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Getting liquor back on trackGetting liquor back on track
Joe Bates
31-Jan-2006
Europe remains the world's biggest market for duty-free liquor sales, but there is little cause for celebration. While other product categories forge ahead, liquor's market share is under pressure. Joe Bates asks leading retailers and suppliers what can be done to remedy the situation
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If the European travel-retail liquor business were an animal, it would have to be a polar bear. Both used to be top of the food chain, but while they still
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