Events
Hypermarkets Spirits Small Shops Away
Date: 2008-07-21 00:00:00
The number of small Hungarian settlements without any retail stores doubled in the four years prior to 2007. According to specialist there is a strong concentration on the food...
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GKI competitiveness index rises slightly
Date: 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Economic think-tank GKI's Business Climate Index (UX), a gauge of sentiment at 1,500 businesses in Hungary, declined 15.6 points to 33.8 in the first quarter of 2008. The business-climate index...
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The on-line sales of FMCG products is in its infancy in Hungary
Date: 2008-07-21 00:00:00
According to E-Shopping Report 2008 the Hungarian net shoppers buy first of all technical equipments (38%), DVD (36%), movie, theater and airtickets (12%). Only 15% of daily net users bought...
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Agreement between Auchan and the Growers
Date: 2008-07-18 00:00:00
Leaders of the hypermarketchain promissed not to buy watermelon under HUF 30. Suppliers must to show the documents of origin and the spraying register. From today the outdoor ads...
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Consumers don't Understand Contactless Credit Card Technology
Date: 2008-07-18 00:00:00
Only 3% of the population is familiar with contactless technology. After reading an explanatory paragraph about contactless payments technology, consumers were 7 times more likely to want a contactless card...
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II.Pilsner Urquell – HoReCa Regatta
Date: 2008-07-17 00:00:00
The compatition on 26th July in Balatonlelle is sponsored by Dreher Brewery, patroned by Hotel Association of Hungary and the Hungarian Hospitality Association. It is the second season of the...
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Low Marketing Budget at Hungarian Firms
Date: 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Altough the role of the marketing is year to year more important in companies' life, but it isn't traceable in the companies' decision structure or in financial protection of the...
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Record Low Shows DATAWATCH ZEW
Date: 2008-07-16 00:00:00
The ZEW index dropped to -63.9 in July from -52.4 in June, declining for the fourth month in succession and setting a new record low for the series. The...
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In May 2008, the industrial gross output increased by 4.7%
Date: 2008-07-16 00:00:00
The volume of the production was higher by 6.9% in the first five months of 2008 than in the same period of the previous year. The volume of industrial production...
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Retail ventures are stain on liquidity
Date: 2008-07-16 00:00:00
According to Coface Hungary the number of proceeding because of insolvency grow by 13% in the first half of 2008 in Hungary. The most insolvency proceedings, starting this year, stem...
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TriestEspresso Expo
Date: 2008-07-16 00:00:00
The event between the 13th and the 15th of November 2008 is the Number 1 biennial B2B exhibition in the theme of the espresso coffee trade industry. Trieste will...
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(HU) Nem kell termékdíjat fizetni az újratölthető palackok után
Date: 2008-07-16 00:00:00
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The financial crisis is confirmed in Europe and is spreading
Date: 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Coface has reduced Spain, Estonia, Latvia and placed Portugal, Denmark, South-Africa and Vietnam under negative watch. In Europe, the financial crisis is dragging Spain down, which is pulling Portugal...
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Season starts with scandal
Date: 2008-07-14 00:00:00
Auchan offered watermelon by HUF 49, what is a dumping price – said the growers, who protested with gushing a ton of watermelon in front of the an Auchan store....
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Almost 7% inflation in the first HY
Date: 2008-07-14 00:00:00
In June 2008 consumer prices rose by 0.1% compared to the previous month and increased by 6.7% compared to June 2007. In June 2008 compared to the previous month food...
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German Anti-Cartel Office Fines Cosmetic Firms
Date: 2008-07-14 00:00:00
Germany's Federal Cartel Office has fined the German units of nine cosmetics companies including Chanel and L'Oréal a total of almost 10 million euros for sharing strategic information. Individual fines...
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Simplified EU Rules for Authorising Food Additives
Date: 2008-07-11 00:00:00
The European Parliament has adopted a legislative package that will see products containing any of six artificial colours labelled with a health warning. The decision to put a warning on...
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EU Working Group of Ministers about GMO
Date: 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Paris has announced the creation of a “group of friends of the presidency” to consider the EU's GMO authorisation process, which it wants to take better account of “local specificities”...
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Hungarian R&D companies have better business environment as before
Date: 2008-07-10 00:00:00
The in 2005 legislated innovation act helps to bring academic researches near to the practice. The spin-off and start-up firms are day to day more dynamic. JEREMIE starts this...
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Massive investments in logistics on the Romanian market
Date: 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Food retailers are expanding warehousing space and networks, overall investments worth above 50m euros on the logistics segment for this year alone. Kaufland and Plus invested a total of 55m...
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Top Five Luxury Brands
Date: 2008-07-10 00:00:00
According to Forbes list these brands not only deliver fat revenues and profit margins, they also attract loyal consumers. The new fans come from Brazil, China, Russia and India. ...
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Hungary is in Late with Arrangements against Salmonella
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
EU would give money, in the next four years , for decreasing the Salmonella infection in Hungarian poultry from nowadays' 60% to 1%. Only 2-3 from chickens 400 normal Salmonella...
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Unspent EU farm aid to go to Africa
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
The World Bank has estimated that about 6 billion euros is needed in short-term aid to help poor countries face the global food and fuel price crisis. "The EU...
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British vaste food yearly in value of 10 billion pounds
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
In 2008 an average British family spends 9% of household's income for food, it was 16% in 1984. A Cabinet Office report, Recipe for Success, showed 4.1 million tons of...
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Exports and imports levels are higher by 7 percent
Date: 2008-07-09 00:00:00
According to first estimates of Central Statistic Office in May 2008,, exports amounted to HUF 1,513 billion, while the value of imports reached HUF 1,504 billion. The Euro value of...
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Trend Research about the Hungarian Youth by Fanta
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
In the first part of the study, researcher was looking the using of digital technology and the digital culture between the young people. The second part spyed the attitudes to...
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Value shops tip growth as shoppers trade down in UK
Date: 2008-07-08 00:00:00
Aldi, Lidl and Netto, the discount supermarkets, are forecast to increase their share of Britain's grocery market by 60 per cent over the next four years. A new report claims...
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Cheap import and tax reduction could decrease the food price
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
According to common research of Kopint-Tárki Konjunktúrakutató Intézet Zrt. and AgrárEurópa Tanácsadó Kft. in long periode we have to be ready for high food prices. The specialist said because...
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Online Sales Up 60% In Romania
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Romanian online sales rose to E25m in the first six months of 2008, according to figures from RomCard. The number of transactions amounted to 300,000, while the average value of...
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The Deficit May Be Even Lower Than Planned
Date: 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Substantial improvement in the internal and external equilibrium this year with real wages in the business sector already climbing while inflation and interest rates remain high. The forecast prepared by...
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