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Nails grow fast at Beauty International
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
New possibilities in beauty and skin care are in the limelight of cosmetics trade fair Beauty International, held in Düsseldorf on 26-28 March 2010. 1,200 companies and brands are expected...
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Light at the end of the tunnel?
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
A regional study recently published by PricewaterhouseCoopers paints a slightly unexpectedly positive picture of the consumption markets of upcoming states. According to experts, most global companies realised before the crisis...
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The crisis made wiener buyers more rationalistic
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Consumers accept pre-packaged wieners and do not think of deli counter wiener as better. The price advantage of the latter is also dwindling and it is important to be aware...
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Private labels in the limelight at Alimentaria 2010
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
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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Europe’s Day in Commerce for the fifth time in Hungary
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
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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They spent more on wieners
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, Hungarian households bought 3 percent less wiener in the first eight months of 2009, compared to the same period last year. The average price per...
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To leave or to stay, that is the question
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
It is constantly debated whether trade fairs and participating in them are necessary. Ilka Theil, marketing leader of Idea Zone says that statistical data from 2008-2009 are significantly worse than...
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Awards presented at Europe’s Day in Commerce, 2009
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
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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In terms of volume pálinka, in value bitters lead
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Spirit retail sales are stable in terms of value, surpassing HUF 73 billion in October 2008- September 2009, just like a year earlier. However, Nielsen registered a 5 percent decline...
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Behind the scenes and in front of the scene
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
What to look out for at a fair venue? What is the secret of successful exhibitors? How can typical mistakes be avoided? – these are only a few of the...
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Solutions for a more efficient retail
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
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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Shaken, not stirred
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
After the increase in excise duty and VAT, spirit distributors spent most of 2009 with rethinking their price strategies. Although the number of spirit buyers is declining, the average price...
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Food prices curb inflation again
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In September 2009, consumer prices were 4.9 percent higher than in September 2008. KSH’s quick report reveals that food prices decreased by 0.6 percent in comparison with August, largely due...
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An age group waiting to be discovered
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
At the last meeting of Trade Marketing Klub in 2009, the topic was consumption habits of the + 50 age group and their shopping potential. Zsuzsanna Hermann, Trade magazin’s editor...
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The market of baking additives, dessert powders and fruit preserving agents expands
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Powder product sales are on the increase, the market expanded by 17 percent in terms of value in August 2008-July 2009, to surpass the annual HUF 8 billion level. In...
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Producers paid less for meat
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the production price of domestic pork fell by...
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Macfrut 2009 – Innovation and global trends
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
On 9 October, the 26th Macfrut exhibition and fair closed its gates in Cesena, Italy. The first European-level summit of the fruit sector was also held at the 3-day event....
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European symphony
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Berlin, Germany. We are raising our glasses with Germans business partners to the anniversary of the collapse of the Wall. They are grateful to us Hungarians, but soon start to...
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The rebirth of home baking
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
As a result of austerity measures, the positions of several food categories connected with home cooking/baking improved. Families do not buy as many ready-made cakes as before and spend less...
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GKI expects Euro’s exchange rate to be at 260 Forints next year
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy hit rock bottom in autumn 2009 and in the 4th quarter a modest growth is expected....
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From Hungarian salami to wild garlic
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
– This year’s Anuga showed that the food sector is capable of remaining stable even at the time of crisis, because people will always have to eat – Dierk Frauen,...
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Decimating in the sties
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
There are fewer pigs in the sties than any time in the past 60 years, still their price fell by 15-16 percent in a week. Pig breeders are asking from...
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Kalifa now also offers Oriental flavours
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
– 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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Retail in a bad patch
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Retail sales continued to fall in August, in terms of volume. Sales turnover of retail stores was down by 4.2 percent in the first eight months of 2009 and by...
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Tastes in the mirror
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Winning the trust of consumers is essential, because a certain part of the press projects a negative image of food products. A good example of this is influential German magazine...
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Tea pavilions and a giant cup in Budapest
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The ambassador of tea, Stephen Twining visited Budapest on 7 November. From the second half of November, a Twinings car cruises the streets of Budapest to treat city dwellers with...
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The same number of people buy more baking products
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
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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Shrinking real wages
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
At enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people and at budgetary institutions, gross average wages were 1.3 percent higher and net average wages improved by 1.6 percent in the first...
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Milk procurement price: dream and reality
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
On Sunday evening 250 decision makers from the milk sector gathered to discuss how to cope with the market disturbances caused by over-production. Ake Hantoft, president of Arla told that...
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Fifth stop of the Balkan Express
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
On 11-14 November, Agricultural Marketing Centre organised its 5th appearance in South East Europe, namely in Sofia. AMC participated in Interfood, the country’s biggest food event that comprises 6 trade...
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