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Hand cream targeted primarily at the 60+ age group
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, 28 percent of households purchased some kind of body care lotion in the January-September 2008 period. Sales were down by 5 percent in...
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Number of insolvent companies growing
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The insolvency index was up by 10 percent in the first nine months of 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. Insolvency is highest in the construction, wholesale and...
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Shopping programmed genetically?
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We asked professor Csányi if our passion for shopping is “programmed” in our genes. In his opinion, the colourful world of stores has an effect on us like coloured glass...
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One third of the population using internet
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
At the end of the first half of 2008, over 49 percent of the Hungarian population above the age of 14 had access to the Internet. 3.09 million was the...
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Moderate increase in sales and average price
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products are increasingly concentrated in drugstores (25 percent), but the market share of hyper markets is even more substantial (32 percent). Sales of women’s hygiene products...
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Latvia in the top
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Consumer prices were up by 4.2 percent on average in the EU-27 countries in September 2008, compared to 2007. Inflation was lowest in the Netherlands, at 2.8 percent and highest...
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Thought can overcome background noise
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to Péter Geszti, thought is the most important thing in advertising which needs to be conveyed through the right medium. Though Hungarians are afraid of change, they are also...
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Silver EFFIE for Invitel
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Invitel has received a silver EFFIE award for its autumn ADSL campaign designed and implemented by Neo Interactive. A total of 30 awards were handed over at the EFFIE ceremony...
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Intimate relationship with customers
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Consumers habits are changing continuously in the market of women’s hygiene products, but safety, softness, good absorption and fit remain essential requirements. Innovation focuses on air permeable materials, shapes and...
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Low prices and cleanness self-evident in the UK
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to Jonathan Banks, research director of Nielsen UK, low prices have become a precondition of competitiveness in the UK. Tesco ranks third globally among food retail enterprises and is...
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Stunning solutions on the ground and in water
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
According to Max Linder, European communication and marketing director of MACtac, there are still undiscovered possibilities in communication with adhesive stickers. The Budapest subsidiary of MACtac is expanding step by...
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Fondants for six billion
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Fondants are to be sold in the value of HUF 6 billion in the 4-5 weeks before Christmas. 821 tonnes of Christmas figures worth HUF 2.2 billion and accounting for...
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Sales of women’s hygiene products up
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of women’s hygiene products were up both in terms of value and quantity in the first half of 2008. According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, sales...
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Incredible nights by the river Moscow
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Moscow ranks number one on the top list of cities regarding luxury. A two room apartment in a pre-fabricated concrete apartment block costs HUF 50 million and we pay HUF...
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Latest products awarded the EHF title
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
For the products awarded the Excellent Hungarian Food title on 18. November, see the Hungarian text....
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Uniform standards needed
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The position of vice chairman has been established in the Global Food Safety workgroup of CIES – The Food Business organisation in order to promote further global harmonisation of food...
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Awards for domestic flavours
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Award wining products can be sold for more money and awards offer advantages in marketing as well. Enterprises operating food production facilities in Hungary may apply for the right to...
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The financial crisis
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We will probably soon begin to feel the effects of the financial crisis. A brief overview of what we can expect has been prepared by my colleague, Balázs Lapis. „It...
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Over 10,000 visitors at leading event of the food industry
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The number of visitors at the IFE FOODAPEST and FOODATECH exhibitions held between 18-20. November was more than 10,000. This was the second IFE FOODAPEST organised jointly by HUNGEXPO Zrt....
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Growing demand for frankfurters sold by weight in spite of higher price
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of frankfurters exceeded HUF 24 billion in the September 2007–August 2008 period. Sales showed stagnation in terms of quantity. Sales of pre-portioned products were down, while that of...
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Superbrands – for brand-conscious consumer
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The main objective of the Superbrands program is to increase awareness of the best brands and to promote brand-conscious shopping decisions. Superbrands are selected from the PIPACS data base of...
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Merry digital Christmas!
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
As the end of the year is here, we’ll take a look at the future. Today, we see digital solutions wherever we look, because electronic media is highly flexible and...
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CSB seminar about newest technologies
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A seminar was held by CSB-SYSTEM Hungary Kft about new IT solutions intended for optimising decision making processes in the food industry during the IFE Foodapest exhibition. Tracing integrated into...
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Wide gap in frankfurter prices
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The market of frankfurters serves as a good example of complex and often incoherent consumer behaviour. Though consumers are increasingly concerned about the healthiness of ingredients, private labels show expansion....
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Sales stagnating
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales were down by 1.4 percent in August 2008, compared to August 2007. Sales showed stagnation compared to July. Food retail units generated 0.7 percent lower revenues in August...
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Thorough preparations – half way to success
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We have asked a number of display manufacturers what in their opinion ideal trade marketing or marketing professionals are like. The answer was: those who know their job, know what...
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Successful joint exhibition
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A large number of innovations were presented at the Signexpo and Digitalexpo exhibitions held simultaneously on 27-29. November, in Budapest. There were over 100 exhibitors, while the number of visitors...
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Private labels generating growth in market of frankfurters made from poultry
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Sales of frankfurters were up by 4 percent in the first nine months of 2008, compared to 2007. According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, this was the...
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Meat prices to drop by end of the year
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Trends in the world market of meat and poultry are monitored by Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI). Data from the Market and Price Information system operated by AKI and KSH...
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What briefs should contain
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
What is our target group? What kind of stores is the display intended for? How long do we intend to use the display? What kind of display do we want?...
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