Among a bustling crowd of morning passengers last week, Miami-based duty free company 3Sixty unveiled its first rebranded airport store at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The 1200 sq. foot Charlotte store is the first physical implementation of the 3Sixty Duty Free & More brand after the launch last October, and features both store-front signage […]
3Sixty Duty Free & More: Changing a corporate culture to compete in today’s world When DFASS unveiled a major rebranding of its corporate identity before a gathering of top industry dignitaries in Miami last October, it symbolized much more than a simple name change. At the reveal, company founder, Chairman & CEO Bernard (‘Benny’) Klepach, […]
3Sixty (formerly DFASS) and airline group Avianca Holdings (AVH) have signed an agreement to convert the current inflight concessions with AVH’s controlled airlines into an innovative pre-order duty free and duty paid platform. The new Joint Business Agreement (JBA) will start with Avianca (Colombia), Aerogal (Ecuador), TACA (Peru), and LACSA (Costa Rica), and will service […]
3Sixty (formerly known as DFASS) has been awarded a 10-year contract for the duty free concession at the International Cruise Terminal in Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico. The new contract with the ITM Group covers a 3,400 square foot full walk-through retail store located directly in front of the cruise pier, which should be operational in […]
Lois Pasternak with contributions by Martin Moodie, The Moodie Davitt Report Before a crowd of top industry dignitaries from around the globe, DFASS Group unveiled a major rebranding of its corporate identity on Wednesday night in Miami, and revealed how it will evolve to take advantage of the current business environment and increase its […]
DFASS Group has purchased the ownership interests held by former joint venture partners in the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) duty free concession. The purchase, announced on Oct. 2, gives privately held DFASS Group full majority interest in the TRG Joint Venture (TRG), with no change in the ACDBE partners. The purchase indicates the […]
Diageo Global Travel opened a new luxury store in partnership with DFASS Group and its partners CBI Retail Venture (CBIRV), MDT Strategic Ventures and Charles Bush Consulting in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport earlier this month. The 400 sq.ft store is the first Diageo retail space to open in Dallas Fort Worth Airport and is designed […]
DFASS Group with its partner CBI Retail Ventures (CBI) officially inaugurated the largest duty free store in the western hemisphere last week at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s (DFW) Terminal D. The 19,000-square-foot, two-level TRG Duty Free store, which has been open since December, offers passengers experiential shopping including two executive mezzanine lounges, $2 million […]
Dufry and DFASS have opened ten new shops at Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport in Colombia, including seven duty free, one duty-paid and two Hudson convenience stores. Altogether the stores cover nearly 3,200 sqm of retail space across the international and domestic terminals. The two duty free companies signed the ten year concession agreement earlier this year. The […]
DFASS has been awarded the duty free concession at North Carolina’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport, reports The Moodie Report. The six-year contract is expected to start in mid-September and covers a 1,200sq ft duty free/duty paid shop in the D Concourse that will be renovated in the first quarter of 2018. DFASS currently operates a […]
Miami-based DFASS Group has announced the appointment of Roberto Graziani as Executive Vice Chairman. The respected travel retail executive headed Nuance Group as president and 2004 and 2014, when Nuance was sold to Dufry. He then joined Korean travel retailer Shilla Group in March 2015, after Shilla announced it was acquiring a minority share in DFASS. Graziani was brought […]
Dufry and DFASS have been awarded the operation of the duty-free shops at El Dorado International Airport, Bogota. The 10 years concession agreement signed with the airport operator, Opain S.A., will comprise close to 2,200 sqm of total retail space. El Dorado International Airport is the largest airport in Colombia and the main international […]
As reported in the MoodieDavitt Report, DFASS has been awarded a 10-year duty free and specialty retail concession at Philadelphia International Airport following an open tender. The contract includes five duty free and four specialty retail stores covering approximately 9,400 sq. ft. The stores will be located in Concourses A, D & E, and are expected […]
Miami-based travel retailer DFASS has been awarded the duty free concession for the International Cruise Terminal at Cozumel, Quintana Roo following an open tender. The contract is for a ten-year term and covers a 10,000sqf duty free shop located directly in front of the cruise pier. The space should be turned over to the retailer […]
Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport has selected DFASS-led TRG Duty Free Joint Venture for its “expansive new duty free shopping experience” that it says will revolutionize the customer experience inside International Terminal D with an offer that includes luxury and premium retail brands. TRG will design and operate a total of six shopping locations covering […]
