North America News

(7-Feb-2006) One of Canada's busiest border crossings will soon have a permanent outlet after over five years of delays

(3-Feb-2006) Make your vote count in the second Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in the Americas

(3-Feb-2006) The Austrian jeweller is to restructure its travel-retail business this year

(3-Feb-2006) Exhibition space is sold out and visitor registrations are up for the Duty Free Show of the Americas in March

(1-Feb-2006) CANADA. Canadian border trade body Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) has joined a US/Canada coalition lobbying for governments to balance security requirements at the border with the economic needs of retailers. The Borders for Economic Security, Trade and Tourism (BESTT) organisation, based in Washington DC, opposes proposed legislation that will require cross-border travellers to carry "burdensome forms of documentation", such as the recently-announced PASS card

(1-Feb-2006) Hong Kong International airport (HKIA) liquor and tobacco concessionaire Sky Connection has been forced to restrict sales of ultra-premium Chinese cigarette brand Panda following unexpectedly high demand

(1-Feb-2006) Suppliers to Canada's border duty-free stores have reported a dramatic increase in sales of budget cigars during 2005, both in the long- and short-filler segments

(1-Feb-2006) Miami-based company 10 Minute Manicure opened its first airport store at Cincinnati/North Kentucky International airport last month

(1-Feb-2006) US agency Alfa Brands is to handle a number of Isis chocolate launches for Italo Suisse this year

(1-Feb-2006) US-based ornament supplier Crystal World has appointed Worldwide Imports as its distributor for UK domestic and duty-free markets