Tag "Svájc"
Swiss Startup Innovation: Greenhouses that Produce their Own Energy
Date: 2022-09-08 12:15:34
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...
Read more
Switzerland’s new underground logistics system aims for sustainability
Date: 2022-08-02 11:46:10
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...
Read more
The growth of Swiss watch exports slowed to 8.1 percent in June
Date: 2022-07-20 11:05:05
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)...
Read more
Formaggi Dalla Svizzera promotes cheese with augmented reality
Date: 2022-05-16 10:18:56
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...
Read more
Migros votes on lifting alcohol sales ban
Date: 2022-05-02 09:41:26
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...
Read more
Swiss watch exports grew 11.8 percent in March
Date: 2022-04-26 11:10:11
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...
Read more
Sales of Swiss watches fell last year
Date: 2021-01-28 11:00:08
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...
Read more
Nomad Foods buys Findus Switzerland
Date: 2021-01-25 18:42:09
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...
Read more
SPAR buys 60 filling station shops in Switzerland
Date: 2021-01-25 13:45:27
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...
Read more
The Swiss watch industry is in serious crisis
Date: 2020-07-24 11:00:01
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...
Read more
Hungary has maintained its competitive position
Date: 2020-06-18 11:25:46
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...
Read more
Swiss restaurants are fighting the epidemic with data collection
Date: 2020-05-11 10:20:51
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...
Read more
The year started well for Swiss watchmakers
Date: 2020-02-24 11:00:55
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...
Read more
Swiss watch exports increased
Date: 2020-01-31 10:59:24
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...
Read more
Slow growth in Swiss exports of watches
Date: 2019-11-21 11:01:04
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...
Read more
Swiss watch exports increased
Date: 2019-10-21 11:00:41
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...
Read more
Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland
Date: 2019-10-20 13:23:56
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...
Read more
Swiss watch exports increased
Date: 2019-09-20 11:00:09
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,...
Read more
Meat is very expensive in Switzerland
Date: 2019-09-05 11:01:25
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...
Read more
Migros, Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain implements TE-FOOD for blockchain based food traceability
Date: 2019-09-02 11:03:54
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,...
Read more
Aldi Suisse tests the Nutri-Score
Date: 2019-08-29 08:30:08
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...
Read more
Retail sales fell in May in Switzerland
Date: 2019-07-01 11:01:45
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...
Read more
The luxury giant almost doubled its profits
Date: 2017-11-28 10:04:24
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...
Read more
The very expensive whiskey was fake
Date: 2017-11-02 11:00:31
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...
Read more
Lidl is testing menu boxes in Switzerland
Date: 2017-10-28 08:31:58
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...
Read more
Insect-based products on the store shelves in Switzerland
Date: 2017-08-16 11:03:54
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...
Read more
Swiss trade surplus in September increased to highest level since decades
Date: 2016-10-20 10:59:39
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...
Read more
Retail sales decreased in Switzerland
Date: 2016-07-01 11:03:52
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...
Read more
The strong Swiss franc worsens the result of Nestlé
Date: 2016-02-22 11:07:45
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...
Read more
The turnover of the Swiss chocolate factory increased by eight percent
Date: 2016-01-14 11:15:20
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...
Read more