Article: Italy's Autogrill buys U.K. and Spanish duty free businesses

Article: Italy's Autogrill buys U.K. and Spanish duty ...
AP Worldstream;  March 10, 2008 ;     541 words ... ... Monday said it bought a U.K.-based duty free business and took full control of a Spanish duty free chain in deals worth more than euro1 billion ... elsewhere. Autogrill said it bought World Duty Free, a unit of airport operator BAA, in a ...

Article: EU CLEARS AUTOGRILL AND ALTADIS TO BUY SPANISH ...
European Report;  March 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... cleared a Euro 693 million public takeover bid for Spanish duty-free firm Aldeasa, on March 29. The European Commission ... harm competition because Altadis tobacco sales at duty-free shops were limited and the shops played only a minor ...

Article: Imperial nets pounds210m as Italy creates a ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  March 11, 2008 ;     431 words ... ... to create the world's largest duty free chain. Italian motorway restaurant ... Imperial's 49.9 per cent stake in Spanish duty free seller Aldeasa. The deal makes ... world's biggest operator of duty-free shops after it bought another ...

Article: Duty Free International, Inc.
International Directory of Company Histories;      700+ words ...Duty Free International, Inc. 63 Copps Hill Road Ridgefield ... Druggist ’ s Sundries; 5145 Confectionery Duty Free International, Inc. operates the largest chain of duty free stores in the world. Selling merchandise through ...

Article: Duty-free gets hot; accessories firms get serious ...
WWD;  August 23, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... presences overseas at the same time, duty-free distribution is becoming one of the hottest ... around. Accessories tend to work well as duty-free merchandise because of their suitability ... according to industry executives, duty-free venues have grown up to be much more ...

Article: Duty free wants more beauty. (duty ...
WWD;  October 29, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... France - The big message coming out of the duty free convention here this week is that operators ... products - by the end of 1994. The big duty free operators seemed to be enthusiastic ... ministers voted Monday to raise limits on duty free purchases for cosmetics and treatment ...

Article: Duty Free International, Inc. Announces Cash Merger ...
Business Wire;  July 3, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... 00 a.m. EST Call 847/619-6057 Duty Free International, Inc. (NYSE: DFI ... all of the outstanding common stock of Duty Free for $24.00 per share in cash. Under ... approved by the Board of Directors of Duty Free, a BAA subsidiary will commence a cash ...