EUROPEAN SALES DOWN -9.3%

By Generation Research, 23 December 2009

Eight months into 2009 European duty free and travel retail sales have on average – all categories considered - dropped –9.3% (in Euros) compared to the same period in 2008, according to the ETRC Index.

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DOWNES TO LEAVE SWEDISH ANALYST GENERATION

By Generation Research, 22 December 2009

Roy Downes is to leave Generation at the end of December, after nearly 13 years as International Director of Generation Development, the sales and marketing arm of the Swedish travel retail analyst.

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SWEETS GAIN MARKET SHARE IN CURRENT DOWNTURN

By Generation Research, 3 September 2009

The results of the international panel of retailers reporting to Generation DataBank indicate that the global duty free and travel retail confectionery market fell -9.3% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the same quarter in 2008.

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CONFECTIONERY SHIPMENTS DOWN -24.1% IN 1Q 2009

By Generation Research, 3 September 2009

Not even the usually resistant and resilient confectionery category can escape the challenges and impact of the global financial downturn.

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BEAUTY SALES DOWN -13.0% IN 1Q 2009

By Generation Research, 3 September 2009

According to the global panel of retailers reporting to the Generation DataBank, during the first three months of 2009 global duty free and travel retail beauty sales dropped -13.0% compared to the same period in 2008.

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W&S HIT BY -16.6% SALES DROP IN 1Q 2009

By Generation Research, 3 September 2009

The global retailer panel reporting to Generation DataBank showed that in the first quarter of 2009 liquor sales dropped -16.6% as compared to the same quarter in 2008.

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TOBACCO SALES SLUMP BY -19.3% IN 1Q 2009

By Generation Research, 3 September 2009

In the first quarter of 2009, global duty free and travel retail tobacco sales slumped by -19.3% compared with the same quarter in 2008 – according to actual audits of retail sales among a panel of locations worldwide.

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2008

By Doug Newhouse, 10 July 2009

While this year is obviously proving to be a very difficult one for the global duty free and travel retail industry, it has to be said that 2008 wasn't bad at all, with an 8.8% rise in sales to $37bn ($36,998.8m to be precise) compared with $34bn in 2007 in US dollars and a 7% rise when translated into local currency units (LCU).

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GLOBAL DUTY FREE & TRAVEL RETAIL SALES REACH US$ 37 BILLION IN 2008

By Generation Research, 24 June 2009

The detailed research and analysis of 2008 duty free & travel retail sales figures from operations across the world are now concluded. Highlights of the report - confirming preliminary earlier estimates - reveal that the business in 2008 was worth $37bn ($36,998.8m to be precise) compared with $34bn in 2007, representing an 8.8% increase when measured in US dollars and a 7% rise when translated into local currency units (LCU). Global DF & TR data 2009

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TALLINK SILJA REIGNS THE BALTIC

By Generation Research, 4 May 2009

The giant ferry Baltic Queen is Tallink Silja Line’s new weapon in attracting Baltic Sea passengers travelling between Estonia, Åland, Finland and Sweden.

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