International News

(15-Sep-2006) Tequila is on a roll in the US domestic market as the demand for super-premium spirits grows, but can the Mexican spirit replicate that success in duty-free? Joe Bates investigates

(15-Sep-2006) When independent distiller William Grant & Sons appointed ex-bacardi executive Ylva Binder (formerly Persson) as its new duty-free director earlier this year, it knew she would have strong ideas about the way forward. Binder tells Joe Bates that the owner of Glenfiddich needs to make more noise about its key brands

(15-Sep-2006) Brown-Forman has confirmed it is to buy premium tequila brands Herradura and El Jimador from Casa Herradura for $876m, beating rival bids from Pernod Ricard and Bacardi

(15-Sep-2006) While most of the scaremongering in the past two months has focused on the new security restrictions following the foiled UK terror plot of August 10, it is heartening to see that the mainstream media has not entirely neglected the rest of the travel-retail industry

(15-Sep-2006) Plush toy supplier Russ Berrie is set to expand its duty-free team in 2007

(15-Sep-2006) If anyone had any doubts about the global ambition of Dufry Group following its flotation on the Swiss stock exchange late last year, the retailer's first-half results for 2006 should dispel them

(15-Sep-2006) Independent Irish supplier PG Brogan & Co will officially launch Brogan's Legacy, its new 10yo Irish single malt whiskey, at next month's TFWA World Exhibition

(15-Sep-2006) INTERNATIONAL. Dufry Group has recorded impressive first-half profits and turnover following the acquisition of Brasif Duty Free Shop, South America's biggest travel retailer, in March

(14-Sep-2006) The European Commission is set to restrict the amount of liquids allowed in air passengers' hand luggage, with a total ban likely to be ruled out. ETRC executives report an "encouraging meeting" with EC officials on September 13

(14-Sep-2006) INTERNATIONAL. LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton has reported a 24% increase in profits at its Selective Retailing division in the first six months of the year, with DFS Group overcoming a decline in the value of the yen through "rigorous cost control" and growing its Asian customer base. The Selective Retailing division includes DFS and beauty chain Sephora