Events

Foodbank Conference in Budapest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

‘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

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

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

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

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

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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