High Street blues

27-Sep-2001

The decline of the duty-free market in Japan has several causes, but all operators agree that the rise in the number of High Street discount stores has dealt travel-retail a severe blow. How can duty-free fight back? John Rimmer reports.

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The decline of the duty-free market in Japan has several causes, but all operators agree that the rise in the number of High Street discount stores has dealt travel-retail a

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