LIQUID RESTRICTIONS LIBERALISATION IN AIRPORTS WELCOMED BY EUROPEAN RETAILERS
July 2nd, 2014
SIX months after new European Union (EU) rules came into force regarding air passengers carrying liquids, aerosols and gels (the trade acronym is LAGs) in hand luggage at EU airports, business seems to have improved for personal care product duty free retailers. However, many airport retailers of perfumes and cosmetics fear the goal of a full lifting of the ban by 2016 will not be realised.New norms – which came into force on January 31 (2014) under a schedule to completely lift the ban in January 2016, aim to help passengers purchasing duty free items whilst ...
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