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Swiss Startup Innovation: Greenhouses that Produce their Own Energy

The Swiss federation of fruit and vegetable growers has set an ambitious goal of eliminating all fossil-fuel-based energy from its farming processes by 2040. This is no small feat, growing...

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Switzerland’s new underground logistics system aims for sustainability

Switzerland’s new Cargo Sous Terrain (CST) logistics system is the latest innovation in flexible transport for small-component goods. The CST system is a privately funded initiative aiming to create an...

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The growth of Swiss watch exports slowed to 8.1 percent in June

Exports of Swiss watches in June this year increased by 8.1 percent, compared to a year before and amounted to 2.129 billion Swiss francs, the Swiss Watch Industry Association (FHS)...

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Formaggi Dalla Svizzera promotes cheese with augmented reality

Swiss company Formaggi dalla Svizzera is launching an augmented reality (AR) project. The b2b and b2c initiative affects more than 2,000 stores in Italy, and features geographical origin protected Emmentaler...

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Migros votes on lifting alcohol sales ban

In June members of Swiss retailer will vote on whether or not the cooperative should offer alcoholic beverages for sale in its shops in the future. The alcohol sales ban...

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Swiss watch exports grew 11.8 percent in March

Exports of Swiss watches in March rose 11.8 percent year-on-year to 2.092 billion francs, according to the Swiss Watch Industry Association (FHS). In February, annual growth was higher at 24.4...

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Sales of Swiss watches fell last year

Sales in the Swiss watchmaking industry declined last year. A decline in sales was recorded for the 11th consecutive month in December. According to data from the Swiss Watch Industry...

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Nomad Foods buys Findus Switzerland

Nomad Foods has bought Findus Switzerland from Froneri International Ltd, together with certain intellectual property from an affiliate of Nestlé S.A., for a price of approximately EUR 110 million. Findus...

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SPAR buys 60 filling station shops in Switzerland

SPAR Switzerland has expanded its presence in Switzerland with the acquisition of 60 Avia filling station stores from Store Service AG; the purchase came into effect as of 2021. SPAR already had 16 stores at...

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The Swiss watch industry is in serious crisis

The Swiss watchmaking industry has entered an “unprecedented crisis” following a fall in demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and a temporary halt in production, shipping and sales...

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Hungary has maintained its competitive position

In the international competitiveness ranking of the Swiss Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Economic Research, Hungary has maintained its position despite the global pandemic. It remains an attractive international...

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Swiss restaurants are fighting the epidemic with data collection

Swiss restaurants will ask visitors to provide their names and phone numbers so they can control the spread of the coronavirus infection even after the country recovers from the eight-week...

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The year started well for Swiss watchmakers

In January, Swiss watch exports rose 9.4 percent to 1 billion 786 million francs, compared to a year before, and again in the first month, the United States became the...

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Swiss watch exports increased

Switzerland’s watch exports rose year-on-year in December, partly due to the expanding Chinese demand, as well as being one working day more in the last month of last year, compared...

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Slow growth in Swiss exports of watches

Switzerland’s watch exports slowed significantly in October, year-on-year, partly due to its nearly one-third drop in sales in one of its main markets, Hong Kong. According to data from the...

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Swiss watch exports increased

Switzerland’s watch exports increased significantly in September on a year-on-year basis, to a much greater extent than in August. According to the Swiss watchmaking association’s website, September exports amounted to...

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Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland

Until 2020 Aldi Süd plans to open 80 new stores in Italy, 600-800m² shops with dedicated sections for fruit and vegetable, wine, food and baked goods. In Switzerland the retailer...

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Swiss watch exports increased

Switzerland’s watch exports grew in August on a yearly basis, at a similar rate to July. The Swiss watchmaking association announced that its August exports amounted to 1.522 billion francs,...

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Meat is very expensive in Switzerland

Switzerland is rich – but food costs almost 70 percent more than the EU average – privatbankar.hu wrote. Not to mention meat: its average price is 2.3 times the EU...

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Migros, Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain implements TE-FOOD for blockchain based food traceability

Migros, the largest retailer in Switzerland implements TE-FOOD’s blockchain based traceability system for its fresh fruits & vegetables supply chains. The project provides an interesting use case for food traceability,...

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Aldi Suisse tests the Nutri-Score

Aldi is pinning its hopes on the Nutri-Score in Switzerland. The discounter wants to be the first retailer in the country to introduce the five-stage nutritional labeling system, starting from...

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Retail sales fell in May in Switzerland

Retail sales in Switzerland continued to decline in May. The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) announced on Monday that retail sales had fallen by 1.6 percent in nominal terms, compared...

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The luxury giant almost doubled its profits

With rising sales revenue, the world’s second largest luxury group, the Swiss-based Financiere Richemont nearly doubled its profits in the first half of the 2017 business year. According to the...

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The very expensive whiskey was fake

A dram of vintage Scotch bought by a Chinese millionaire in a Swiss hotel bar for £7,600 was a fake, laboratory tests have concluded. Analysts from Scotland were called in...

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Lidl is testing menu boxes in Switzerland

Lidl Switzerland is testing menu boxes: they deliver ready-to-cook meals to consumers’ homes. Customers can try a new recipe every week and only the freshest ingredients are used for the...

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Insect-based products on the store shelves in Switzerland

Switzerland’s second-largest supermarket chain will begin selling insect burgers for human consumption after the country’s food safety laws were revised – the Guardian wrote. The Coop announced insect-based products such...

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Swiss trade surplus in September increased to highest level since decades

Thanks to the strong growth of chemicals and pharmaceutical exports, Swiss trade balance surplus reached a 29 year record level in September. According to the working-day adjusted data of the...

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Retail sales decreased in Switzerland

In May, a further decline occured in retail sales in Switzerland – the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) announced on Friday. Retail sales in Switzerland declined by 2.3 percent in...

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The strong Swiss franc worsens the result of Nestlé

The Swiss food giant’s after-tax profit decreased by 39 percent to 9.1 billion Swiss francs last year – the figyelo.hu wrote. According to the communication of the Company the decline...

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The turnover of the Swiss chocolate factory increased by eight percent

Last year's turnover of the Swiss Lindt und Sprüngli Chocolate Factory grew less than the expectation of the analysts, due to the sluggish global economic growth and the hot summer...

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