Events
Dishwashing liquids and hair dyes increased the most
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to Nielsen, household chemical and cosmetics retail sales grew by 3 percent, approaching an annual HUF 300 billion in July 2008-July 2009, compared to the same period a year...
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Shrinking export-import activity
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
In January-June 2009, the volume of export and import was down by 20 and 25 percent, respectively, compared to the same period in the previous year. Foreign trade balance was...
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Specialised products successful among detergents
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Those who buy detergents make a strong distinction between cheap and expensive products. Those who look for premium quality buy Ariel and Persil. In the medium price category, we find...
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A slight price increase in the food sector
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to a report by KSH, domestic sales prices in the food sector decreased by 1.3 percent in July, in comparison with June. In a 12-month comparison, sales prices in...
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New products from the Clorox brand
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Clorox is a well known brand, present on the Hungarian market for more than 10 years as one of the key players in the chemicals category. Besides providing constant high...
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Minuses prevail
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
In the first six months of 2009, retail sales were lagging behind last year’s by 3.2 percent. Volume sales increased by 0.5 percent from June to July. HUF 3,356 billion...
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It is time to wake up!
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
What does crisis mean? It means that we cannot continue doing things the way we did before, we have to find new solutions. This is true for the FMCG sector...
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Demand shifts towards general purpose cleaners
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Consumer habits are changing in the product categories related to cleaning. Households buy less cleaners and cleaning utensils. Only innovative, environmentally friendly solutions and private labels achieved growth. – The...
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Weakening price-decrease in the agricultural sector
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Producer price level of agricultural products in June 2009 fell by 13 percent, compared to the same period in 2008. According to KSH, crop products were down by 17.5 percent,...
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The Wandering Magyar
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
The food basket known by the name of Hungaricum is one of the most straightforward advertising messages: sausage, onion and a pitcher accompany Hungarian flavours. However, in an age of...
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Battery-operated air fresheners energise the market
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Last year the air freshener market produced a two-digit expansion, but this year growth is losing pace. One third of the market is covered by aerosol products and battery-operated devices...
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Consumer confidence on the increase, moderate optimism
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
We have experienced an unparalleled economic crisis and the consequences have been difficult to predict. The Consumer Confidence Index makes it possible to forecast probable trends. FMCG retail data in...
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(HU) A HÓNAP TÁBLÁZATA – Top 10 élelmiszer a régiókban
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
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Packaged demands
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Household packaging material sales grew in value and stagnated in terms of volume, compared to last year. The food packaging and baking paper segments both grew by two-digit numbers. As...
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Foreign markets – Spain: Supermarkets dominate, discounts gaining ground
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Out of 100 Spanish households, 58 spend the most money on food, household chemicals and cosmetics in supermarkets. For the Spanish, the most important in choosing a shop is a...
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Most popular segments became more expensive by 7-11 percent in one year
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to Nielsen, retail sales of coffee was up by 5 percent in value, surpassing an annual HUF 50 billion in August 2008-July 2009, compared to the same period in...
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Cosmetics market prepares for Christmas
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
In value, the market holds its position. In personal body care, shower gels and deodorants are the two biggest sub-categories where special products, innovations and promotions push category sales forward....
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Private labels: two-digit growth
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, private label food product sales were up by 14 percent in the first half of the year, while household chemicals and cosmetics improved by...
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FOODAPEST NEWS
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
The economic crisis brings new challenges and new opportunities as well. Fairs are becoming increasingly important in achieving business objectives. FOODAPEST, Hungary’s biggest food, food processing machinery and catering event...
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Modern and exclusive messages from coffee brands
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Private labels are attacking on the coffee market too, but they are successful mainly in the instant segment where functionality prevails over the formality of drinking a good ground-roasted espresso....
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Mothers mobilised via the Internet
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Despite the recession, the baby category is solid in terms of both value and volume, since major indicators hardly changed compared to previous years. Creams, wet wipes and private labels...
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The business potential of co-operation
Date: 2009-09-27 08:00:00
Communicating restrictive measures to employees in the way management wants these to be interpreted is a major problem all over the world. It was a mystery for the top management...
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Customers are looking for actions and visiting shops rarely
Date: 2009-09-25 00:04:01
According to Nielsen market research company; consumers are visiting shops rarely; more and more people are looking for cheaper goods and discount shopping opportunities. The growth of the popularity of...
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London and New York in the lead, Budapest is the 74th in the ranking of business centers
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:55
London and New York remain the most competitive business centers of the world. The score of Budapest has improved, but its ranking became worse, due to the improvement of the...
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FAO: in the next 40 years, 70 percent more food will be need
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:30
According to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Seventy percent more food should be produced worldwide, until 2050. The FAO expects that the global population is expected to grow...
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The first “Pannon Wheat Quality” certificate was handed over
Date: 2009-09-25 00:03:00
The “Pannonian wheat” trade mark was established in July, by the National Association of Cereal Producers (GOSZ), to indicate the extra quality wheat. The first certificate was given to the...
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Stock orders in the euro area are over expectations
Date: 2009-09-25 00:02:00
According to the report of Eurostat, the new industrial orders of the euro zone increased in July, surpassing expectations, that shows a recovery in activity and the easing of recession....
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The situation of dairy producers has improved a bit
Date: 2009-09-25 00:01:40
According to the latest report of Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI); In August, for the first time this year, even if a very small extent, but the domestic milk prices...
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Christmas shopping already started
Date: 2009-09-25 00:01:05
It is just the end of the summer, but chains are preparing for Christmas, due to the economic crisis and under the pressure of the changing consumer habits. The latest...
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GKI economic forecast for 2009-2010
Date: 2009-09-24 00:04:58
According to the summer data of GKI Economic Research company, the greatest economic crisis of the last 70 years has ended. However, the magnitude and the sustainability of improvement are...
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