The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. TMI’s spotlight is on Canada this week, as Canada’s Frontier Duty Free Association prepares to welcome the industry to its annual Convention in Toronto next week. Today and tomorrow, however, members of the industry are meeting in Porto […]
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Inaugural ASUTIL Border Conference examines new Brazilian opportunities
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Renovated Queenston Lewiston Duty Free store expands focus on whisky and white spirits
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Cannes 2019: attendance tops record 7.5k; industry calls for a major thrust for sustainability
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Montblanc uses luxury pedigree to dominate category in travel retail
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Luxury concepts propel Shiseido Group to outperform the markets in the Americas
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Bvlgari rejuvenates its image with new luxury thrust
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Lancôme x Chiara Ferragni makeup collection animates DFS, Los Angeles International Airport and T Galleria by DFS, Hawaii
Niagara Duty Free modernizes with more space devoted to spirits and ice wine
More than a year after Niagara Duty Free finished renovating its duty free store located on the Canadian side of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, the modernized shop has devoted more space to spirits, particularly ice wine, with improved sales, Steve Richardson, Niagara Duty Free General Manager tells TMI. The store, with 8,200 sqf […]
Renovated Queenston Lewiston Duty Free store expands focus on whisky and white spirits
Queenston Lewiston Duty Free, located on the Canadian side of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge in the Niagara region, renovated its store this summer, designing the layout to devote more space to its best-selling products. “The renovation is now completed and the store looks excellent,” Chris Foster tells TMI. “We reorganized the liquor department, and increased the […]
Heineken Global DF reports double digit growth
Heineken Global Duty Free has reported double-digit sales volume growth versus 2018 in its duty free business (Cruise, Ferries and Inflight). The growth is driven by increased distribution for its portfolio of over 250 brands. “There is also notable growth in the demand for lo/no alcohol options and this has delivered 73% sales volume growth […]
Royal Salute launches 25 YO “The Treasured Blend” exclusively in GTR
Royal Salute has unveiled a new 25 Year Old Scotch whisky, The Treasured Blend, available exclusively in airports and duty free stores beginning in November. The first 25 Year Old expression in the Royal Salute portfolio, The Treasured Blend has been created by Master Blender Sandy Hyslop and was inspired by the Crown Jewels of […]
Display company Concourse signs up coalition to drive sustainability in travel retail
With sustainability currently top of the agenda for many businesses, along with all the issues that need to be tackled with regards to climate change and future-proofing the planet for generations to come, travel retail display management company Concourse is working to drive positive change with its brand and retailer clients. During Dutch Design Week […]
Stellar Partners brings fashion touch to shopping at Philadelphia Int’l Airport
Philadelphia Airport also refreshed its retail offerings this week, with the opening of four fashion retail brands from Stellar Partners with MarketPlace Development: Chico’s, White House Black Market, and Soma together in one place; plus trending activewear brand, Marika. A Stellar Books shop was also opened. The multi-brand concept store Chico’s, White House Black Market, and Soma is a […]
SKYlink brings the FAO Schwarz experience to global travel retail
The reborn FAO Schwarz has broadened its retail footprint beyond its U.S. base to include a global audience using travel retail much like a launching pad. With a flagship store opening in Beijing, China, earlier this year and London and Dublin openings scheduled for October 22 and 30 respectively, the potential for the FAO Schwarz […]
Hudson Group expands in Newark and Indianapolis airports
This week North American travel retailer Hudson Group announced it has been awarded new duty free contracts at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and opened its first new stores at Indianapolis International Airport (IND). In Newark, Hudson will operate six new duty free stores covering more than 7,500-square-feet of expanded retail space, as part of a […]
Delta’s first new concourse at LGA opens; a milestone in $8B airport rebuild
Terminal features dining from OTG and new retail from Stellar Partners Delta unveiled its first new concourse at LaGuardia International Airport on Tuesday. The 105,000-square-foot showpiece in what will become Delta’s Terminal C, features modern customer amenities, state-of-the-art architecture, more spacious gate areas and a connected terminal system. The opening of the first new concourse […]
Starboard Cruise Services appoints Lisa Baldzicki as new Chief Merchandising Officer
Lisa Baldzicki has joined Starboard Cruise Services as Chief Merchandising Officer (CMO). In this role, the Disney and L Brands veteran will manage Starboard’s corporate merchandising strategies and initiatives, including the development of product assortment; vendor relationships and sourcing; financial and business planning; pricing; retail execution; talent management and team development. Baldzicki will join Starboard’s […]
Luxury and retail comprise the fastest growing sector of Interbrand’s Best Global Brands Report for 2nd year
Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2019 report (bestglobalbrands.com) says that luxury and retail is still the fastest growing sector. While the top 10 brands of the respected brand valuation survey is dominated by tech, with Apple, Google, and Amazon rated as the world’s three most valuable brands worldwide, the top growing sector for 2019 was luxury with nine luxury brands […]
Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 45
The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this post as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click on this link. U.S. airports and concessions were squarely in the news this week, with new contracts, new openings and new terminals all in the headlines. But first, Interbrand issued its respected brand valuation survey this month, showing that luxury and […]
Hotel Shilla to acquire 44% of 3Sixty Duty Free in a partnership to develop the Americas travel retail business
In a major breaking news story that could usher in a new player with strong Asian links in the Americas travel retail channel, Hotel Shilla, the parent company of Shilla Duty Free, South Korea’s leading travel retailer, will subscribe 44% of the share capital of 3Sixty Holding LLC (formerly DFASS). The two Companies issued a […]
SSP opens its first food and beverage units in Brazil
SSP Group, in a partnership with Duty Free Americas, has opened its first outlets at Brazil’s two main international airports, Rio de Janeiro Tom Jobim International Airport (RIOgaleão) and São Paulo International Airport (GRU Airport). The new units are the first to open under a joint venture partnership between SSP and DFA, following the win of […]
