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Weak dollar drives sales at US airportsWeak dollar drives sales at US airports
Tina Milton
15-Apr-2005
US. Alpha Retail USA and Avid International are among US airport retailers to have benefited from the weakness of the dollar against the euro and pound sterling
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Both retailers achieved year-on-year sales increases of over 25% in 2004 as a result of greater spend among European passengers.
Alpha Retail USA president Rod Wiltshire said that the impact
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