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RETAIL EXPERIENCE Retail Access France helps Lagardère Services To Build The BuY Paris Brand BuY Paris Duty Free is a joint venture between Aelia Lagardère Services and Aéroports de Paris, on 70 points of sale. Retail Access worked with them to augment the brand persona and to make it come alive as well as in doing so ensure that the commercial performance of the concept is in line with expectations. Nicolas Venturini, General Manager of Retail Access France & Benelux, shares exclusively the story of the collaboration. RAVEL RETAIL How important is travel retail around the world? NV: The Travel Retail channel is an extremely strategic market for brand development and visibility. Estimated at $55,8 billion US dollars in 2012, it should double in the next 10 years. In emerging and developing countries, the middle class travellers are growing significantly. This new traveller profile directly impacts travel retail with a more diversified product offer instead of focusing exclusively on luxury products which has been the traditional mainstay of the channel. What part does Par \