Market News
Increasing food exports to Romania
Date: 2009-06-03 00:35:00
Last year, Romania became the 2nd largest receiver of Hungarian food export. Romania is a 20 million market in the neighborhood. The purchasing power of its population increased, but its...
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Improvement in the corporate atmosphere
Date: 2009-06-03 00:30:00
Ecostat 's prosperity indexes improved in the past three months among the TOP-100 companies and among the medium-sized enterprises too. Ecostat 's TOP-100 prosperity index of large enterprises increased by...
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The courses of the Hungarian Marketing Association ended with great success
Date: 2009-06-03 00:24:00
The Hungarian Marketing Association (MMSZ) held a a series of events with the support of the National Development and Ministry of Economy for the domestic small and medium size enterpise...
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The Hungarian Purchasing Manager index increased
Date: 2009-06-03 00:18:00
The market is dominated by the positive news nowadays so it is not surprising that the Hungarian purchasing manager index joined the large team of indexes with optimistic vision. Following...
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Food prices are falling since last year's peak
Date: 2009-06-03 00:10:00
Food prices decreased 2.2 percent globally, since the beginning of 2008. According to the food price index of Economist, prices decreased by 25 percent since the peak last July globally....
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It is time for barbecues
Date: 2009-06-02 00:30:00
The barbecue season is coming, when the domestic retail trade transacts the bulk of its turnover with special sausages and spices. About 1.3 billion HUF grilled sausage has been sold...
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Drought package from the Chamber of Agriculture
Date: 2009-06-02 00:24:00
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture in order to reduce losses caused by the drought, has submitted proposals to the Agriculture Minister. According to the views of the organisation, the developed...
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Descending pessimism in the U.S. manufacturing industry, increasing savings
Date: 2009-06-02 00:14:00
In April, the U.S. household savings willingness increased, in May, the value of ISM Institute's purchasing managers index of manufacturing increased from 40.1 points to 42.8 points. The ISM index...
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The crisis in the European manufacturing industry is softening
Date: 2009-06-02 00:11:00
Eurozone's manufacturing purchasing managers index in rose from April's 36.8 points to 40.7 points in May, slightly above the preliminary estimates. Increasing is indicated by the value over 50 points,...
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Descending beer consumption in the last two years
Date: 2009-06-02 00:05:00
The economic crisis has reached the Hungarian brewing industry, the total sales of the brewers decresed by 7 percent compared to the results of previous year. According to the informations...
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The number of late loan repayers has been significantly increased
Date: 2009-06-02 00:04:00
At the end of March 24 thousand companies had their credibility in late, compared to the same period of last year's , 18 thousand – reports MTI. The rate of...
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Marketing against the crisis
Date: 2009-06-02 00:02:00
Not only the big but also the small and medium-sized companies are also interested in building out and developing its own customer database. The widely used marketing tools can extend...
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Thee decline in the Hungarian food retail market has been stopped
Date: 2009-05-29 00:39:25
According to Nielsen market research company's analysis of twenty European countries, the Hungarian food retail sales volume of goods remained stable in the first quarter of the year compared to...
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The Hungarian economy has been increased in May
Date: 2009-05-29 00:32:28
According to the common indicator of Világgazdaság and Ecostat – called the speed-up guide (GYIA) – after the decline of April, the economy increased by 0.33 percent in May. It...
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No need to re-authorize the cash registers
Date: 2009-05-29 00:20:11
The shops do not need to re-authorize the cash registers because of the increase in VAT and excise tax. A simple parameter modification is enough – stated the fiscal business-leader...
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Dry weather is bad for agriculture
Date: 2009-05-29 00:10:31
Despite the rain falls of the recent days, 200 millimeters are still missing from the usual amount of precipitation. The dry weather can cause more than 100 billion HUF losses...
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Consumer confidence in the United States is improving
Date: 2009-05-28 00:34:00
The confidence indicator of Conference Board's the leading market research group increased to 54.9 points in May after April’s 40.8 points. The prior expectation was only 42.3 points. By the...
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Save and invest rather than taking up loans
Date: 2009-05-28 00:25:00
The economic crisis did not change the financial habits of people, however changed the usage of financial products – states the study of GfK Hungária market Researc Institute. The financial...
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Bank guarantee program to help food processors
Date: 2009-05-28 00:21:00
The Food Industry Bank Guarantee Program of Hungarian Development Bank (MFB) provides a total of 37.5 billion HUF working capital loan for helping out the businesses. With the 90 percent...
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One of the big loser of the crisis is the meat industry
Date: 2009-05-28 00:12:00
According to the datas of Optem Company Information Service by mid-May, winding-up proceedings has been started against 73 animal husbandry, meat trading or meat-processing companies, so meat industry is the...
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Decreasing prices at Slovakian retailers
Date: 2009-05-28 00:03:00
After the chains in Slovakia are already advertised products that are cheaper than in Hungary, the Slovak retailers also began to decrease its prices. In the first quarter of 2009...
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Good news from France: In April private consumption has been increased
Date: 2009-05-28 00:01:00
Contrary to the analyst expectations the French private consumption increased by 0.7 percent in April. The consumption growth surprised analysts who previously predicted 0.3 percent decline. The growth in April...
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Green spices bringing diversity into Hungarian cuisine
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Diversity in the use of spices is growing but this does not mean the end of red paprika. In fact it is still producing growth in spite of a substantial...
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Waiting for the grilling season
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
International trends in the poultry and garden product markets are monitored by AKI. According to analysts working for USDA, turkey production and consumption is expected to drop in 2009. In...
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(HU) Több fűszerkeveréket vásárolnak
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
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Drop in conjuncture index stopping in April
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Following a nine month continuous drop, the value of the GKI conjuncture index finally stabilised in April. According to a survey by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. conducted with the support of...
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Concentration decreasing in sales of ice tea
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Retail sales of ice tea were up by 3 percent in the April 2008-March 2009 period, exceeding HUF 14 billion, while sales in terms of quantity were down by 4...
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Proportion of people following a healthy diet stable
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
According to the latest survey conducted by GfK Hungária about eating habits, practically all foods are consumed less frequently. Traditional dishes and flavours continue to remain dominant. The proportion of...
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Stores can do a lot to boost sales of ice tea
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
Experts are looking forward to this year’s ice tea season with cautious optimism in spite of the recession. The market of ice tea is still dominated by traditional lemon and...
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Hungarian origin increasingly important
Date: 2009-05-27 08:00:00
The freshness and good quality of products continue to remain the primary considerations for consumers, while price remains the second most important. According to the GfK Hungária Shopping Monitor and...
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