New Age Duty Free

[Davin de Kergommeaux]

Hi Ulf,

I was saying that inbound duty free would not work for a serious,
Canadian malt drinbker because the selection of malts at LCBO is
abysmal.  Costco can't sell here because LCBO has the monopoly.  Since
LCBO would do the selection for duty free here and since palne-side
shopping would be even worse than the already pathetic street-side
stores, inbound duty free would not work.  Prices also are not that
great at LCBO or Canadian duty free.  Although LCBO generally focus on
high-volume malts they do bring in tyhe occasional rarity just so they
can say they do.  For example they had a $10,000 Bowmore a few years
back.  - just one in the 'flagship' stores.  Now they have a Glen
Flagler going for $1500 - the same one you can get for under $600 at
World of Whiskies.  So inbound duty free would not work in this market
as long as the government has the monopoly, especially given the
majority of travellers are looking to save $6 on Kaluha so that's who
they'd cater to.

Davin

On 8/13/06, Ulf Buxrud <ulf at buxrud.se> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Arve and Dave
>
> I know that Iceland introduced this concept decades ago and should have
> mentioned it in my note.
>
> I was not aware that the European NON-Euroland countries such as Turkey and
> Norway recently followed this path. Thanks for up-dating me.
>
> and Davin,
>
> snip . . .'LCBO brags about being the second largest buyer
>
> of beverage alcohol in the world (Costco is first) but their selection
> is absolutely abysmal...
>
> I agree that the Costco selection is not exiting (I do shop there) however
> they are very competive pricewise for surviving the day when it comes to
> alcohol.
>
> I am pretty sure that the Swedish Wine and Spirit monopoly is one of the
> largest buyer, larger than Costco and perhaps also LCBO. If you add
> production they are the largest handler of alcohol in the world (owns the
> Absolut brand).
>
> snip ...'but here in Canada where the government controls it (except in
> Alberta & a bit in BC) it would be completely hopeless...
>
> We have the same structure in Sweden (Norway and Finland) but this is not
> dictated by economic factors they are simply political ones formulated by
> the tetotalers organisations. There is no proven loss by changing from
> selling at arrival instead of departure. It is a win win situation for all
> parties concerned.
>
>
> Ulf
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: arve at LERVIK.ORG
> To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
> Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:52:19 +0200
> Subject: Re: New Age Duty Free
>
>
> Quoting Ulf Buxrud <ulf at BUXRUD.SE>:
>
> > I have for the last 15 years or so been lobbying for a system where the
> 'tax
> > free' or 'dicsounted' alcohol should be purchased upon arrival and not on
> > departure.
> >
>  > Upon arrival at international airports one is still in a transit area
> equal
> > to the one from which departure occurs. So from a 'economical/political'
> > pont wiew there is no difference.
> >
>  > Further, keep in mind that all intra European air transports does not any
> > longer offer 'tax free' purchases. The price level at the airports offered
> > to intra European travellers are at least at par with shops outside the
> > airport or HIGHER.
>
> There are currently three countries in Europe that allow proper
> tax-freeshopping
> upon arrival. All three are non-EU - Norway, Iceland and Turkey.
>
> Upon arrival you present your ticketstub (E-ticket receipt or other travel
>  documents) in the till when paying for the goods. In Norway you can
>  (currently,
> might change in the near future) only shop up to the duty-free allowence (1
> litre of spirits, 1.5 litres of wine and 2 litres of beer) - I don't know if
> Iceland or Turkey has litmits like this.
>
> Best regards
> Arve M Lervik
> Norwegian Malt Whisky Society
> (and tax-free employee)
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