Accessories

Citizen Watch America and Starboard unveil multi-branded boutique aboard Celebrity Summit

Citizen Watch America and Starboard unveiled a new multi-branded retail space for timepieces from Citizen and Bulova onboard Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Summit. The first at-sea boutique concept was inspired by Citizen’s new Flagship Boutique located on Fifth Avenue in New York, displaying oversized and impactful visual elements portraying Citizen and Bulova’s latest and most successful collections.  The 320-square-foot […]

Duty Free Dynamics adds Versace watches to portfolio

Duty Free Dynamics (DFD) has announced a partnership with Timex Group Luxury Division to distribute the leading international fashion brand Versace in the watches segment. The new agreement covers the Americas, Europe, and Africa in Travel Retail.  Founded in 1978 in Milan, Versace epitomizes Italian luxury and timeless elegance. Exclusively Swiss Made, Versace timepieces showcase […]

TAG Heuer and Starboard launch largest boutique at sea aboard Carnival Jubilee

Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer and cruise retailer Starboard have partnered with Carnival Cruise Line to debut TAG Heuer’s largest standalone boutique at sea onboard the new Carnival Jubilee. Evoking the brand’s modern spirit, the 553 square feet boutique features the newest retail concept. Developed by TAG Heuer’s in-house design and architecture team in Switzerland, […]

Duty Free Dynamics welcomes Philipp Plein timepieces to its portfolio

Duty Free Dynamics (DFD) has partnered with Timex Group Luxury Division to distribute the renowned fashion brand Philipp Plein in the watches segment, covering the territories of the Americas, Europe, and Africa in Travel Retail. Philipp Plein According to the company, Philipp Plein timepieces and jewels are inspired by form and luxury, epitomizing technical mastery and artistic brilliance. […]

Duty Free Dynamics welcomes LAMY to brand portfolio as it expands footprint to EMEA

Duty Free Dynamics (DFD) has expanded its presence into the EMEA region with the addition of German writing instrument brand LAMY as a new key partner.  DFD is widely known throughout the Travel Retail industry in the Americas as a “commercializer” of global brand concepts and with this announcement, DFD says that it is “embarking on an […]

Cannes 2023 Preview: Newmark Retail secures 25+ new TR locations for DPT Antwerp jewelry 

Newmark Retail’s London-based strategic travel retail team has secured over 25 new listings on cruise ships, airlines and in airports on behalf of Belgian-based contemporary jewelry brand, DPT Antwerp, previously known as Diamanti Per Tutti, to expand its travel retail presence.    Founded in 2013, DPT Antwerp has 15 standalone boutiques in Antwerp (Belgium), Lille […]

FlyWithWine returns to TFWA World Exhibition Cannes with innovative wine and spirits travel products for DF & GTR  

FlyWithWine, the designer, creator and global distributor of the VinGardeValise Collection, the first luggage line specifically developed to safely and securely protect wine and spirits while traveling, will again be participating in the TFWA World Exhibition & Conference. In addition to the VinGarde Valise Collection of high quality, versatile wine luggage, the FlyWith Wine team […]

Martin Lovatt & Lenny DiCristofano: creating a travel retail agency with a true global footprint

Not many agencies in the travel retail channel are able to offer a true global footprint, especially for accessories brands. But a joint venture between U.S.-based Lenny DiCristofano of worldclassbrands and UK-based Martin Lovatt of Magnify Brands does just that. “Martin and I have been working together for seven years. While we have retained our […]

Duty Free Dynamics and Simextra Group join forces to open a LEGO airport store in South America

Duty Free Dynamics (DFD) and Simextra Group have partnered to bring one of the first stores fully dedicated to LEGO in South America to life at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana. The new store is located in the airport’s departure hall. DFD continues to develop its reputation for building worldwide brands’ in the […]

Little Switzerland’s ethically-sourced lab-grown Engrace Diamonds shine on land and sea

One on One with Hal Tayler, CEO of Little Switzerland With about one-seventh of the environmental impact and produced with 85 percent less water* compared to traditional diamond mining, Engrace Diamonds by Little Switzerland creates sustainable, ethically-sourced genuine diamond rings, bracelets, earrings and pendants. Starting this September, curated collections of the lab-grown diamonds premiered onboard […]

Cultural icons Montblanc and Spike Lee featured in new campaign at MIA

Montblanc has taken over Terminal D at Miami International Airport with banners celebrating the collaboration of Spike Lee and the Montblanc Meisterstück.      As one of the most original and respected storytellers of our generation, Montblanc says that director, producer, professor and writer Spike Lee has made his mark on culture by putting pen to paper, […]