Events

Top categories in store types

According to data from the Retail Index of Nielsen, the market share of hyper markets and super markets increased in the food market in the February 2007- January 2008 period....

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More tampons sold

Sales of women’s hygiene products grew by one per cent in terms of quantity in 2007, compared to 2006. As a result of a 4 per cent rise in average...

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Retail trade still down

Total sales in the retail sector were 3 per cent down in January 2008, compared to 2007. According to a KSH report, overall sales in the retail sector amounted to...

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ECRM – a missed chance to score

This year’s food retail meeting of ECRM was held in the second week of March in Budapest. Only three Hungarian companies attended the meeting where retailers have the time to...

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Improving confidence index for KKV-s

The business confidence index among predominantly Hungarian owned enterprises was up to 97,8 per cent in the first quarter of 2008. No further restrictive measures are anticipated....

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Mosquitoes dominating the market of pesticides

As a result of last year’s warm and dry weather, with hardly any mosquitoes, sales dropped in the market of pesticides and insect repellents by 5 per cent in terms...

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Drastic rise in price of rice

The price of rice has produced a rise of 70 per cent in the last three months. Mihály Bencs, the managing director of Riceland Magyarország Kft, has explained the latest...

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Declaration for the citizens of Europe

AIM published its declaration titled Brands for Health and Welfare, signed by the heads of 50 European FMCG companies on 31. March. Two members of the Hungarian Brands Association, Friesland...

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Record breaking Alimentaria

Over five thousand companies from 70 countries attended the Alimentaria 2008 exhibition, which closed on 14. March. The total number of guests was 158,000. Italy was the largest exhibitor with...

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Fighting insects on all levels

Sales of pesticides and insect repellents total nearly HUF 3,5 billion annually. The category shows constant growth over longer periods, with dynamic expansion in the tick repellent segment. The season...

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Satisfied Austrians, in high concentration

According to data from the Austrian subsidiary of Nielsen, food sales showed growth of 3.4 per cent last year, compared to 2006. As the inflation rate was only 2.2 per...

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Ten Hungarian exhibitors at SALIMA

With the help of BD-Expo, our colleague visited the SALIMA exhibition held in Brno in the first week of March. SALIMA celebrated its 25th birthday last year, becoming the largest...

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Improving global living standards, expanding market for chemical products

World-wide sales of chemical products have expanded at a faster rate than previously, since the last Nielsen survey. The Nielsen survey covered 29 categories and its findings were published in...

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The power of agencies

According to an estimate by the Hungarian Advertising Association, total advertising spending in Hungary amounts to HUF 180 billion annually. The FMCG sector accounts for 20-22 per cent of this...

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First in Europe regarding frequency of shopping

Average Austrians visit hyper or supermarkets 18 times per month and discount stores on 6 occasions. This makes them the European champions regarding the frequency of shopping. However, the disadvantage...

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VINEX turns 12

VINEX is the largest and most complex winery event held in the Middle and Eastern European region. The Grand Pric Vinex wine competition is also held during the exhibition, organised...

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Faktoring ABC – about factoring in simple terms

We hear about factoring every day, but relatively few businesses actually use this financial service. Probably, not many people are familiar with the advantages of factoring. We have asked Andrea...

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Ads expected to inform, rather than influence

According to a survey conducted by GfK Hungária in February 2007, 4 out of 10 people are open to innovations and willing to try new products. Advertisements are primarily expected...

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Changes in legislation concerning the environmental charge

This year, the Customs Authority has taken over tasks related to the environmental charge from APEH. As László Deák, one of the directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers has told us, this will...

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Yoghurt sales showing higher concentration than fruit yoghurts

Owing to the popularity of healthier dietary trends, yoghurt consumption is popular. According to Nielsen data, unflavoured yoghurts produced growth of 6 per cent in terms of quantity in the...

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Click and win!

Marketing campaigns can no longer be successful without using the Internet as well. The Internet has become part of our everyday life and our media consumption. Internet penetration in the...

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Co-ordination, legislation – together

VPOP has called for setting up of a Strategic Committee composed of representatives of all the competent Ministries, and the trade organisations, to work out recommendations and amendments to the...

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Yoghurt drinks happy in the bottle

Pro-biotic is not a new word, but it seems to have become the main driving force behind the expansion of the yoghurt market, as this seems to be the most...

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Sponsoring helps brands to overcome background noise

Sponsoring allows a brand and a program to be linked in a creative way, according to Krisztián Kovács, sales director of TV2. Sponsoring is an important part of their integrated...

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Entities liable to pay environmental charge:

– first distributor of product, in case of domestic production, or entity using it for its own purposes; – first domestic distributor of product, in case of import from EU,...

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Yoghurt consumed in over three-quarter of households

According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, 8 out of 10 Hungarian households bought yoghurt in 2007. Though total sales grew somewhat as a result of the 9...

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Advertising in stores

It has many names: POS, POP, in store, POP communication etc. , but we all know what it is about: reaching consumers in the stores. This is becoming increasingly important...

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Tax return changing

As of 1. January, annual returns concerning the environmental charge were replaced by monthly, or quarterly returns, depending on how VAT returns are submitted by the taxpayer....

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Mineral water over HUF 44 billion

Sales of mineral water grew by 10 per cent in 2007 in terms of quantity, approaching 900 million litres. Sales increased by 14 per cent in terms of value and...

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Hungarian Post Office in the dm market

The Hungarian Post Office established its lifestyle data base in 2007. This allows companies to use a far more effective solution for reaching potential clients. The data base which holds...

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