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CANNES, France — Cautious optimism. That’s how travel retail executives summed up their outlook on the recent TFWA World Exhibition and Conference. The event in Cannes, France, which ran from Oct. 2 to six, was the second to be held following a two-year hiatus attributable to the coronavirus pandemic. Trade show organizers aptly branded the session this yr “Latest World.” Travel retail really is a recent world today, because the industry welcomes people back into their stores after the business ground to a screeching halt shortly after the health crisis began in early 2020. There’s so much to contend with nowadays — from a modified consumer to deep geopolitical, economic and provide chain issues, to disruptions at airports, amongst other woes. Yet, despite...