Events
Foodbank Conference in Budapest
Date: 2010-05-27 00:01:00
The annual meeting and conference of the European Association of Foodbanks will be held in Budapest, between the 27th and 29th of May 2010. The meeting aims to launch a...
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Sportswear beside canned food
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:50
The largest sportswear brands open toward the supermarkets. Previously, the runway collections, or the B-class products were marketed in these places, now the latest sportswear trends will also appear among...
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Kékfrankos competition in Szekszárd
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:40
The Szekszárd wines won the most of the gold medals. Among them the best wine became the wine of the Takler winery at the 6th Szekszárd International Kékfrankos competition. 127...
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Deteriorating consumer sentiment in Europe's largest economy
Date: 2010-05-27 00:00:30
According to the survey of GfK; The euro zone's financial crisis and the weakening euro start to impact on the consumer mood in Europe's largest economy, Germany. Thus, the consumer...
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4.6 percent turnover decline in retail sales
Date: 2010-05-26 00:01:48
The retail sales volume – adjusted from calendary day effect – decreased by 4.6 percent, in the first quarter of 2010 and in March by 4.0 percent, compared to the...
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SME week to come
Date: 2010-05-26 00:01:34
The European small and medium-sized enterprises can receive informations on supports and can exchange their experiences at the events of the European SME Week starting on Tuesday. More than 50...
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Moroccan producer who exported contaminated pepper excluded from export
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:53
According to Muláj Abbesz el-Kadiri Moroccan Ambassador, the exporter, who exported pepper contaminated with chemicals to Hungary will be excluded from export. The contaminated product was produced by a small...
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Industrial orders: 20 percent annual growth in the euro area
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:40
The euro zone’s new industrial orders increased in an extent, have not seen for 10 years in March, which may be another indication that the second quarter, will occur well...
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Many shops can not give back from the twenty-thousand banknote
Date: 2010-05-26 00:00:20
According to the joint survey of the MasterCard and Bankkártya.hu joint in most of the shops in Budapest the change of the largest Hungarian bank not is still an impossible...
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Government program: focus on local food production
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:45
According to the rural chapters of the government program; The new government would terminate the multi tax nature of the food retail shelf money and would reduce the sales of...
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GKI index is on its pre-crisis level
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:38
In May, the value of GKI’s seasonally adjusted business climate index continued to rise. According to the survey, made by GKI Economic Research Co. (www.gki.hu), with the support of the...
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Decline in fruit and vegetables yield, due to rainfall
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:25
Due to the rainfall and the floods the fruit and vegetables yield, will be 10-15 percent less, but price increases are not necessarily expected. The experts questioned by the InfoRádió...
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Western Europe eats ducks rather than geese
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:10
The consumption of geese products decreased, partly due to the discrediting campaign of the Four Paws, partly because of the crisis in Western Europe. More and more customers are buying...
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The food industry should be treated as a strategic sector
Date: 2010-05-21 00:03:41
The food industry may ruin, if we fail to boost innovation – states the Hungarian National Food Technology Platform. According to their calculations; 45-50 billion HUF should be invested in...
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There is no ceasefire between the stores and the suppliers
Date: 2010-05-21 00:02:32
Next week, the suppliers will make a statement against those food retail chains, that are most violate the unfair trading practices law. The two major problems with the food retail...
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Széchenyi Card: 7.6 billion debt, from 750 billion
Date: 2010-05-21 00:01:20
The Hungarian companies has reached 750 billion HUF credit line through the Széchenyi card system. Currently 1600 companies are on the black list, but the bankruptcy rate is relatively low.The...
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Hungary's competitiveness has improved
Date: 2010-05-21 00:01:15
Hungary improved from last year’s 45th place to the 42nd in IMD’s 2010 competitiveness rankings – reports the Swiss IMD, the world's leading business school. According to the latest ranking;...
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The Ifo-index shows an improvement the global economic sentiment
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:40
The global economic sentiment index of the German IFO Institute for Economic Research improved further. The index of the second quarter rose to 104.1 points, from the former 99.5 points...
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The European Parliament does not support meet glueing
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:10
The European Parliament vetoed the European Commission's decision, which made it possible to use the thrombin enzyme as food additive. The thrombin was used to glue the meet parts that...
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Agricultural prices augmented at the beginning of the year
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
KSH’s report informs that the production price index of agricultural products went up by 0.2 percent in February 2010, compared with the same period a year before. This February vegetable...
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Germans shoppers buy comfortably in a pleasant environment
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Edeka Group, the market leader in German food retail improved its turnover by 17 percent, compared with the previous year, and its sales revenue surpassed the EUR 39.6 billion threshold...
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Behind the scenes
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The crisis generated cost efficiency measures and structural changes, which affected sales teams too. Work has been outsourced at several companies, either completely or in part. According to Ágnes Csiby,...
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Increasingly conscious decisions by shoppers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Last year the complete turnover of daily consumer goods bought by Hungarian households remained stable in nominal value, in comparison with 2008. However, in terms of volume turnover lowered –...
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A stable yoghurt market with strong manufacturer brands
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Manufacturer brands strengthened their position in yoghurt retail sales: they improved by 1 percentage points in value (reaching an annual HUF 29 billion) and by 3 in volume against private...
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Down on your knees or standing up?
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
‘How many of you are convinced that win-win business relationships are good for you?’ 90 percent of people in the room raised their hands. ‘Your minutes are numbered!’ – said...
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Coded price-hunting with iPhone
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Árukereső.hu, Hungary’s most popular price comparison site introduced a useful application for iPhone. By using the iPhone camera to read products’ barcodes in-store, the application finds the best on-line price...
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Television advertising campaigns’ reach can now be measured electronically
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
GfK Panel Services Germany expanded its Web Efficiency Panel service: it now involves monitoring the reach of television advertising campaigns. Panel members were given special mobile phones which are capable...
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Yoghurt drinks are coming up
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The yoghurt segment which focuses on health managed to expand despite the crisis, only the medium price segment contracted a bit. Beáta Kiss, external relations director at Danone Kft., is...
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Hungarian delegation in Paris
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Five people represented POPAI Hungary at the Marketing at Retail Show in Paris, where 215 stands received 15,800 visitors; there were 300 entries for the POPAI Awards – the results...
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The most frequent places for buying certain categories
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Hyper- and supermarkets are the most frequent places for buying categories such as carbonated soft drinks, mineral water, beer, household cleaners and chocolate – states Nielsen ShopperTrends....
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