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Joe Bates
1-Aug-2006
The liquor business on the US–Canada border faces several challenges, but the category is holding steady as border store operators fight back with innovative promotions and merchandising tactics. Joe Bates reports
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The duty-free liquor business on the US–Canada border is in better shape than might be expected. The category is maintaining, and in some cases increasing, its market share despite an
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