Events
Everything you want to know about your consumer
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Career & Style held its conference on 7. September, where current issues of the consumer market and possible future changes were discussed. In her opening presentation, the managing director of...
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Extreme wine labels spreading
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Labels make a big difference when customers do not have a definite idea of what kind of wine they are looking for. Today, the trend is to make labels simple...
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Corn prices: + 45 per cent
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to a KSH report, the prices of agricultural produce were 10.4 per cent up in July 2007 compared to July 2006. Plant produce showed a price rise of 20.8...
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CIES MARKETING FORUM
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
7-8 November 2007, Brussels A unique speaker, Rob Reid, is coming from Los Angeles to Brussels to share his success story at the CIES Marketing Forum. He founded Listen.com, the...
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Internet banking not very popular among Hungarians
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to an international, online survey conducted by Nielsen, Hungarian Internet users rarely use the net for banking transactions and use ATM machines less frequently than the international average. Only...
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Food boosting inflation
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to a KSH report, consumer prices remained unchanged in August 2007, compared to July, but the rate of inflation was 8.3 per cent. Prices were on average 8.5 per...
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„A spark appears, and a miracle happens”
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
A few interesting quotes from my notebook: „A commercial revolution is taking place today in China” Alex Thompson from ITN, host of the conference „ The grey economy accounts for...
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How is the banking sector?
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The number of banks per HUF one million is between 3-4 in Hungary, which is around the international average. The leading seven banks (OTP, K&H, MKB, Erste Bank, CIB, Raiffeisen,...
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Retail turnover of food continues to shrink
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The shrinking of retail turnover continued in July. According to a KSH report, sales were 4.2 per cent down in July 2007 compared to July of 2006 and also showed...
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How far have we come?
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
We heard some success stories during our Business Days conference held in September. For example Pöttyös sales exceed that of Cola in some stores. However, price rises were in the...
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From killer of ideas to creative thinker
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The amount of knowledge to be learned from the three days of the Esomar conference equalled a university semester. The international organisation of market researchers celebrated the 60th year of...
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Growing inventories, more financing in foreign exchange
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
As István Tari, regional director of Erste Bank has told us, in spite of signs of recession in the FMCG sector, retail chains are expanding in the hope of future...
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Hungarian origin becoming more important
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to a 2007 survey by GfK Hungária about eating habits, the primary consumer requirement regarding food is good quality. Cheapness is no longer an important consideration for many consumers...
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In house competition for baristas
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The in house barista competition of Piazza d’Oro was held by Sara Lee Hungary Zrt. in Dumas Restaurant of the French Institute. Sara Lee Hungary Zrt. has been playing a...
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Record breaking CMS in Berlin
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
14 thousand people visited the largest trade exhibition of the cleaning industry held in Berlin in mid-September. 343 exhibitors from 25 countries attended the four day event. Prospects in Poland,...
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Shaking foundations
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
A number of dairy products suddenly disappeared from stores recently, though there was no real shortage. Hungarian producers of milk and dairy products have been put in an unusually favourable...
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Factoring: option not a refuge
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to Ferenc Csáki, chairman of the Hungarian Factoring Association and CEO of Magyar Factor zRt, the expansion of factoring is always a sign of economic growth. – What is...
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Consumers spending more wisely
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to Mrs. Szalóky Judir Tóth, director of Nielsen, the majority of consumers have maintained their level of consumption. In fact, sales have expanded in half of the 20 largest...
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Pálinka Promenade in Vigadó square
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
The II. Budapesti Pálinka Promenade was held between 28-30. September, in Vigadó square. Only authentic palinkas, made exclusively from fruit were allowed to be presented. Products of Zwack Kecskeméti Pálinka...
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Vending machines heading east
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
We have found at the Eu’Vend exhibition of the vending machine business held in Cologne, in September that Hungarians, Poles and Czechs had become important for the industry, which generates...
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Digital and universal electronics selling well
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
In the central and eastern European region, the sales of non-perishable consumer goods are becoming increasingly concentrated. According to a survey by the Gfk Group, online sales are growing as...
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Delayed changes
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
It was good news for players in the FMCH market that the recession resulting from the restrictive economic measures introduced last autumn had been delayed. However, it is bad news...
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From store to store in Shanghai (part 3.) – Tesco
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Within the single hour I spent in a Tesco in Shanhai, I had seen 37 signs saying “cheaper” in both Chinese and English. There is always plenty of activity to...
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Prophecies and facts in Tapolca (part 1.)
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Despite negative market trends, the atmosphere was pleasant at the Business Days conference organised by Trade magazin and Lánchíd Club in Tapolca, on 26-28. September with nearly 300 guests. During...
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Christmas on shelves
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Precise planing is needed in order to achieve the major boost in sales that is expected in the Christmas season. Most companies begin planning their special packages and offers for...
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Risks can be reduced
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
According to a presentation by Éva Palócz, general director of KOPINT-TÁRKI Konjunktrúrakutató Zrt. held at the conference organised by Coface Hungary in Göd, on 11. October, a large part of...
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Brands and prices in a Shanghai supermarket
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
I have dotted down the prices of a few branded products also known in Hungary, for the sake of comparison. Products are arranged in the order we see them from...
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Growth to begin next year
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
In his presentation about the state of the Hungarian economy, Dr. Gábor Karsai Gábor, deputy general director of GKI, had words of encouragement for the audience, pointing out that the...
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All kinds of pleasant things in their bag
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
Renewed popularity of the red Santa Claus bags is not only due to the prevalent “retro” trend. Sales of branded, premium chocolates will be supported by spectacular POS tools. Several...
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JEREMIE: program for small SME-s
Date: 2007-10-31 08:00:00
One quarter of Hungarian SME-s are capable of rapid growth, even if they are located in backward regions. Recognising the importance of SME-s and their difficulties in finding access to...
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