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Chacalli warns price cuts could hit diplomat serviceChacalli warns price cuts could hit diplomat service
15-Dec-2005
Belgian retailer Chacalli-De Decker has voiced concerns that price cuts for distributors serving the diplomatic market could affect the service provided to diplomatic personnel. Following a plea voiced in DFNI June 1, executive director Michael Sheriff said that the situation has deteriorated and further cuts could result in a decrease in the attention to customer service the channel has offered in the past
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Diplomats and embassy staff working abroad are entitled to big duty-free allowances, and since the abolition of EU duty-free the sector has become increasingly competitive. Tobacco has been badly hit,
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