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Survey: Consumers in Switzerland to tighten belts in 2026
2025-12-30
The mood among consumers in Switzerland is tense. A survey shows that around a third of the population wants to tighten their belts and save money in the new year. This is particularly the case in French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the Konsum Monitor …
HUG: ‘We see our strongest growth in foreign markets’
2025-12-27
In an exclusive interview, Swiss biscuit manufacturer and baker HUG’s two co-CEOs outline the challenges of expanding internationally, which include navigating Switzerland’s powerful agricultural lobby. HUG, a food company known, among others, for its traditional Zwieback rusks, has been in the hands of the same founding family for around 150 years. This hasn’t stopped the …
Swiss bank secrecy probe dropped against news portal
2025-12-24
The Zurich public prosecutor has dropped a probe against online portal Inside Paradeplatz, which was accused of violating banking secrecy. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The prosecutor said that the protection of journalistic sources prevents evidence from being presented in the case in key respects. + How Swiss banking secrecy …
Swiss women forced to pay for hormone therapy after price dispute
2025-11-06
A well-known brand of hormone replacement therapy, Estradot, will no longer be covered by insurance in Switzerland. The reason: the health authorities and the drugmaker couldn’t agree on a price. In September, Simone Kobler, a gynecologist specialised in women’s hormonal health in northern Switzerland, received some frustrating news. Estradot, the oestrogen replacement therapy in the …
Coop overtakes Migros in battle of Swiss food retailers
2025-11-03
Swiss retailer Migros is marking its 100th anniversary this year, but there is not much reason to celebrate. According to the SonntagsZeitung, the cooperative giant is continuing to lose market share in its core business, while Coop is growing. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In an article published on …
UBS allegedly considering moving headquarters to the US
2025-09-15
Rumours of UBS moving to the United States have resurfaced, just as the Swiss Senate is due to take up the issue of tightening capital requirements for institutions considered “systemic” in Switzerland on Monday. Already a dominant player on the Swiss banking scene at the time, Switzerland’s number one bank became even bigger on March …
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