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15-Jan-2008
After a turbulent year for the ferry side of its purchasing pool, Inflight Service has achieved solid growth by focusing on its core business supplying to regional airlines. And recent moves should guarantee that the market will grow further, writes Gavin Lipsith
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If you were to look exclusively at Inflight Service’s business with ferry retailers, it would seem like the Swedish company has had a difficult year. In late 2006 it lost
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(18-Dec-2006) - SWEDEN. The loss of the Tallink/Silja duty-free purchasing contract will have a significant impact on Swedish retailer and distributor Inflight Service’s buying pool, but will not greatly affect its profitability, the company has claimed
(8-Mar-2005) - SAS Trading has sold its Euroshop operations in Poland, Latvia and Estonia to the Swedish company