North America News

(15-Mar-2006) SPAIN/INTERNATIONAL. Aldeasa's revenues rose by 5.4% year on year to €646.9m ($779.4m) in 2005, helping to boost profits at parent group Autogrill, whose consolidated results were announced on March 15

(14-Mar-2006) The new facility is well-placed to serve the border operator's key stores

(8-Mar-2006) The airport anticipates that new routes serving China will draw a new high-spending group

(8-Mar-2006) Hachette Distribution Services believes the revamp of its familiar Relay news and books brand, starting in North America, will help it deliver higher spend per passenger in an increasingly competitive environment

(8-Mar-2006) Retailers at Cincinnati/North Kentucky International airport are to be given rent relief during 2006 to offset losses arising from cutbacks by Delta Air Lines

(1-Mar-2006) Brown-Forman Wines will introduce a line of Virgin branded wines at the Duty Free Show of the Americas in Fort Lauderdale next month. The Virgin Vines range was developed in partnership with Virgin Group of Companies chairman Richard Branson

(1-Mar-2006) Nestlé International Travel Retail (NITR) claims that category management played a crucial role in making 2005 another record year for the company. "Results were better than expected and were boosted by our strategy of targeting specific sub-categories," said acting general manager Iain Harrison

(1-Mar-2006) Godiva Chocolatier expects the Truffle Collection, launched at TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes last autumn, to be a main attraction at the Fort Lauderdale show this month. North America was one of Godiva's best-performing regions last year

(1-Mar-2006) Austrian enamel jewellery supplier Frey Wille has stopped its development strategy for duty-free and travel-retail channels

(1-Mar-2006) Paton's Macadamias has appointed specialist agent Abbott Duty Free Confections (ADFC) to drive expansion in the US and the Caribbean. Initial plans include the launch of Macadamia Sensations at the Duty Free Show of the Americas in Fort Lauderdale this month.