EDIT 2: A few bitcoin evangelists are coming by. Since our biggest headache is instability in the currency values and rapid appreciation, I would like to point you to the following plot, which shows the CHF-USD rate and the BTC-USD rate on the same graph:
https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Linear&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1421585015744&chddm=845536&cmpto=CURRENCY:BTCUSD&cmptdms=0&q=CURRENCY:CHFUSD&ntsp=0&ei=VKq7VPmoD-vCwAPG7oHADQ
Bitcoin is not a better answer here. Being a deflationary currency is bad for business, being an unstable currency is also. Bitcoin is, by design, both.