Brazil may finally see the opening of its first duty free border stores in December, following the election of Jair Bolsonaro who will succeed Michel Temer as president on January 1. ASUTIL Secretary General Jose Luis Donagaray, in a press briefing held last week, says he expects one or two small operators could open the […]
Brazil
Floripa launches bidding for commercial area of new Florianopolis terminal
Floripa Airport, the operator of Florianopolis International Airport in Brazil, released tender documents on Oct. 16 for retail, food & beverage and advertising concessions at the airport’s new passenger terminal. The commercial area will cover multiple categories over 4,000 square meters and includes 46 different packages. The new passenger terminal, four times larger than the […]
GUCCI BLOOM blossoms with Coty in Brazil
The vision for GUCCI BLOOM in travel retail was to create a ‘pop-up’ store that strongly communicated GUCCI BLOOM’s key attributes of vitality, creativity, quirkiness and uniqueness. Coty is working with Dufry in Brazil to host this stunning animation in August and September. The ‘pop-up’ created by Coty captured the attention of passengers and transformed […]
Currency crisis in Brazil and Argentina
Buenos Aires-based John Gallagher looks at the economic situation in Latin America and studies how recent currency fluctuations are affecting the duty free business. Currency devaluations in Brazil and Argentina in May and June have led to severe currency fluctuations in both countries, with an overspill that impacts all facets of their economies including […]
Dufry brings the feel of Sao Paulo to its new Destination store at GRU
Dufry brings a distinctly Brazilian vibe to the new “destination” space it recently inaugurated at the Terminal 3 departure area at São Paulo International Airport (GRU). With products from premium local brands offered within an area of 500 sq meters, the store presents a strong sense of place with a wide selection of categories from beauty to fashion. Dufry first […]
Is Latin America’s economic crisis over?
John Gallagher reports from Buenos Aires. As we head into the last quarter of 2017, travel retail suppliers and operators in Latin America are asking if the tentative economic recovery of the first half year is here to stay. Brazil The fall in raw material prices in early 2014 and Brazil’s massive Lavajato corruption scandal brought about […]
Brazil’s airport privatization marches on: Fraport signs concession agreements for Fortaleza and Porto Alegre
Fraport AG has signed the concession agreements with the Brazilian government for managing and developing Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports. Following its double airport win at the government’s public auction on March 16, 2017, Fraport AG has been planning and creating the foundation for the new Fraport Brasil airport companies, which are expected to […]
DFA pushes Brazil expansion with new duty free stores in Salvador airport
DFA’s rapid expansion into Brazil continues with the recent opening of two duty free stores at Deputado Luís Eduardo Magal-hães International Airport in Salvador. The stores cover 7,700 square feet, and occupy prime areas of the terminal. The multi-category store design enhances DFA’s core portfolio of traditional travel retail products, which includes perfumes and cosmetics, wine and […]
Desigual and Dufry open two locations in RIOgaleão–Tom Jobim International Airport
Barcelona-based fashion brand Desigual has opened two new locations with Dufry Group at RIOgaleão– Tom Jobim International Airport Terminal 2 (International departures). This is the second airport in Brazil for the Desigual-Dufry partnership, expanding a two-year presence in both standalone store and multi-brand shop-in-shop formats at Sao Paolo Guarulhos Airport. In Rio, a permanent 23 […]
Dufry introduces new retail concept with Dior at GRU Airport
Dufry, in partnership with Dior, has opened the first ever pop up store of the brand, located in the departure area of Terminal 3 São Paulo/Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in Brazil. The Dior Pop Up boutique is situated in a key location of passenger traffic and offers an exciting shopping environment, reflecting the brand’s unique heritage […]
How successful has airport privatization been for Brazil?
The third tranche of the Brazil’s airport privatization program was completed in March this year and 10 of the most important airports in the country are now managed by private companies. With this latest round of privatizations, 59% of total passenger traffic in Brazil is now being handled by private companies. In a special analysis for […]
DFA aggressively expands in Latin America
Powerhouse travel retailer Duty Free Americas is aggressively expanding its reach throughout the hemisphere, opening new operations in Latin America and the Caribbean and renovating key locations in its stronghold North America market. The expansion comes just as the company is beginning to see a recovery in much of its business, DFA CEO Jerome Falic […]
Brazil: will new Temer scandal derail fledging recovery?
On the morning of May 17, just as Brazil was set to celebrate the news that it might finally be climbing out of its worst recession in its history, the country got slammed with a bombshell allegation that President Michel Temer was involved with a coverup and had condoned bribery payments made to a former […]
Dufry executives meet with Brazilian president
High level executives from leading travel retail group Dufry recently met with Brazilian President Michel Temer, according to a report on President Temer’s BrazilGovNews website. A comment from Rio de Janeiro-based TR Retail & Operations Consultant Marcos Reis noted that topics under discussion may have ranged from duty free border shops and duty free allowances […]
Duty Free Americas – now second largest TR retailer in Brazil – opens store in São Paulo-Congonhas Airport
Duty Free Americas (DFA), which says it is now the second largest travel retailer in Brazil, announced today the opening of a 9,500 square foot travel retail store at São Paulo-Congonhas Airport. DFA will operate the store under a 10-year concession with Infraero, the Brazilian government corporation responsible for managing Brazil’s major airports. São Paulo-Congonhas is a […]
