Price, gifting and necessity: the drivers of spend among UK travellers

30-Jul-2004

In the third instalment of our monthly column tracking the purchasing habits of key travelling nationalities, DFNI and RFH Consumer Insight investigate the reasons why UK travellers buy in travel-retail while overseas.

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Pricing continues to be a key driver of purchases for this nationality, but it's not the only one.

The purchasing motivations of UK travellers abroad may differ from location to

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