Europe News

(15-Feb-2007) Old World wines may be losing their popularity in many domestic markets, but they still enjoy surprisingly good visibility in duty-free, despite complaints from retailers about old-fashioned packaging and marketing. Joe Bates investigates

(15-Feb-2007) Russian Standard vodka enjoyed strong duty-free sales growth in Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS countries last year and is now looking to expand distribution in the West

(15-Feb-2007) Piper-Heidsieck, duty-free’s second best-selling champagne, has adopted a more selective approach to the inflight pouring market

(15-Feb-2007) European Commission’s director of transport security will address delegates at the ETRC business forum next month

(15-Feb-2007) Leading diplomatic retailers across Europe are independently adopting new pricing strategies in an attempt to halt price erosion in the tobacco category

(15-Feb-2007) The European Travel Retail Council (ETRC) has warned that a renewed focus on the duty-free industry in the light of recent security changes could cast the spotlight on tobacco sales once more

(15-Feb-2007) Scandinavian Tobacco, the owner of House of Prince and Henri Wintermans, has acquired US cigar company CAO International

(15-Feb-2007) British-American Tobacco International has unveiled three limited-edition blends for its Dunhill range of cigarettes to mark the brand’s centenary

(15-Feb-2007) Dutch cigar supplier Henri Wintermans has unveiled new packaging for its Café Crème range which it hopes will draw a younger group of adult smokers to the world’s best-selling small cigar brand

(15-Feb-2007) LATVIA. Riga International airport’s new 186sq m (2,000sq ft) of duty-free space is an attractive prize for potential bidders