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The International AddressGuide – now published with eastern European countries
The cross-border sourcing of addresses for direct mailing is becoming easier for eastern European countries: the new edition of the International AddressGuide from Swiss Post International now also includes, alongside the existing 15 countries in western Europe, new entries for Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. The AddressGuide lists 500 providers from 20 countries and describes what they have to offer, with key figures such as the number of company addresses, decision-makers, private addresses, selection criteria, and the extent of their special address databases. To help users evaluate potential suppliers, the guide provides information such as year of establishment and number of employees. For each country, it also contains an outline of the address market with detailed information on prices, data protection, return rates, address formats and the correct salutations.
Read MoreSwiss voters ponder citizenship and post offices
Swiss voters had to decide Sunday whether they want to loosen the country’s tough rules on naturalizing foreigners, approve a national maternity leave program and halt a cost-cutting campaign to shut post offices. Referendums are the cornerstone of Switzerland’s system of direct democracy, and citizens cast ballots several times a year, often facing a bewildering array of questions. Turnout among the nation’s 4.7 million voters rarely exceeds 50 percent. The post office polls show no clear majority either way.
Read MoreSwiss to vote on closures of post offices
Two pillars of Swiss nationhood are being tested Sunday citizenship and the post office.
Voting in referendums, the cornerstone of their system of direct democracy, the Swiss will decide whether to loosen the Alpine country’s tough rules on naturalising foreigners, and whether to block their government’s cost-cutting campaign to shut post offices. Both have provoked bitter debate in a nation where political consensus has been the watchword.
The government’s proposed change of citizenship laws represents a recognition that Switzerland, long accustomed to homogeneity within its Alpine ramparts, is becoming a multicultural society.
Read MoreVote seeks to thwart Swiss Post Office’s cost cutting
Voters will decide on September 16 whether to support the people’s initiative, launched by a trade union and the country’s main consumer organisation. Its backers want to ensure that the local authorities are consulted before post offices are closed. Supporters of the initiative say the country’s small and medium-sized businesses, the backbone of the Swiss economy, depend on a closely-knit network of post offices. The proposal also calls for government subsidies for loss-making post offices in remote areas. “We accept that the postal service needs to be restructured, but we need clear rules,” said Christian Levrat, president of the Communications trade union. Levrat, who is also a Social Democrat parliamentarian, said post offices have a social function – namely to bind communities together – and therefore the organisation should not be privatised.
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