percent in the EU-27 and by 1.1 percent in the eurozone, compared with the same...
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By 2020 an expansion of supermarkets and discount stores is expected
Date: 2010-11-02 18:14:09
GfK Hungária recently examined short-, mid-, and long-term retail trends. Based on the results they prepared several scenarios for 2011-2020. Hypermarkets’ market share is expected to remain 23 percent in...
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Cheese drink is here
Date: 2010-11-02 18:09:59
Japan surprises the world with something new every week. This time it is cheese drink: tropical orange juice with 51-percent fruit content is flavoured with exotic cheese. The drink tastes...
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Cartridge cleaners
Date: 2010-11-02 18:08:19
Liquid soap and washing up liquid refills are not novelties these days. Not until somebody comes out with the idea of refill cartridges. Planet People from Canada put a collection...
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Stickers against forgetting
Date: 2010-11-02 18:06:59
‘Beauty is timeless. Beauty products are not.’ – this is the slogan of the service called Beauty Alert. The company entered the market with stickers which make it easy to...
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Food product import reduced
Date: 2010-11-02 18:04:58
In the first six months the volume of export increased by 18 percent from the base period and import also grew, by 15 percent. KSH’s quick report also reveals that...
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Weak forint strengthens the industry
Date: 2010-11-02 18:03:43
In July 2010 the volume of industrial production augmented by 9 percent, compared with July 2009. In the first seven months industrial export improved by 15.7 percent (by 11.2 percent...
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