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Noble GAS experiment proves inertNoble GAS experiment proves inert
Gavin Lipsith
15-Nov-2006
The news that the Global Airport Services’ (GAS) venture between World Duty Free and Steve Franklin, Randy Emch and Adrian Murray of Crossbar Associates is to wind down is sad
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Not only does it mark the demise of a particularly headline-friendly company, it also signals the end of a noble experiment.
The GAS philosophy of long-term partnership, as opposed to........
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(9-Nov-2006) - The retailer is to wind down its partnership with Crossbar Associates while leaving the way open for possible future cooperation
(29-Apr-2005) - UK. World Duty Free has formed a new joint venture with Crossbar Associates, led by former DFS Group executives Steve Franklin, Randy Emch and Adrian Murray
(14-Apr-2005) - Global Airport Services, the new joint venture between World Duty Free and Crossbar Associates, aims to encourage airports to take greater control of their duty-free operations
(13-Mar-2002) - Randy Emch has been appointed executive director of Argentinian operator InterBaires, where he has been ceo for several years. In his new role Emch will be working more closely with Exxel Group, the private equity company that owns InterBaires.
(30-Jun-2001) - The sheer dynamism and substance of most of the presentations at the first Global Travel Retail Summit told us all we have a future to be positive about in this industry. From Ed Brennan?s powerful articulation of DFS? vision and its memorable sense of ?local wonder?, to Randy Emch?s affirmation of the future of a traditional business in South America, reasons for confidence abounded.