Events
50 percent occupancy for hotels
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The total number of nights spent by foreign and domestic guests in commercial places of accommodation remained unchanged in the January-August 2008 period, compered to 2007. Revenues were up by...
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No reason to panic!
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
„No reason to panic!- said the director. That’s when panic started.” (Rejtő Jenő: Vesztegzár a Grand Hotelben) This is how I see the responses to the financial crisis. Obviously, it...
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Business presents at all levels
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
As Győző Sauer, managing director of 3L Present Kft says, “Giving a present feels good”. However, his colleagues responsible for buying presents would disagree, as it is not easy to...
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Sweets immune to negative trends
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Growth has remained dynamic in practically all categories of sweets. The Bonbonetti Group is present in almost all of the sweets categories and has achieved annual growth of over 10...
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Festivals enhancing champagne culture
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The market of champagne has produced moderate growth last year. No major changes in demand have occurred. However, awareness and popularity of champagnes made using methode transvasée and methode traditionnelle...
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Specialised stores up
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Retail sales totalled 1.8 percent less in July 2008, than in July 2007. Retail sales were down by 0.1 percent compared to June. Retail sales totalled HUF 3,447 billion in...
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Price waves
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
As soon as the harvest of maize has begun, farmers realised that their earlier hopes had been unfounded, as only HUF 18,000 per tonne was offered for their produce. MVH...
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Gift packages in widening price range
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The season of gifts will soon be here. Brand manufacturers have been working on Christmas offers for a while. As Anikó Radosiczky, senior brand manager of Sarantis Hungary says: “No...
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Market of sweets, especially chocolate expanding
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Double digit growth took place in the market of chocolate, both in terms of value and quantity in the October 2007-September 2008 period, compared to the preceding year. Sweet biscuit,...
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The wine market: household consumption down for the first time in 2007 after many years
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Rising average prices, less frequent and smaller purchases were the main trends in the Hungarian market of wine in 2007, according to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan. Cheap wine is...
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Food export down
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
In the January-July 2008 period, export was up by 10 percent while import expanded by 11 percent, compared to the same period in 2007. According to KSH data, the balance...
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Prices jump up in Latvia
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
In the 27 member states of EU according to the harmonized data the annual inflation was 4.2% in September 2008 compared to September 2007. The lowest annual rates were observed...
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Innovation and research in Bta 2009
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
Bta 2009 – Barcelona Food and Beverage Technologies – is preparing for its twelfth edition, which will be marked by internationalisation, innovation and a more comprehensive and horizontal range of...
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Solid grow at the consumer prices
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
In October 2008 consumer prices increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month and rose by 5.1% compared to October 2007. In the first ten months of 2008 the average...
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Quality Food from Hungary gala in Budapest
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
On 18th in frame of the IFE Foodapest exhibition the Hungarian Agromarketing Center showes the awarded firms for the press. Part of the gala is a public press conversation with...
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Bent cucumbers can be sold by retailers from next July
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
End to minimum shapes and sizes for 26 fruits and vegetables, such as aubergines and apricots, cherries, garlic, leeks, peas, spinach and watermelons. But 10 standards will remain. Misshapen fruit...
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Conferences at the IFE FOODAPEST – FOODATECH
Date: 2008-11-12 00:00:00
The two exhibition take part between 18-20 November at the rebuilded Hungarexpo Fair Center. The events are concomitant of several conferences. On 19th November the Hungarian Packiging Association makes a...
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Retailers Association Expects Flat Sales Next Year in Germany
Date: 2008-11-11 00:00:00
HDE, the German retailers’ association, has announced that it expects sales at stagnate in 2009, but said it expects them to be good during the upcoming Christmas season. The Wirtschaftswoche...
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The financial balance improves, but the GDP stagnates in 2009
Date: 2008-11-10 00:00:00
The forecast prepared by GKI Economic Research Co. in co-operation with Erste Bank shows that in the radically changed global economic environment the Hungarian economy takes a completely new path...
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The trade balance deteriorated
Date: 2008-11-10 00:00:00
In September 2008, according to first estimates of Central Statistic Office, exports amounted to HUF 1,612 billion (EUR 6,724 million), while the value of imports reached HUF 1,576 billion (EUR...
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European Consumers Spill the Beans on Food Labelling
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
The study questions 17,300 people in France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Sweden and the UK, both in supermarkets and at home, and finds on average 18% of Europeans (27% in UK,...
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Research – month to months more privat label products in the leaflets
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
According to GfK Hungaria the leaflets are since many years very popular. The research company observs the leaflets of the retail sector since 2003, the biggest adviser are in...
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China Detains Suspect in Melamine Eggs Case
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
The owner of a Chinese feed factory suspected of adding melamine to its product which turned up in tainted eggs has been detained. Chinese eggs came under the spotlight after...
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Expansions in Bosnia
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
According to reports in the Bosnian press, the local unit of Mercator plans to capture a 5% market share in the country by 2010. Citing Director, Mensud Lagumdzija, the retailer...
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Awards on the 4th Day of the European Commerce
Date: 2008-11-06 00:00:00
According to plans the results of the year was on the agenda, but the main discusse were about the financial crisis of the world. The central event of 5th November...
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Export decreased in August
Date: 2008-11-05 00:00:00
In August 2008, the export volume decreased by 7, while that of imports by 8 percent as compared to the same month in the previous year. The trade balance showed...
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8th Night of Hungarian AdEaters
Date: 2008-11-05 00:00:00
The internationally acclaimed 'advertainment' show celebrate dover 350 of the finest, most amazing, artistic and creative TV & cinema advertising films from around the world! The show on 29th November...
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The better to now the consumer, the better to get the possibility to keep it
Date: 2008-11-05 00:00:00
Kirowski and GfK Hungária organised a workshop about marketing and communication strategies in time of crisis. On the exclusive workshop researchers, businessmen, ad agency people talk about handling with the...
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