Hungary wants simple and flexible EU “agri-greening” system

Hungary is basically agrees with the Commission’s proposal to restructure the agricultural management, in an environmental viewpoint, but would like to reach that the system to be simpler and more flexible. Czerván György, state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM), responsible for agri management told on Tuesday in...

GfK: decline on the IT and office equipment market

According to the datas of the GfK Retail and Technology area, on the market of consumer durables in this year’s first quarter – after a relatively strong Christmas season – the trade turnover was about 13 percent more moderate, what resulted the 7 percent decrease of the brown and white...

Euro zone’s GDP stagnated in the first quarter

Due to the strong performance of the German economy, euro zone was able to escape the recession in the euro zone, the gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated in the first quarter compared to the previous three month – announced Eurostat on Tuesday in its first estimate. Analysts expected a 0.2...

NGM: Consumer Protection Law was changed in order to help consumers

The National Assembly adopted the amendment of the Consumer Protection Act, which allows the handling of complaints in the future faster. The authority of the conciliation bodies will expand as well. According to the Tuesday statement of the National Economy Ministry (NGM), the government intends to create a consumer protection...

The price of honey may increase

Beekeepers expect higher honey prices this year, because acacia was frozen in several areas and bees have less time to collect nectar – Zalai Hírlap wrote on Tuesday. Last year, the purchase price of barelled acacia honey ranged from 850 to 900 forints per kilo, this year, beekeepers expect a...

KSH: food price increase in April was below the average

In April, consumer prices were 5.7 percent higher than a year earlier, and compared to March increased by 0.8 percent. Compared with a year earlier, fuel and tobacco prices increased significantly in April, while the price of services increased less than the average – published the Central Statistics Office (KSH)...

Community customer market is getting more focused

The community customer market was left by 8 participants this year. Last year the value of the community customer market was 4.3 billion HUF. This year, more failures are expected, but there will be certain survivors, says the HVG. Three-quarters of the domestic sales are realized at the three largest...

Magazine: How do shoppers decide? Making and understanding the decision tree

The dunnhumby decision tree is a tool that analyses real purchases, using data from thousands of shoppers. Result: a decision tree based on real shopping habits. This analysis shows what shoppers buy within each category and makes the connection between products visible. The tool helps to understand consumer needs, shows...

GOSZ: less wheat will be produced this year

Less wheat yield is expected this year, than last year, so the expected yield of the country, will be below 4 million tons – told Vancsura József, president of the Association of Cereal Growers (GOSZ) on Monday to MTI. He added that the professionals estimate the yield to be between...

Technical failure or closure on Sunday?

The new Labour Code restricts the Sunday opening hours of shops. According to the informations of Magyar Nemzet, the stores of malls, and the small shops of the shopping streets cannot open on the last day of the week. According to the law, those commercial units should be closed on...