TFWA blasts "unethical" suppliers
15-Oct-2005
INTERNATIONAL. On the eve of its 21st Cannes show, Tax Free World Association (TFWA) made its frankest denunciation yet of brand owners who attend its duty-free shows without exhibiting, drawing buyers away from the main halls in Cannes and Singapore
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CEO Andrew Ford described the practice as "unethical" and unfair on exhibitors, buyers and the organiser.
"It is unfair on official exhibitors who have contributed to the financing of the
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