Company and Personal News
Moderate rise in the price of swine
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Trends in the world market of meat and poultry are monitored by the Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI). Data from the price information system (PÁIR) operated by KSH and AKI...
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kinder Country + promóció
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
kinder Country is hiding nothing. It is what it appears to be. Kinder Country. No secrets. + 4 promotional kinder products for 4 months 4 dream holidays, 4,000 guaranteed prizes....
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Dreher to be marketed in South Africa
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Dreher Prémium Lager is to be introduced in the South African market as a premium category beer by SAB Miller. Dreher Premium Lager – a light lager beer with 5...
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New packaging solutions
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Two new packaging solutions have been developed by Sealed Air Cryovac. „Cryovac Mirabella® is a patented and innovative concept, which allows contact between meat and the foil without causing any...
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Pet food as supplement or snack
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to data from Euromonitor, the global market of pet food has been growing continuously since 2001. Global pet food sales totalled USD 45 billion in 2007. Growth is expected...
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Deteriorating prospects for Europe
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. with Erste Bank, growth will speed up in the second half of the year. Both internal and external balance is improving and...
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Whiskas® Supreme
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Cats instinctively know what the real thing is. This is why Whiskas® Supreme made with chunks of real meat and packaged in aluminium pouches has been developed. Because cats would...
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Own fleet for Szentkirályi
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft has purchased a fleet of delivery trucks from Mercedes-Benz. A total of five delivery vehicles have been purchased, bringing the total value of the Szentkirályi fleet to...
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Teens like this
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to the Fanta Trend Report compiled by Bence Ságvári, Hungarian teenagers are exactly like their Western counterparts regarding their Internet usage. 94 per cent of 14-17 year old teenagers...
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Corporate financing: everything for sale!
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
At the moment, there are no signs of any decline in demand for financing among companies. According to a forecast by MNB, last year’s trend is expected to continue, with...
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Rising incomes
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Gross average income was up by 8.2 percent, while net income was up by 7.3 percent. According to KSH data, the average income of employees in full time employment was...
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Pioneering in-store research: long live shopper marketing! (ECR Europe, part 2.)
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
For a long time, we have been waiting for a method to measure the effectiveness of POS marketing. We have seen a promising method at the annual ECR Europe conference...
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Bacardi switching to IP telephones
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Bacardi-Martini Kft decided to introduce an IP-based telephone system in its offices last year. The new Cisco system is also supplemented by a wireless system. IP telephones use the same...
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Chinese weeks in Cora
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Chinese weeks were held by Cora between 4-21. September. Apart form samplings for 150 promoted products, cultural programs were also organised....
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Leasing of production equipment showing constant growth
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The leasing market expanded by over 16 percent in 2007, compared to 2006. Financing of real estate and equipment have been the main driving forces behind growth. 15 new specialised...
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Deteriorating balance of foreign trade
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to KSH data, exports totalled EUR 6113 million in July, while imports amounted to EUR 6351 million. Whereas export increased by only 8 percent, import was up by 10...
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Quotes – from our correspondent in Berlin
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
„We have taught consumers to focus on prices” Kees Jacobs, director of Capgemini • „When the taxes on packaging materials are raised by politicians, they seem to forget that packaging...
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Speeding in style
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Four lucky winners have been handed keys to a Volvo C30 by the July cover girl of Playboy as the main prize in a Beck’s promotional campaign. Apart from the...
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CIB Lízing: from office to sailboat
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
CIB Lízing Csoport has been the market leader for seven years, with a market share of over 17 percent. The total value of assets financed in 2007 was over HUF...
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Food still on top
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Consumer prices were up by 0.1 percent in July, compared to June and by 6.7 percent, compared to July 2007. According to KSH data, food prices were down by 0.7...
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Dr. Oetker expanding in Jánossomorja
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
A HUF 800 million investment project has been completed in the Jánossomorja plant of Dr. Oetker to expand production capacity. A production line for making decorations for cakes intended for...
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Hot autumn after a hot summer?
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
It looks like agricultural producers are fed up with other people making all the profit. One by one, demonstrations have been held by producers of different fruits and the season...
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Shared fears, gloomy prospects
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to Péter Biczó, director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft, the most important conclusion to be drawn from the past 12 months is that uncertainty can be predicted for certain. Banks have...
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Driving to new discounts
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Large stores have become the primary scene for pre-planned major shopping, while smaller stores, accessible on foot are the places for daily shopping. Small stores were again visited most frequently...
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Competitors catching up
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to a recent study by Atradius Hitelbiztosító, China’s position as the most important target for investment might be threatened by other regions of the world. Though 60 percent of...
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Change in trend
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
According to MasterCard, a change has taken place in the trend seen since the introduction of bank cards in 1995, as 2007 was the first year when card holders used...
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Agricultural prices continue to rise
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
The supply prices of agricultural products was up by 21.6 percent in June 2008, compared to June 2007. The prices of plant product were up by 20.5 percent, while those...
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McDonald’s selling more salads
Date: 2008-10-05 08:00:00
Substantially more salads are expected to be sold by McDonald’s units this year, than in 2007. The total quantity sold in 2008 might reach 40,000 tonnes. As over one million...
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