Retail and catering: two sides of the same coin
Dermot Davitt
15-Oct-2005
While the travel-retail industry looks to Asia and the Middle East, European airports are still the beating heart of the retail catering channel. But in a business built on volume, competition is fierce and profits hard to come by
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In this business we hear a lot of talk about "mature" and "immature" markets, "saturated" locations and "opportunity" regions. The prevailing wisdom tells us that Asia/Pacific and the Middle East
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