Martha Lane Fox shopped on the high street

Ecommerce trailblazer Martha Lane Fox has been caught shopping at rival high-street travel firm Trailfinders.

By Ben King, 16 January 2001 16:52

NEWS The lastminute.com founder and paper millionaire, who made her fortune selling plane tickets and last minute holidays over the web, opted for a more traditional channel of sale when she walked into a London branch of Trailfinders yesterday. A source at Trailfinders confirmed that Martha had visited the store and bought a plane ticket to the US. Ms Lane Fox was not available to comment on the reports. Yesterday, Lastminute denied reports in The Independent newspaper that Lane Fox had offered to buy back shares from friends and family, worth around 75p, at the issue price of 380p.

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