Market News
Less mosquitos, but more moth last summer
Date: 2008-06-02 00:00:00
According to Nielsen's Retail Index last year fall the demand of insecticides in retail, but request of mothpowder increased. The whole market is HUF 3,5 billion, last year the...
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German milk strike spreads to other European countries
Date: 2008-05-30 00:00:00
It said deliveries dropped by some 60 percent in Switzerland's Zurich region and in the Netherlands, where the Dutch Dairymen Board urged its 4,000 producers to “keep milk on the...
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The price war begins, but the customers wait
Date: 2008-05-30 00:00:00
The sales indexes of LCD and DVD recorder are much lower than two years before. According to a recent survey by market researcher GfK Hungária, the 2006 Football World Cup...
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Indecisive milk prices
Date: 2008-05-28 00:00:00
The milk price will grow, in the purveyance domestic products and import has important part – said specialists on the „World Day of Milk” business forum. According to Andras Mahr...
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We pay 20% more for chocolate bars
Date: 2008-05-27 00:00:00
People with sweet tooth last year had to dip into their pocket deeper, the rawmaterial costs increased by 20% in 2007. This year the situation is the same. According to...
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Retail sales fall off
Date: 2008-05-26 00:00:00
According to Central Statistic Office the calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales decreased by 3.7% in March, and by 3.1% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to...
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Together with the Control Authorities
Date: 2008-05-26 00:00:00
Last week Hungarian Entrepreneurs's business forum continued in Southern Transdanubia region, in Pecs. Entreprenuers bad leading systems, attitude by non following the rules, the over controlled firms and the...
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Food prices to stay high in next decade
Date: 2008-05-23 00:00:00
Food commodity prices will remain high by historical standards over the next decade but ease back to well below current peaks, says a report to be published next week by...
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Scottish Government Announces Plan To Ban Cigarette Displays from 2009/10
Date: 2008-05-23 00:00:00
Despite tobacco advertising having been banned in 2002, there are growing concerns that prominent displays of cigarettes and other tobacco products in shops and other points of sale. It is...
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Women use more desodors
Date: 2008-05-23 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research company the Hungarian desodor market grow in value by 12, in volume by 9% between March 2007- February 2008. The whole market was bigger than...
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Hungarian Agriculture Chamber for SPS directive
Date: 2008-05-23 00:00:00
The chamber protect that firm could buy land, so could be minimized the anomalies because of high feed costs. The European commission is to discuss a plan to reform the...
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Digital Media Directory at TV2
Date: 2008-05-22 00:00:00
From June 2008 a new directory leads the developing and sales of TV2's digital surfaces (internet sites, teletex, mobil content). The head of directory is Attila Fekete, who further worked...
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Holiday Cheques – Since 10 years
Date: 2008-05-22 00:00:00
The owner can use their cheques for 27 kind of service at 8500 places in whole Hungary. From the first years 1-2 billion sales, nowadays the foundation sold cheques in...
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New section established by agencies
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Trough the Line (TTL) is the name of the new section established within the Hungarian Advertising Association by László Vekkel (HPS Group), Zsolt Urbán (HD Group) and Tamás Tóth (Special...
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Spending on safe sunbathing
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Choosing the right sun lotion is extremely important and people are willing to pay more for sunbathing in safety than before. Unlike other cosmetic categories, the sales of more expensive...
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Food industry lagging behind
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Industrial production rose by 9.8 per cent in the February 2007 – February 2008 period. Industrial export was up by 15.5 per cent in February 2008, compared to the previous...
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Modelling: reduces risk, boosts chances of success
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
How many customers am I going to lose by raising my price? How will a reduction in my competitor’s price effect my sales? Which promotional tool generates the biggest sales?...
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Largest Marché opening in Austria
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Marché Schwechat was opened at the end of April, on the Vienna external ring. Construction work has taken 14 months and cost EUR 3,5 billion. This facility is the largest...
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What’s inside Hungarian warehouses?
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
We can easily find warehouses of European standard in Hungary at present, especially if we want it to be bear Budapest. – According to estimates, over a hundred thousand square...
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Still in recession
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Retail sales were down by 2.5 per cent in February 2008, compared to February 2007. According to the latest KSH report, retail sales were down by 0.2 per cent in...
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Packaging in three stages – part 1: colour
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Our sense of colours is a prehistoric heritage, related to our deepest reproductive drives. The use of colours is so ancient and universal, that even flowers know everything about it…...
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STI group to expand its international organisation
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
A Turkish partner and a new Polish production facility have been added to the STI group. Dasa and Milas Ambalaj based in Istanbul is a manufacturer of premium category packaging...
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Tough challenges for designers
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The main driving force behind innovation in the market of commercial vehicles is EU environmental policy. As a result of increasingly strict EU emission standards, environmental considerations are the current...
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Less grain for export
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Exports were up by 19 per cent in January 2008, while imports were 15 per cent higher than a year earlier. Total exports amounted to HUF 1,529 million in the...
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POP materials popular among customers
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Emotions are playing an increasing role in influencing in-store activities. According to a presenter at the EuroShop exhibition held in Düsseldorf, providing joy and an exciting experience for customers is...
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Private labels strong in discounts
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Private label products are 40 per cent cheaper than brand products on average in Hungary. The market share of PL products has been rising for years, but the rate of...
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Top model slower than IFA
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
There are two ways for commercial vehicles to meet Euro V standards. One is the recycling of emission gases (EGR), while the other is based on selective catalytic reduction (SCR),...
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More optimistic households
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
The complex Consumer Confidence Index of Gfk Hungária and Corvinus University improved by four per cent in the first quarter of 2008. Expectations regarding financial position next year were up...
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JÓFEJ-campaign for the fourth time
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
A campaign against drunk driving is to be organised by the Association of Hungarian Breweries for the fourth time in 2008. The JÓFEJ campaign to be conducted in the summer...
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Mobile refrigerator boxes with GPS
Date: 2008-05-21 08:00:00
Today, it is possible not only to monitor where our vehicles are and what they are doing, but we can also check the temperature in the storage space and whether...
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