(BuildingWebsiteNews) Dixon flies under the radar to real-world retail - The Australian

Qantas is believed to be close to striking a deal with a listed retail travel business to make a full takeover bid, or buy a strategic stake. Qantas is not interested in online travel agents, given it has its own online business, but wants a business with shopfronts. But as the industry changes, and Qantas's wholesale travel business Qantas Holidays faces being marginalised just as it plans to spin off into a separate entity, the company is looking at how to increase its business proposition for a potential IPO next year. To this end, Dixon is in discussions with various parties as to how to structure its freight business to create an integrated freight and logistics company, which includes developing a footprint in Asia, where it recently made a small strategic acquisition. read more

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