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Online supermarkets attract more shoppers

This content was published on Jan 8, 2008 More and more people are going online to fill their shopping basket with groceries, bringing success to LeShop and its competitors, but this market segment still accounts for less than one per cent of Swiss retail sales. LeShop.ch, which is a subsidiary of retail giant Migros, on Tuesday reported a record SFr92.3 ($82.7) million turnover…

Swiss Re set to expand in Vietnam

This content was published on Jan 8, 2008 Under the terms of the deal, worth SFr88.3 million ($79 million), Swiss Re will be VinaRe’s sole foreign strategic partner. The Zurich-based company said it was part of its policy of continuing to expand its business in Asia. In a statement, Swiss Re said it would provide technical assistance to the Hanoi-based VinaRe across all…

Online retailer spins solid growth on the web

This content was published on Jan 8, 2008 The online retailer, which belongs to the Migros group and is celebrating its tenth anniversary in April, has almost tripled its turnover since 2004. Last year about 47,500 people clicked on the online supermarket to order food and other merchandise – a 41 per cent increase compared with 2006. Its best-ever period of sales was…

Tortilla Flat: From Vine To Wine

This content was published on Jan 8, 2008

Peter Schibli becomes new Editor-in-Chief of swissinfo.ch

This content was published on Jan 8, 2008 Bern, 7 January 2008 As a journalist and multimedia specialist, Peter Schibli joined Basler Zeitung in 1986, variously serving as its Germany and USA correspondents. From 2000 onwards, he built up the newspaper’s baz-online website, leading the online editorial team and being appointed to the Editorial Board in 2004. He joined swissinfo.ch as a project…

Edelweiss could soon be in the shops

This content was published on Jan 7, 2008 Scientists at the Agroscope research station said on Monday that they had managed to grow the bloom at ground level and with stems long enough for bouquets. The whitish star-shaped edelweiss normally grows at between 2,000 and 3,000 metres in altitude. It has been a protected species in Switzerland since 1962. A research project, launched…

Job market remains “in good shape”

This content was published on Jan 7, 2008 Seco reported on Monday that the unemployment rate in 2007 was 2.8 per cent, its lowest point since the 2.5 per cent recorded in 2005. In a statement Seco said that unemployment in December rose to 2.8 per cent or 2.6 per cent when adjusted for seasonal factors – the same as the previous month.…

eBay eyes the world from Swiss capital, Bern

This content was published on Jan 7, 2008 Bern is where eBay has its international headquarters and for local CEO Nick Stahayeff, the city is the centre of the world. “Absolutely. We’ve had our international headquarters in Bern for the eBay business since 1999… so the decisions about our strategy and our operational decisions are taken here,” he told swissinfo. “Here” means a…

Post Office rejects allegations of high fees

This content was published on Jan 6, 2008 Gygi said he expected Swiss Post, which is fully owned by the government, to make a record profit of more than SFr900 million ($812 million) in 2007. He said the company was among the top six in western Europe when it comes to sending letters for a good price. He was responding to a statement…

Waste not, wood not

This content was published on Jan 4, 2008

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