Border competitors surprised at timing

16-Oct-2001

Having competed for years with WDFA, operators on the Canadian border have reacted with surprise at the timing of the sale announcement, but privately many will be pleased to see the BAA subsidiary disappear from the business.

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(8-Nov-2001) - The relationship between World Duty Free Americas and its counterparts across the border were often fraught. The BAA subsidiary was often accused of using its greater buying power to engage Canadian operators in price wars, undercutting them even when the industry could not afford price cuts.
(16-Oct-2001) - BAA group retail director Brian Collie spoke exclusively to DFNI editor-in-chief Dermot Davitt the day after the announcement, and explained the timing of, and the thinking behind, the sale.