Commerce Report Switzerland

Commerce Report Switzerland.

Since 2009, the Commerce Report Switzerland explores annually how distribution to consumers is developing under the influence of digitalisation in Switzerland – as the only Swiss study of its kind from the perspective of the vendor.

Digitalisation in consumer sales. 
A qualitative survey from the vendors‘ point of view.

Current study

Read the Management Summary of the Commerce Report Switzerland 2022 and download the entire study report 2022.

Current study

Press release

Read the latest press release.

Press release

Study panel

The study panel for the Commerce Report is made up of market-shaping providers for consumer goods and services based in Switzerland.

Study panel

Previous reports

All documents of the study series since 2009 can be downloaded free of charge as PDF files.

Study archive

The study series

The study series was commissioned by Datatrans Ltd, the leading Swiss specialist for internet payments. It wants to make a contribution to the reflection and further development of sales concepts to consumers. 

Distribution is changing rapidly under the influence of digitalisation - the study series accompanies this development. Its statements are based predominantly on the experiences and assessments of the members of the approximately 30-strong study panel. Its members are designers and decision-makers from potentially market-shaping providers of consumer goods and services in Switzerland. They have been surveyed annually by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW since 2009. 

The study series launched in 2009 under the title E-Commerce Report Switzerland still had a basic understanding of a market divided in two categories: stationary and online. When this division was no longer tenable, the 12th edition was published in the summer of 2020 with the new guiding concept of the networked world of offers under the adapted title Commerce Report Switzerland.

Then came the Corona crisis and it became apparent that it would accelerate the changes in the world of offers. But how exactly? To answer this question, a supplement to the study series was created. It will be released in three reports:

  1. in the already published June 2021 edition Barometer: Assessment of the current situation in Swiss retailing.
  2. in the current issue of November 2021, Focus: Epochal change in the
    distribution to consumers
    . In it, the indicators of the epoch change are first described in detail. This is followed by a summary of the characteristics of the changed distribution and a classification in the long-term transformation of retail. In addition, the first questions and theses for the consequences of the changed distribution are discussed in preparation for the study in 2022.
  3. in a final edition in September 2022, after a renewed survey of the study panel, the participants' ideas about the further development of the networked world of offers will be addressed. A perspective covering a time span of five to ten years will be taken into account.
Datatrans AG – Prof. Ralf Wölfle | Head of Competence Centre E-Business at the FHNW

Prof. Ralf Wölfle

Head of Competence Centre E-Business at the FHNW

«Competition occurs across a variety of levels in e-commerce. The potential for innovation remains high, as demonstrated by seamless payment solutions – a field in which Swiss providers are at the forefront.»

Datatrans AG – Prof. Dr. Uwe Leimstoll | Lecturer on Information Systems at the FHNW

Prof. Dr. Uwe Leimstoll

Lecturer on Information Systems at the FHNW

«Drawing on personal interviews with around 30 C-level decision-makers, the Commerce Report takes an in-depth look at current topics in Swiss e-commerce. It captures the zeitgeist while remaining scientifically grounded.»

The study panel

The interviewees represent Swiss e-commerce merchants of consumer goods and services who have the potential to shape the market. They make up the study panel for the Commerce Report.

Members of the Study Panel Switzerland 2022

Supporting organisations

Contact 

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW (Study concept and execution)
School of Business, Institute for Information Systems 
Peter Merian-Strasse 86
CH-4002 Basel
Tel. +41 61 279 17 55
www.fhnw.ch/iwi/e-business

Prof. Ralf Wölfle
Head of Competence Centre E-Business
E-Mail

Datatrans Ltd (Originator and commissioning body)
Kreuzbühlstrasse 26
CH-8008 Zurich
Tel. +41 44 256 81 91
www.datatrans.ch
www.weareplanet.com

Daniel Ellersiek
COO
E-Mail

To the study archive or read   the Management Summary.