L’Oréal Travel Retail Americas has opened the first pop-up for Atelier Cologne in the region at Los Angeles International Airport in a 10 sqm space in the Tom Brady International Terminal. Featuring its signature Venetian blue color inspired by the entrance of its flagship stores in Paris and New York, the pop-up offers passengers […]
Luxottica and Duty Free Americas develop standalone sunglasses boutique concept at Punta Cana International Airport
Eyewear leader Luxottica Group and Duty Free Americas have partnered to develop a new stand-alone Sunglasses boutique at Punta Cana International Airport’s Terminal A, Dominican Republic. This cutting-edge store – which was custom-designed for the location – is the first stand-alone space for the sunglasses category operated by DFA. Built on sunglasses category management principles, the boutique […]
Essence Corp.: 30 years of partnership, community engagement and “Giving Back”
When you start a business, your goal is to make money. Be successful. Excel in the field. But a rare few rise above the dollars and cents aspect of commerce to become something much more—a vitally engaged and giving member of its community. Essence Corp., the family-owned distributor/agent of fine fragrances and cosmetics headed by […]
Kate Spade New York opens at JFK T4’s retail hall
Kate Spade New York is one of the newest retailers to join the list of iconic fashion brands at Terminal 4 at New York’s JFK International Airport. The 905-square-foot store is operated by Hudson Group, and carries both fashion and accessories. The Kate Spade store — an international fashion retailer for more than 20 years […]
Kering to launch first Cartier eyewear collections in January
Kering Eyewear and Maison Cartier have revealed details of the Cartier Eyewear Spring Summer 2018 collection, which marks the official beginning of their new agreement. The collections were presented during Silmo in Paris (October 6-9, 2017). Effective January 1, 2018, the partnership will see leading luxury groups Kering and Richement bringing their operations together to […]
Ferrero says Hello World with new travel exclusive Nutella platform
Ferrero Travel Market launched an imaginative new Nutella plat-form in travel retail in Cannes. Called “Hello World,” the platform includes activations, point of sale materials and a new travel exclusive product range. It will roll out globally in February 2018. Based on the results of a seg-mentation study Ferrero conducted last year with thousands of […]
Strong travel retail sales help drive The Estée Lauder Companies to “outstanding” fiscal 1Q results
Benefitting from double digit sales gains in its online and travel retail channels, among others, the Estee Lauder Companies delivered “an outstanding financial performance in our fiscal 2018 first quarter,” said Fabrizio Freda, ELC President and Chief Executive Officer, commenting on the latest earnings results released on Nov. 1. The Company achieved net sales of $3.27 […]
Misaki celebrates 30th anniversary with new push in the Americas with IBBI
Misaki Monaco has announced its agreement with Travel Retail specialist and key player in the Americas, International Brand Builders (IBBI) to represent the brand in the Americas region. This strategic partnership comes simultaneously with the 30th anniversary of the brand and will aim at developing the brand in Americas travel retail. After revealing its new […]
L’Oréal marks 40 years in Travel Retail: Connecting the continents & connecting the customers
L’Oréal dedicated its traditional Cannes press conference to a celebration of the company’s 40 years in travel retail, since creating L’Oréal Luxe in 1977. Following an introduction by Vincent Boinay, L’Oreal Travel Retail Managing Director, the beauty giant followed with presentations from senior executives from each of its geographic zones: Yannick Raynaud, Managing Director of […]
Bottega and Lindt Duty Free create “Perfect Match”
Italian winery and distillery Bottega and Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli Duty Free have launched a new collaborative partnership to promote the joint sales of their bestselling products in the travel retail sector. The companies have launched a travel retail exclusive gift-set featuring a 75cl bottle of Bottega Gold and Lindt Swiss Masterpieces Pralines in decorative golden boxes. […]
Coach, Inc. to change its name to Tapestry, Inc.
New York-based house of accessories and lifestyle brands Coach, Inc. last week announced that it will be changing its name to Tapestry, Inc., (NYSE: TPR) effective October 31, 2017. The name change does not affect the Coach brand itself, but only the name of the corporate entity that owns the coach brand, as well as the […]
Luxottica unveils personalized Ray-Ban and Oakley space at Bogota El Dorado Airport
Luxottica Group and Motta Internacional S.A. have unveiled striking new personalized merchandising units for sunglasses brands Ray-Ban and Oakley in the Attenza Duty Free store in the departures area at Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport. The personalized merchandising units, which include a Ray-Ban shop-in-shop and Oakley backwall, form part of the newly refurbished 182 sqm […]
Jordanian company Alzawrae strives to introduce its Mazaya shisha tobacco in travel retail beyond the Middle East
Jordanian-based Alzawrae, producer of the Mazaya brand of shisha tobacco, is returning to TFWA World Exhibi-tion this year at stand H53 and the Don Michele Yacht. The company is determined to reflect the rapidly growing popularity of shisha smoking in markets outside the traditional Middle East stronghold, and continues to invest heavily in pro-moting […]
Tea Forte introduces “visually stunning” new Bleu concept for travel retail
Sure to attract huge attention at the points of sale where it is featured, Tea Forte is launching the Bleu Collection, an exotic selection of artisan herbal teas that create a range of shades of blue when steeped. Available on-counter in September, the Bleu Collection comprises five blends of tea that create a strikingly intense […]
Coach introduces the Coach x Selena Gomez Collection
New York-based Coach announces the launch of Coach x Selena Gomez, a new collection in partnership with the actress and singer. Featuring the Selena Grace, a bag designed by Selena in collaboration with Coach Creative Director Stuart Vevers, the offering also includes small leather goods and accessories available for a limited time. The Selena Grace, […]
