Other
10 tons food was found in the re-labeling plant
Date: 2007-12-03 00:00:00
In the Sparkle-action the supervisors pounced in a food depot in Budapest. In the illegal food depot relabeled and new dated foods: meat, sweets, eggs and softdrinks were found. The...
Read more
Auchan to invest 0.5bn-euro in Romania
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
French retailer targets 22 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants by 2010. "We will continue to expand with large-scale hypermarkets, because this what we specialise in. The Discount Market store...
Read more
Conctactles payment starts in Europe
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
French hypermarket chain to trial contactless payment of MasterCard Europe. Normal the PayPass technology is used by shopping under 25 euro, but this card could make the payment 40% faster...
Read more
Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration increase the default penalty
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Next year guilty must pay HUF 1 million because of invoice problem. The default fines increase from HUF 100,000 to 200,000, form 200,000 to 500,000. One million HUF is...
Read more
Fake milkdisributor found
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
The Budapester enterpreuter operated without permissions. In Sparkler-action, collective control of several authorities, 5 tons milk product were found. The milk, cheese, cottage-cheese in value of HUF 7-8 million must...
Read more
HUF 680 billion excise in government pocket
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
Due to the continuously control increase the legal petrol, cigarettes and alcohol sales. According to industrial dates there was 7.1% higher sales in the first 10 months as a year...
Read more
Next year's carriage must cover the lost from this year too
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
According to plans of Budapest local government trucks should pay ten times higher fees for coming into the city as now. Association of Transport Companies said this year carriage can't...
Read more
Dynamic face creams, primarily in drugstores
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Retail sales of daily face creams and cleansers show dynamic growth of 13 per cent and have approached HUF 9 billion annually. According to the Retail Index of Nielsen, drugstores...
Read more
Cattle for slaughter past the bottom
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) constantly monitors trends in the world market of poultry and meat. Data from the Market Price Information system of KSH and AKI can be useful...
Read more
Digital communication is the future
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Mrs. Csík Dr. Klára Kovács, managing director of Karrier és Stílus Tanácsadó Kft., lead the discussion about the future of communication. Zsuzsa Gábos, media research director of Szonda Ipsos held...
Read more
Creams for all age groups
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Manufacturers of hand creams, face creams and body lotions need to reconcile two different consumer needs. One is that products should only contain natural ingredients, while the other is that...
Read more
Half way correction of course
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The corrective economic measures seen at present in Hungary are being used at a time of economic boom in the EU and also of growing global uncertainty. The deficit of...
Read more
TV getting most of the money spent by the FMCG sector
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Éva Dancs, researcher of TNS Média Intelligence spoke about the composition of ATL expenditure in the FMCG sector and the relevant trends. Total expenditure by the Hungarian FMCG sector was...
Read more
Swine sector bleeding from several wounds
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Meat production is becoming increasingly concentrated in Hungary, with less than fifty enterprises generating three-quarters of domestic sales and the major part of export. The Hungarian meat processing industry ceased...
Read more
Animals behind
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to KSH data, the prices of agricultural produce were 18 per cent up in August 2007, compared to August 2006. The average price of plant produce showed an increase...
Read more
Nice and accurate targeting
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Bertalan Bognár, head of marketing, Mail Division of the Hungarian post Office spoke about the data base gathered from their survey conducted in the spring. The data base can be...
Read more
Mild recession in the poultry sector
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
There have not been many positive developments in recent years for the poultry sector. According to data from the Poultry Product Council, 427,000 tonnes of poultry was sold to industry...
Read more
Decline continuing
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Revenues of retail stores continued to decline in August 2007. Total sales were 3.6 per cent down compared to August 2006. According to KSH data, the volume of retail sales...
Read more
BioFach: Hungarian visitors in top 10
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Looking at the statistics of the BioFach exhibition, Hungarians seem to display a deep interest in the bio-market by international standards. 530 Hungarians have been registered at the last exhibition,...
Read more
Changes in the in-store world
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Tímea Pesti, managing director of HL Display and the chairwoman of Hungarian POPAI began her presentation by describing the proportion of impulsive purchases in various sales channels in the UK....
Read more
Milk price to continue rising
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to Miklós Istvánfalvi, chairman of the Milk Product Council, this year has brought major changes for milk producers. Prices have begun to rise. In July for example, these were...
Read more
Product info from the net
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to the Internet Insight Report of Gfk Hungária, Internet is already an important source of pre-purchase information for customers, despite the fact that online sales are still marginal in...
Read more
Sweets at the Cologne ISM: boom with higher prices
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The ISM exhibition held in Cologne has come into the focus of attention again, as a result of the global boom in the sales of sweets. This event is to...
Read more
Cartoon heroes selling products
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
According to Judit Csányi, managing director of Kidz Entertainment Hungary, licensing agreements are still rarely used in Hungary, but the trend is positive. Though using protected figures for advertising campaigns...
Read more
Fewer but more modern mills
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Hungary is part of the corn belt of Europe. Annual production is between 13-16 million tonnes. An increasing proportion of production is warehoused and exported. As an result of the...
Read more
(HU) Növekedési források az új piaci helyzetben
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Sorry, this entry is only available in HU....
Read more
Grüne Woche: business and politics
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The Grüne Woche food exhibition to be held between 18-27. January 2008 in Berlin is an important source of business an political information. It is also an example of sustainable...
Read more
Putting us in the mood
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Tamás Pálóczi, managing director of Mood Media Hungary spoke about the methods used to create a specific atmosphere in stores. He pointed out that sensory marketing can be a key...
Read more
Fragmented baking industry in weak bargaining position
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
The gross production of the baking industry is expected to exceed HUF 100 billion this year, which represents 5 per cent of the food market. Production remains very decentralised with...
Read more
Dolce vita in stores as well
Date: 2007-11-28 08:00:00
Italians enjoy life and food. The rate of economic growth is 3-4 per cent, inflation is around 2 per cent and Italians are spending more on food. Private labels are...
Read more