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Zippo flame flickers as sales fallZippo flame flickers as sales fall
15-Oct-2006
US lighter manufacturer Zippo has made 121 staff redundant after a dramatic decline in sales
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The company partly attributed the sharp drop in business to security regulations that forbid airline passengers from buying or carrying lighters at the airport.
Last June the company successfully lobbied
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