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The world's second largest fast-food network to be sold
Date: 2010-09-02 00:01:02
According to the informations of the Wall Street Journal; Burger King negotiates with a British private equity company, over the sale of the company. Several companies purchased Burger King from...
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Increasing consumer spending in the United States
Date: 2010-09-02 00:00:38
Spendings increased in the world's largest economy with the highest rate, (0.4 percent) since March. According to analysts; the strengthening, is due to the slight increase in real incomes, and...
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Retail trade: We pay still less on daily consumer goods
Date: 2010-09-01 00:03:41
According to GfK Hungária; The market of daily consumer goods continues to decline in Hungary. In the first half of 2010, the market of daily consumer goods decreased by 0.5...
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Pos Media – Acquisition of Célcsoport Média in Hungary
Date: 2010-09-01 00:01:25
After it’s recent successful expansion into Ukraine and Turkey, POS Media Europe, the leading European point of sales media agency, has acquired a majority stake in Célcsoport Média Ltd in...
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The Russian government considers a price stop
Date: 2010-09-01 00:00:59
In Russia, certain foods become more expensive to the extent that it allows the government to restrict their prices. However, there are several counter-arguments against the measure, therefore, the government...
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International Farmer Days in Bábolna for the 26th time
Date: 2010-08-31 00:06:55
The International Farmer Days in Bábolna is the oldest exhibition of the Hungarian agriculture. The International Farmer Days will open its gates between 8 to 11 September 2010. The highly...
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Zsindelyes Pálinka and Gastronomy Festival for the 4th time
Date: 2010-08-31 00:06:11
The Zsindelyes Pálinka Distillery orgainses the Zsindelyes Festival in Érpatak again. After the great success of the previous years, the organizers are waiting the guests on the 4th of September...
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Disappointing second quarter results in the European food retailing
Date: 2010-08-30 00:06:25
According to Nielsen’s Growthreporter analysis; European food retailing decreased in ten countries, including Hungary. In Hungary 3 percent less food, household chemicals and cosmetics (FMCG) have been sold in retail,...
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Improved economy, declining international confidence
Date: 2010-08-30 00:04:25
According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. in cooperation with Erste Bank; this year’s economic growth of Hungary will be around 1 percent. The Hungarian economy, after the...
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Liquidations in Central Hungary
Date: 2010-08-30 00:03:55
According to the datas of Opten; In the first half of the year 22 percent more liquidations were carried up in the Central Hungarian Region, than in the same period...
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The area centers may be important fair locations
Date: 2010-08-30 00:02:25
Matthias Limbeck, manager for Reed Exhibitions in Austria, expects real changes on the fair markets at smaller fairs in Central Europe. He believes ,the prosperous regions can improve their own...
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Fed: a weaker-than-expected recovery
Date: 2010-08-30 00:01:25
The economic recovery from the crisis is weaker than expected, but we are ready for further steps, if it is necessary – said Ben Bernake chairman of Fed. Shortly before...
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Growing media spending
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Zenith Optimedia (Publicis Group) increased its forecast for the growth of global media spending to 3.5 percent in the year 2010. Earlier 2.2-percent expectations were modified because of recent global...
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With flower seeds for bees
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Bees are an endangered species that play a vital role in preserving the balance of our environment. UK drinks company Innocent, the National Trust and the Irish Beekeepers’ Association started...
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Electronic communication: an investment with rapid return
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Consumers remain the most important for a company even in the worst economic period, and a comprehensive, fast and accurate business management system with electronic devices creates advantages for them...
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Gifts are ready to be given
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
We are witnesses to a concentration process on the Hungarian promotional gift market. Economic recession left its mark on the segment: Győző Sauer, 3L Gift Kft.’s managing director told Trade...
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Garden stores flee forward
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
No precise data is available on the size of the domestic garden plant market, but experts’ estimate is that there are about 100 wholesalers in the country. Most of them...
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Information updated daily
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Péter Csík, the managing director of Compton Informatikai ZRt. is of the opinion that in the dynamically changing competition only IT-supported flexible data processing can serve all the needs of...
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Promotional gifts and prizes
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
There are evergreens on the prize gift market, for example all kinds of technical devices and IT gadgets. Obviously these cannot be used in every segment of the market and...
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Turnover increased in the country of supermarkets this June
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
In Austria food retail turnover grew by 1.5 percent in value in the June 2009-May 2010 period, compared with the same period a year earlier – informs Sigrid Göttlich, the...
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The background of the future
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
‘Future Store’ is not only about the equipment on the shop floor: an integrated IT system also forms part of it. These days when retailers try to keep only a...
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Brau Beviale 2010: the leading trade fair of Europe’s beverage industry
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Raw material, technology, logistics and marketing trends will be in the focus of this year’s Brau Beviale, held in Nürnberg on 10-12 November. Recently the organisers gave an international press...
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The Internet helps in buying medicine
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Hungarian medicine and medicinal product buyers use the Internet to gather information more often than other nationals. A Nielsen survey (conducted in 55 countries) found that 34 percent of Hungarian...
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Pricer shelf label in the Hungaricum Corner too
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
CBA and Szintézis Informatika proved that they not only lead the way in innovation (CBA was the first food store to use electronic shelf labels), but also in promoting Hungarian...
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The wine market is waiting for better times
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
– Sales and buying occasions of consumers moved drastically towards products supported with promotions. It is promotion campaigns that drive consumers to sales channels and products – Gábor Soltész, president-director...
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Shoppers who buy vodka are likely to put other drinks in the basket too
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Nielsen’s Retail Index reveals that discount stores realised 17 percent of value sales in the 90 food categories measured in the December 2009-May 2010 period. As for the 60 household...
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Packaged expectations
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to data from the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), the global packaging material market represented a value of USD 564 billion in 2009, from which the consumer packaging market was...
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Wine has become cheaper in retail chains, while organised retail is consolidating
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, wine value sales grew by 14 percent and volume sales were up 8 percent in the eight retail chains measured by Nielsen, in the...
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Traditional shops increased their market share
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, 8 percent less salami and 4 percent less sausage was sold in value by retailers in January-April, in comparison with the same period in...
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HUNGAROPACK 2010 packaging competition
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
There were 56 entries from 28 companies at the 27th HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition. The jury evaluated 51 works in the consumer and collective packaging category and 5 in the...
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