Events

Private labels in the limelight at Alimentaria 2010

In March every second year, Barcelona becomes the world capital of the food industry when Alimentaria, Europe’s biggest food and gastronomy fair is held. On 22-26 March 2010, the 18th...

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Kalifa now also offers Oriental flavours

– I am happy to say that our sales turnover in the cooking-baking segment in last October-December improved by more than 20 percent. Around Christmas, Kalifa ground poppy seed and...

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Price/value ratio and the brand value of products and retail chains put in the limelight

According to David Calhoun, Nielsen’s president/CEO consumers are getting used to changes caused by the crisis. They worry less and try to accommodate to the new situation. Spending habits changed...

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Europe’s Day in Commerce for the fifth time in Hungary

The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers as the Hungarian member organisation of EuroCommerce organised the domestic Europe’s Day in Commerce on 3 November. László Herczog, the Minister of Social...

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The same number of people buy more baking products

Certain product categories are able to improve sales even in a negative consumer atmosphere, because at the time of crisis people spend more time at home. In January-July 2009, we...

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The first E-Mail Marketing Report was prepared

90 percent of active Internet users read approved commercial e-mail messages with an interesting subject, but an informal addressing is not always an advantage – reveals the E-Mail Marketing Report...

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Awards presented at Europe’s Day in Commerce, 2009

Klauzál Gábor Prize: Posch Péter, WestEnd Ingatlanhasznosító és Üzemeltető Kft. ügyvezető igazgatója; Dr. Vígh Gábor, Mammut Zrt. vezérigazgatója; Ay János, MKIK koordinációs és marketing igazgatója; Boros Péter, COOP Győr Zrt....

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Orange took back the lead from peach

Fruit juice sale are increasingly concentrated. The 401-2,500 m² channel improved its market share by 3 percentage points to 36 percent in October 2008-September 2009. In total, the market contracted...

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Among the last in Europe

According to a quick estimate by Eurostat, in August 2009, the volume of retail turnover kept falling, by 1.8 percent in the EU-27 and by 2.6 percent in the eurozone,...

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Solutions for a more efficient retail

The Laurel group held a conference at Balatonalmádi’s Ramada Hotel & Resort Lake Balaton on 15-16 October. In the lobby, the company’s own, exclusively represented and partner companies’ innovations awaited...

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A bit of vitamin for consumers and turnover

The juice category will surely not sleep the winter over, since these vitamin-providing beverages is about to enter the high season. According to Nielsen’s data, juice sales in September 2009...

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Hungary increased prices the most

In August 2009, consumer prices in the EU-27 were 0.6 percent higher than in August 2008, according to harmonised data. The biggest price increase was in Hungary with 5 percent,...

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Increasing public demand for cheap products

According to the datas of GfK Hungária Market Research Institute; in the third quarter of 2009, the households purchased recommended daily products 1.3 percent lower than a year earlier. However,...

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Domestic food retail sales increased in value, decreased in volume in the third quarter

According to Nielsen market research company; with Hungary food retail sales volume decresed in nine European countries in the third quarter, compared to last year’s July -September. In Hungary, the...

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We are facing a money saving Christmas

The Christmas season in the United States starts each year, the Friday after Thanksgiving day. The Equilor Investment Ltd. examined how the Christmas shopping season can evolutate in Hungary and...

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Eurozone’s unemployment rate reached its 11-year peak

In the Euro-zone, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate is currently 9.8 percent, stagnaiting on its 11-year peak level in October, after the September rate was modified from 9.7 percent to 9.8...

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GVH would pay tracking fee

According to a law proposal; In the future 1 percent of the imposed fine, but not more than 50 million HUF would be given to the person who provides evidence...

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Traditional Viennese Christmas Fair

The traditional Christmas fair started in Vienna, with the lightening of the 27-meter tall pine in front of City Hall. The Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) is looking forward optimistic...

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Year-end mall handover rush

While less shopping centers are handed over this year, than in the last year, at the end of the year, malls are handed over; one after the another in Europe....

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One giant leap in the Chinese credit card debt

According to the report of the Chinese central bank; The over six months credit card debts more than doubled in the first three quarters of the year in China, compared...

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Five winemakers are in competition for the Winemaker of the Year title

The Winemaker of the Year will be chosen this week, and will be named on Friday for the 19th time. The award was founded by the Seven Wine Judge Order...

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The number of dangerous products are growing due to the crisis

Although there is no accurate measurement and assessment of the impact of the crisis, in the market of counterfeit products, the turnover of the non authentic products shows an increasing...

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Environment protection product fee: a lump sum, instead of the more complex solution

From January agri-producers can pay their environment protection product fee, product registration, record keeping, reporting and payment obligations with lesser administration, as a lump sum – thanks to the legislative...

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Stagnating industrial producer prices

According to the Central Statistical Office; The industrial producer prices have not changed, compared to the previous month or to a year earlier period in October. The Hungarian industry's sales...

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The THM-ceiling may be the end of quick loans

Many people agree that now it is time to tighten the conditions of the Hungarian retail lendings, including consumer credits. One elements may be the much-debated introduction of the THM-ceiling....

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After one and a half year, the prices have increased in the EU again

Inflation returned into the euro area in November: According to Eurostat's first estimations, published on Monday, consumer prices were 0.6 percent higher than a year earlier. This is the first...

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The Americans throw out 40 percent of the food

According to an American survey; the nation's population throw 50 percent more food into the trasher than in 1974. An average 1400 calory food per capita is thrown into the...

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Germany can put an end to the monitoring of the staff

According to press reports in Germany at several chains of stores, the illegal monitoring of workers is a “daily routine”. Among others the workers are being monitored in the stores...

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GKI: The foreign market demand and the EU support can help in recovery

According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co., in cooperation with Erste Bank; This year, in the Hungarian economy a 6.5 percent decline and future stagnation is expected. The...

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Marketing in Italian style: Olive oil and wine from the Riviera

Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Danish and English buyers, and journalists from each country were invited by the chamber of commerce of Imperia province to the city of Imperia to the new...

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