News and articles
Man swallowed sour toe and paid the fine
Date: 2013-09-02 10:00:05
A Yukon hotel is short one severed human toe after a man swallowed it in a glass of whisky Saturday night. “I’d never, ever expected something like that to happen,”...
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Dynamic expansion in the electric toothbrush market
Date: 2013-09-01 22:15:34
Toothbrush retail sales are above HUF 3 billion a year and in the first four months of 2013 both value and volume sales grew by 4 percent. Electric toothbrush sales...
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Above-average sales growth in both value and volume
Date: 2013-09-01 22:11:01
Mouthwash sales go beyond HUF 3 billion per annum and growth in the category is bigger than the average. In the first four months of the year both value and...
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Strong manufacturer brands among toothpastes
Date: 2013-09-01 22:06:42
The annual toothpaste market’s value is HUF 12 billion. This January-April retail sales augmented by 3 percent but volume sales dropped 1 percent. Hypermarkets were responsible for 33 percent of...
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Growing number of consumers want their toothpaste to have therapeutic effects
Date: 2013-09-01 21:59:30
Modern oral care involves more and more products in addition to the traditional toothbrush and toothpaste. Anita Boros, Procter & Gamble’s PR manager told our magazine that they put a...
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Recession did preserve
Date: 2013-09-01 21:54:41
f we analyse the structural trends of the recent past, we can see that the lower price category increased its weight, sales shifted in the direction of private label products,...
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Manufacturer brands increased their market share
Date: 2013-09-01 21:51:03
Fruit juice is the seventh biggest (in value) from the 90 grocery categories audited by Nielsen. Annual sales are worth between HUF 38 and 40 billion. In the December 2012-May...
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Salami’s market share rose
Date: 2013-09-01 21:35:32
Salami retail sales rose by 8 percent this January-March from the base period twelve months before and surpassed HUF 8 billion. On the contrary, the Nielsen Retail Index registered minus...
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Forward to the past
Date: 2013-09-01 21:29:08
The salami and sausage market has been contracting for years: data courtesy of Pick Szeged Zrt. show that between 2008 and 2012 volume sales declined by 15.5 percent, while value...
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No change in grocery value sales in the last six months
Date: 2013-09-01 21:24:39
Retail’s revenue from grocery sales didn’t change in the 90 categories audited by Nielsen in the last six months if compared with the base period twelve months earlier. In December...
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The summer stopped the rise of the GKI-ERSTE economic sentiment index
Date: 2013-09-01 21:14:05
After the growth in May and June, in July the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index stopped climbing. Industrial expectations worsened a bit, but the confidence index improved a little in retail...
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Sanitary pad sales developed most favourably
Date: 2013-09-01 12:22:52
Annual sanitary pad sales approach HUF 6 billion per year. Retail sales increased by 4 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume in the first four months of...
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After improvement came decline in the consumer confidence index
Date: 2013-09-01 11:27:20
After the considerable improvement in the first quarter Nielsen’s consumer confidence index for Hungary declined a little, from 43 to 41 points in the second quarter. About the three components...
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Regional flavour map on the packaging of Corvinus products
Date: 2013-09-01 10:41:02
METRO’s experience is that when it comes to buying meat products, Hungarian and regional flavours are becoming more and more important. At the same time shoppers are consciously looking for...
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The most patriotic brands
Date: 2013-09-01 10:39:18
Research consultancy firm Brand Keys (New York, USA) conducted a survey with 4,500 participants to find out which brands are considered the most patriotic by US consumers. The top ten...
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KSH: increasing investments in the second quarter
Date: 2013-08-30 12:50:38
The volume of investments in the second quarter of 2013 increased by 4.6 percent, compared to the same period of the last year – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced...
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Magazine: Who is responsible for what?
Date: 2013-08-30 12:40:07
Our magazine interviewed Zoltán Varga, deputy director of the Dobos C. József Catering Vocational School about the dialogue he had initiated with various trade organisations. One of the most frequently...
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NGM: One can choose among thirteen approved cash registers
Date: 2013-08-30 12:25:00
The Hungarian Trade Licensing Office gave market authorization licence to another two cash registers on Friday. So those who are obliged to buy new cash registers can choose among thirteen...
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The tobacco shop law may be changed
Date: 2013-08-30 12:15:49
A change may occur in the tobacco law – the Magyar Hírlap heard it from unnamed government sources. In order to protect young people under age 18, the tobacco shops...
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SPAR: domestic animals to be stars!
Date: 2013-08-30 11:10:19
SPAR released its fourth vignette album on 21 August 2013, which shows the domestic flora and fauna. With the album, the company set up nature conservation and education goals as...
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VM-Minister of State: venison may be included in public catering
Date: 2013-08-30 11:02:50
Annually 12 thousand tons of venison is marketed in Hungary. To stimulate demand the ministry is examining the possibility of the involvement of venison in public catering – Kardeván Endre...
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The Agrana Juice Kft. will start the dumping purchase of industrial apples on Monday
Date: 2013-08-30 11:00:04
The Agrana-Juice Magyarország Kft. starts the dumping purchase of industrial apples on Monday at the company’s Vásárosnamény-based plant – Szigeti Zoltán, the managing director of the Austrian-owned company told MTI...
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The 18th Hungarian Wine Route Rally has started on Friday morning
Date: 2013-08-30 10:59:43
The 18th Hungarian Wine Route Rally has started on Friday morning from the City Park of Budapest. The participants of the three day rally will visit 14 wineries and one...
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The VM will indemnify the small producer suppliers of the Pápai Hús from its own resources
Date: 2013-08-30 10:58:29
The VM Ministry of Rural Development (VM) will pay out the small producer suppliers of the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft. from its own resources – Feldman Zsolt Deputy State Secretary...
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Chicken Stew Festival in Siklós
Date: 2013-08-30 10:54:30
At one time, chicken stew will be prepared at about eighty cookers on Saturday in Siklós. At least three thousand visitors are expected for the event. Hirdi Attila main organizers...
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China's e-commerce prize
Date: 2013-08-30 10:50:39
The year 2013 will be remembered as the one in which China surpassed the US as the world’s largest digital retail market. Last year, Chinese e-commerce shoppers spent RMB 1.3...
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Coface: Hungary came second in Top 500
Date: 2013-08-30 10:50:36
This year’s study of the “Coface CEE Top 500” presents an even more heterogeneous picture of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe, each of which experienced and dealt with...
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Jamie to all the libraries
Date: 2013-08-30 10:34:55
Those feeling the pinch have no need to sell their big TVs to get their hands on Jamie Oliver's lastest cookbook, Save with Jamie, after the celebrity chef donated a...
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Cooking simulator will help you cook a perfect steak
Date: 2013-08-30 10:21:52
This cooking simulator, being developed by a research group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, features a force feedback fry pan and spatula to accurately recreate the sense of cooking....
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Sébastien Bazin appointed as Chairman and CEO
Date: 2013-08-30 10:17:25
The Board of Directors of Accor that convened on August 27, 2013, chaired by Philippe Citerne, decided to appoint Sébastien Bazin as Chairman and CEO of Accor. To take on...
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