Article: ITALY'S AUTOGRILL TO ACQUIRE WORLD DUTY FREE.(Autogrill S.p.A. to acquire World Duty Free Americas Inc.)

Article: Autogrill duty-free No 1 after two buys ; ...
Evening Standard - London;  March 10, 2008 ;     395 words ...AUTOGRILL, the Italian ... biggest operator of duty-free shops after it ... takeover. World Duty Free operates out of ... concession with Autogrill. Imperial acquired ... museum shops. Autogrill already runs duty-free at London City ...

Article: Autogrill duty-free No.1 after two buys ; ...
Evening Standard - London;  March 10, 2008 ;     390 words ...AUTOGRILL, the Italian ... biggest operator of duty-free shops after it ... takeover. World Duty Free operates out of ... concession with Autogrill. Imperial acquired ... museum shops. Autogrill already runs duty-free at London City ...

Article: Italy's Autogrill buys U.K. and Spanish duty ...
AP Worldstream;  March 10, 2008 ;     548 words ...Autogrill SpA, the Italian ... K.-based duty free business and took ... control of a Spanish duty free chain in deals ... 5 billion). Autogrill, which is controlled ... grow elsewhere. Autogrill said it bought World Duty Free, a unit of airport ...

Article: Autogrill wins World Duty Free auction.
Cosmetics International;  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... retail business, World Duty Free Europe, to Autogrill SpA. Autogrill paid ... seven UK airports. Autogrill plans to save costs ... further shopping at duty free. It has also taken ... ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Autogrill is majority owned ...

Article: EU CLEARS AUTOGRILL AND ALTADIS TO BUY SPANISH ...
European Report;  March 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... takeover bid for Spanish duty-free firm Aldeasa, on March ... Italian fast food chain Autogrill and French-Spanish ... were very limited. Autogrill is a unit of Edizione ... Altadis tobacco sales at duty-free shops were limited and ... its stake to 50% with Autogrill taking control of ...

Article: AUTOGRILL BUY OF WORLD DUTY FREE CLEARED.
European Report;  May 20, 2008 ;     536 words ... ... Commission cleared, on 16 May, the proposed acquisition of World Duty Free Limited (WDF), a UK-based airport shop operator, by ... provider of food, beverage and retail services to travellers, Autogrill S.p.A. The Commission's investigation showed that the ...

Article: The take-over of Spanish airport duty-free retailer ...
Airports International;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The take-over of Spanish airport duty-free retailer Aldeasa by Italian transport cafe outfit Autogrill and Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis has been approved by the European Commission. It said that despite the widespread sale ...