The law of unintended consequences at airport magazine stores

The decision to once again allow duty free sales in airports is good news not only for booze and perfume companies but magazine companies, too, according to an item in mastheadonline (reg req'd). HDS Retail, which operates most of the major airport bookshops and newsstands (Relay etc.) was having a heckuva time after last week's measures kicked in and the duty free shops closed for a time. They're not out of the woods yet, however since when people don't buy things like bottled water in the shops, they are also not exposed to the newsstands.