Events

Dishwashing liquids and hair dyes increased the most

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Packaged demands

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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