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Food industry gathering momentum
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Domestic industrial prices were up by 0.5 per cent in February 2008, compared to January and 10.6 per cent higher than in February 2007. Average price in the food, beverages...
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Trapped by distribution costs
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
An entire business sector has been built around telling us what the best solution is. The usual solution to the problem of cutting costs is employing subcontractors. What can those...
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Rigour, with exact regulations
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Soon, retailers and manufacturers might be fined billions instead of millions, when found to be in breach of food safety regulations. They believe that the proposed fines are excessive. Hungary’s...
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Year of sport benefiting men’s deodorants mainly
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to experts, an expansion is practically guaranteed to take place in the market of deodorants in future years. Nielsen data seems to support this prediction. Though women’s products account...
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Deficit in cattle and poultry in the EU
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) monitors the global trend sin the market of meat and poultry. Data from the Market and Price Information System of KSH and AKI can be...
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How do we choose? The optimal light commercial vehicle
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Buying a light commercial vehicle is unlike buying a car. We are not only buying a vehicle, we are buying a package, which should offer the best possible solution for...
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Insolvency continues to spread
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The number of companies becoming insolvent grew by 21 per cent in the first quarter of the year, compared to 2007. Construction and commerce remain the riskiest industries. According to...
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Stabilisation among women’s hygiene products
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores, but hyper markets also hold a substantial market share. According to Nielsen data, the market share of drugstores expanded by...
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Worse rating for Hungary
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, both the internal and external balance is expected to show significant improvement in 2008. A significant reduction in the...
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Toiletpaper, a typical routine category
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
On of the most common routine paper products is toilet paper. One of the things we only tend to notice, when we run out of it. It is much the...
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VOSZ on tour
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
The “Let them hear our voice” series of regional events has been launched by VOSZ for the third time this year....
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Women’s hygiene increasingly confidential category
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
While demand for panty liners and tampons is increasing, the market share of hygienic liners is shrinking. The proportion of scented products is also rising. Brand loyalty is still strong...
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More foreigners in Budapest
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a KSH report, the number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation increased by 2.7 per cent in January-February 2008, compared to the same period in 2007,...
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Where even kings go on foot
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Regardless what we call them, visiting toilets is part of our everyday lives. An exhibition about the history of toilets was held by Zewa between 26. September and 21. October...
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In memoriam Péter Sas
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Péter Sas used to be the sales director of Zwack Unicum. He had spent his entire career with Zwack and its legal predecessor. He was a real “street smart” who...
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Quick and comfortable hair removal – with a razor
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
There are three ways of getting rid of body hair, but as this category is very sensitive to price, innovations and promotions can influence customer decisions. A slow shift towards...
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Cooking oil on top
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
Consumer prices were up by 0.6 per cent in March, compared to February and 6.7 per cent higher than in March 2007. According to a KSH report, food prices were...
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Strictly recorded purchasing
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
There are many areas in the food industry where bulk purchasing, storage and handling of materials is needed. SAP systems do not offer solutions to this problem, but HostLogic Kft....
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Roaming cards
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
According to a survey by MasterCard, debit cards are increasingly often used in foreign countries by their holders. European Maestro® card holders used their cards on 24 per cent more...
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More tampons sold
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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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Declaration for the citizens of Europe
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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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Top categories in store types
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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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Mosquitoes dominating the market of pesticides
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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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Improving confidence index for KKV-s
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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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Fighting insects on all levels
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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
Date: 2008-05-01 08:00:00
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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Liberalisation Set To Revolutionise French Retailing
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The new law would allow supermarkets of up to 1000sqm to open anywhere they wanted. Until now, petits commerçants – or small shop owners – have been protected by a...
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Tesco Starts Trial Of Carbon Footprint Labels
Date: 2008-04-29 00:00:00
The retailer is piloting carbon labelling across 20 of its own label products. There isn't consensus about every piece of data among the specialists. Tesco will telling customers about the...
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