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Preparing for take-off at DouglasPreparing for take-off at Douglas
Gavin Lipsith
15-Nov-2005
Almost four years after a duty-free tender at Douglas was announced, a new permanent shop is set to open at the crossing between British Columbia and Washington next spring. If the new store maintains the current temporary outlet's growth, the results could be spectacular, writes Gavin Lipsith
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When the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency—now the Canada Border Services Agency—announced a tender for duty-free at one of the country's busiest crossing points into the US in August 2002,
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