“La Petisquera,” the well-established South American travel retailer founded by the Mannah family in 1970, is entering the Brazilian border duty free business in Foz do Iguaçu. The company has a long history of successful operations in Paraguay, in Ciudad del Este with border and airport shops, and currently operates four downtown stores in the […]
Border shops
Brazilian border store openings help Essence Corp. weather the pandemic slowdown
Miami-based Essence Corp. has taken full advantage of the opening of border stores on the Brazilian side of the border to help bolster its sales of perfumes and cosmetics during the course of the pandemic. Essence Corp. Vice President of Sales Antoine Bona tells TMI that the border openings permitted his distribution company to add […]
InnoTRI opens in new Brazilian Cell Shop Duty Free on Brazilian border in Iguaçu
Miami-based specialist distribution company InnoTRI has partnered with Cell Shop Duty Free for the opening of the largest land-based free shop in Brazil this month. Christoph Henkel, InnoTRI co-founder and manager, tells TMI the collaboration with the Brazilian land border operator for its new 2,000 sqm store located in the Catuaí Palladium Shopping Mall in […]
New border shops open in Brazil despite slowdown
Border store openings in Brazil slowed down towards the end of 2019 when the Brazilian economy stagnated and did not advance in line with expectations. The pandemic clearly made the situation much worse for all operators and business was non-existent during the second quarter of this year. As of the beginning of the third quarter, […]
