Travel-retail better than high street, says P&G
Tina Milton
15-Nov-2006
P&G Prestige Products director Asia/Pacific and global travel-retail Hans Wohmann has praised the travel-retail industry for producing an offer that has superseded its high street counterpart and is no longer based solely on price
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This is especially true for luxury items, where customers are not necessarily interested in price, but instead place more emphasis on good service, he said. Airport retailers used to compare........
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