Swiss Post abroad

Why does Swiss Post do business abroad?

Swiss Post has increased its turnover outside Switzerland considerably and now generates almost one-fifth of its total turnover abroad with close to 8000 employees. Its primary goal is to strengthen Swiss Post in Switzerland. Consignment volumes also have an impact on volumes within Switzerland.In Switzerland, Swiss Post is facing declining consignment volumes. Letters markets are being deregulated, letters are being increasingly replaced with electronic means of communication, and the parcels market is fiercely contested. In order to compensate for revenue shortfalls, Swiss Post is taking up business activities abroad where it wants to grow profitably in niche markets.It has four main areas of business abroad:

Activities under the “Swiss Post” brand

• Swiss Post International (SPI) focuses on cross-border consignments in the business customer segment.
• Swiss Post Solutions/Swiss Post Solutions Documents, which offers in-house postal services for companies
• Swiss Post Solutions/Swiss Post Solutions Dialogue, which operates in the growing market for customer loyalty programmes and dialogue marketing.

Activities under the “PostBus” brand:

• PostBus operates bus networks and routes in neighbouring countries