Montblanc, the world’s most famous maker of cherished writing instruments, has long used its luxury pedigree to make inroads into travel retail, where it is the leader in the channel within the Richemont Group. “Travel retail is an important sales channel for our Maison,” says Anouar Guerraoui, Managing Director, South America, Caribbean and Travel Retail […]
Perfetti Van Melle (PVM) has announced a plan to boost the sugar confectionery category’s performance by capitalizing on untapped potential. “The confectionery market is a cornerstone of travel retail and one of the key purchase drivers within our industry today. But it is also a sector with great potential to grow,” says PVM Travel Retail […]
Beauty company Shiseido, which counts several high-end luxury brands within its fragrance and cosmetics portfolio, reports results that are well above market trends, particularly in the travel retail Americas channel. The Miami-based division of the giant Japanese company, which recently moved into its stunning new office space in the heart of Miami’s Brickell Avenue, […]
Two years after announcing its plan to establish biscuits as a sub-category in travel retail, Mondelez World Travel Retail (WTR) is launching new products and packaging from Oreo, Milka and Cadbury at the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes. Mondelez reports a double-digit net revenue increase in biscuits and more than double the net revenue increase […]
Mars Wrigley International Travel Retail (MITR) is revamping Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Bounty and Snickers brands mini bars for the travel retail channel based on category insights and consumer research. The company says the new Minis portfolio has been produced in response to Mars Wrigley’s understanding of traveler needs – specifically, meeting traveling consumers with […]
Canadian streetwear brand Strong & Free Emblem is ready to take its three word affirmation from Saint John, New Brunswick all around the world. Now available in fifteen duty free locations across Canada, the brand began with no lofty expectations in 2006. It started with a woman pulling maple leaves off a tree and tracing […]
When Jean-Christophe Babin was named CEO of Bvlgari in 2013, he had a clear mandate to enhance the reputation of the iconic Italian luxury brand as a leader in jewelry, watches, and accessories. He brought with him 13 years of experience at the head of LVMH’s hugely successful TAG Heuer watches and a desire to […]
UK-based Premier Portfolio International Ltd. – the number one supplier of airline logoed products in travel retail – will be presenting a range of new licensed and third-party brands to the trade in Cannes this year, as the company strives to expand its presence in the Americas. Garry Maxwell, Premier Portfolio Sales & Purchasing Director, […]
Panama-based Duty Free Dynamics, which has positioned itself as a Master Franchiser of premier lifestyle brands for the Travel Retail Channel of the Americas, continues to grow by focusing on expanding its non-traditional product categories. The company, which will exhibiting in Cannes for the first time, announces several new additions to its portfolio in the […]
Travel accessories company Go Travel posted impressive double-digit increases in the Americas this past year. The UK-based company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2019, has made incredible progress in the Americas market, where it has only been present for the past eight years. In a major step, the company has now set up […]
Following an unprecedented rise in travel pillow sales, accessories expert, Go Travel has undertaken pillow manufacture in the USA. The move, which saw first production roll off the lines in Spring 2019, is primarily aimed at maintaining the accessory leader’s high production standards while helping to satiate rapidly-increasing demand. Initially, US production will focus on […]
LAS Worldwide, LLC, the two-year-old full service duty free and travel retail distribution company formed by Juan Carlos Alexander, Esq., his brother Andrew Alexander and Victor Garcia in 2017, has now expanded from its initial core electronics products to add liquor to its portfolio. Juan Carlos Alexander says that LAS has added several tequila brands […]
Chopard’s Haute Parfumerie Collection first unveiled in Cannes in 2017 is now rolling out in select travel retail markets in the Americas. The celebrated Swiss jewelry brand established its own fragrance house after more than two decades of partnership with Coty, guided by the philosophy that places ethics and sustainability at the heart of its […]
Austrian crystal house Swarovski has reconfirmed that travel retail is a strategic priority for the company and has spent the last year reorganizing and strengthening its TR team across the globe, reports Claudia Heskier Schioenning, VP Travel Retail & Global Accounts, who assumed full operative and executive responsibility for the travel retail channel in June […]
Little Switzerland, one of the most important luxury retailers in the Caribbean, is expanding its footprint in the region with several new branded boutiques for Breitling and TAG Heuer, as well as a Patek Philippe Showroom in St. Thomas. As the largest authorized retailer of luxury timepieces in the Caribbean, the company recently opened […]
