Market News
Consumers persisting or changing
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
How do consumers react to rising food prices? In order to find out, a survey has been conducted by Nielsen in five leading Western European markets: France, Germany, UK, Spain,...
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Shrinkng dairy sector
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
According to Mikóls Istvánfalvi, vice chairman of the Dairy Product Council, a number of producers have gone of business in the last twelve months. The number of member enterprises in...
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Growth broken
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The consumption of mineral water in Hungary has increased substantially in recent years. However, this trend was broken a few months ago, and demand began to drop. Brands are the...
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Cost saving innovations in machinery
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Innovation in technology for the food industry has accelerated in recent years. Innovation is aimed primarily at reducing operating costs. Economy is a priority in both energy consumption and the...
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Night shift successful
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
In our July edition, we reported about the night of displays when the Hungarian section of POPAI organised the installation of three unusual displays during the night in the INTERSPAR...
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From one to two
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The 100,000th Széchenyi card and the first Széchenyi card 2 were handed over ceremonially in Budapest, on 9. October. Among others, the event was attended by the minister of finance,...
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Dairy products focusing on health have potential for growth
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Though the market of dairy products had expanded in 2007, it has started to shrink in the first 8 months of 2008, mainly as a result of higher prices. There...
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Market shrinking as a result of rise in the price of materials
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The FMCG market has shrunk by 3 percent in terms of value and 7 percent in terms of quantity in the past 12 months. Demand has shifted from premium products,...
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Prices dropping since August
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Average consumer price remained unchanged in September 2008, compared to August, but was up by 5.7 percent compared to September 2007. Food prices were down by 0.1 percent compared to...
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Digitalisation of in-store communication
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
As the Hungarian subsidiary of POS Media Europe, POS Media Hungary has been the market leader in the development of effective in-store communication tools for 10 years, focusing on POS...
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Prices jump up in Latvia
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
In the 27 member states of EU according to the harmonized data the annual inflation was 4.2% in September 2008 compared to September 2007. The lowest annual rates were observed...
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Solid grow at the consumer prices
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
In October 2008 consumer prices increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month and rose by 5.1% compared to October 2007. In the first ten months of 2008 the average...
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Bent cucumbers can be sold by retailers from next July
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
End to minimum shapes and sizes for 26 fruits and vegetables, such as aubergines and apricots, cherries, garlic, leeks, peas, spinach and watermelons. But 10 standards will remain. Misshapen fruit...
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Retailers Association Expects Flat Sales Next Year in Germany
Date: 2008-11-11 00:00:00
HDE, the German retailers’ association, has announced that it expects sales at stagnate in 2009, but said it expects them to be good during the upcoming Christmas season. The Wirtschaftswoche...
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The financial balance improves, but the GDP stagnates in 2009
Date: 2008-11-10 00:00:00
The forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank shows that in the radically changed global economic environment the Hungarian economy takes a completely new path...
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The trade balance deteriorated
Date: 2008-11-10 00:00:00
In September 2008, according to first estimates of Central Statistic Office, exports amounted to HUF 1,612 billion (EUR 6,724 million), while the value of imports reached HUF 1,576 billion (EUR...
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European Consumers Spill the Beans on Food Labelling
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
The study questions 17,300 people in France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Sweden and the UK, both in supermarkets and at home, and finds on average 18% of Europeans (27% in UK,...
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Research – month to months more privat label products in the leaflets
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
According to GfK Hungaria the leaflets are since many years very popular. The research company observs the leaflets of the retail sector since 2003, the biggest adviser are in...
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China Detains Suspect in Melamine Eggs Case
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
The owner of a Chinese feed factory suspected of adding melamine to its product which turned up in tainted eggs has been detained. Chinese eggs came under the spotlight after...
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Expansions in Bosnia
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
According to reports in the Bosnian press, the local unit of Mercator plans to capture a 5% market share in the country by 2010. Citing Director, Mensud Lagumdzija, the retailer...
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Export decreased in August
Date: 2008-11-05 00:00:00
In August 2008, the export volume decreased by 7, while that of imports by 8 percent as compared to the same month in the previous year. The trade balance showed...
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8th Night of Hungarian AdEaters
Date: 2008-11-05 00:00:00
The internationally acclaimed 'advertainment' show celebrate dover 350 of the finest, most amazing, artistic and creative TV & cinema advertising films from around the world! The show on 29th November...
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The better to now the consumer, the better to get the possibility to keep it
Date: 2008-11-05 00:00:00
Kirowski and GfK Hungária organised a workshop about marketing and communication strategies in time of crisis. On the exclusive workshop researchers, businessmen, ad agency people talk about handling with the...
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World exhibitions to arrive in Hungary
Date: 2008-11-04 00:00:00
Europe’s most modern and highest standard event and exhibition center, where the most renowned international world exhibitions, trade fairs and tour events will take place, is going to be built...
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(HU) Október első felében történelmi mélypontra zuhantak a várakozások
Date: 2008-11-03 00:00:00
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Companies recall 100,000 laptop battery packs
Date: 2008-11-03 00:00:00
Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The voluntary recall applies to...
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(HU) Tiltakozik a termékdíj miatt az Országos Kereskedelmi Szövetség
Date: 2008-11-03 00:00:00
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Junk Food Ad Spend Down, but Moving Across UK Media
Date: 2008-10-30 00:00:00
Junk food ads have been appearing less on British television, thanks to an April 2007 ban on ads that mislead nutritional value, encourage excessive food/beverage consumption, or otherise promote an...
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