Travel retail leader Hudson continues to up its game in U.S. airports, creating some of the most innovative and experiential stores in the industry. This week, Hudson revealed its latest eye-catching and welcoming new concept, Evolve by Hudson (Evolve), a shop-in-shop store that will blend a specialty brand experience with the accessibility of travel essentials […]
With its performance driven by the U.S. and Central America & Caribbean due to successful vaccination campaigns and more flexible travel protocols, travel retail giant Dufry reported gradual improvements for the first half of 2021, as Dufry CEO Julian Diaz reiterated that the company was “positive on the opportunities lying ahead” of it as it […]
Dufry has won a new, five-year concession contract to operate the duty free shop at Cayenne – Felix Eboué International Airport in French Guiana, the French over-seas department located in the north of South America. Cayenne airport served 550,000 passengers in 2019. This concession win further consolidates Dufry’s footprint in Central and South America, which […]
Hudson Group has announced that Chief Executive Officer Roger Fordyce will be stepping down as of June 30, 2021, after more than 30 years of distinguished service with the company, the last three as CEO. He will continue to support Hudson in an advisory capacity moving forward. With more than three decades of travel retail […]
Sarah Branquinho has been appointed Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Dufry and member of the Global Executive Committee, effective July 1, 2021. She will be reporting to Group CEO Julián Díaz. In this role, Branquinho will foster and further develop the group-wide implementation of the Dufry Diversity & Inclusion Strategy. Branquinho has worked for […]
The Americas, which is seeing an “encouraging” regional return of domestic travel and recovering duty-paid shopping, has helped Dufry’s business inch up in first quarter 2021. Plus, the travel retailer’s opening of a 3,000 sq meter store in Hainan in collaboration with Alibaba Group and Hainan Development Holding, gives it its first foothold in the […]
Travel retail operator Hudson has opened the first Hudson Nonstop store using Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). The opening celebrates Hudson’s commitment to delivering transformative retail experiences tailored to today’s travelers, says the company. Hudson is a Dufry company that operates more than 1,000 stores in airports, commuter hubs, […]
Global travel retailer Dufry has been awarded a new concession license at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where it has held a contract since 2012. The airport operator, MBJ Airports Limited (“MBJ”), is currently expanding and redeveloping the retail space as it expands and modernizes the facility. Montego Bay is one of the […]
Lancôme Travel Retail Americas and Dufry have partnered to open Lancôme’s biggest flagship in South America. The 43sqm store opened at the international departures area of Terminal 3 of São Paulo International Airport (GRU Airport) on January 31, 2021. Lancôme’s new flagship features numerous eye-catching screens and embraces the values of the brand – joy, […]
Dufry and its subsidiary Hudson Ltd. successfully closed their previously announced merger on December 1, 2020. The closing of the transaction follows a special general meeting of Hudson’s shareholders held on November 30, 2020, where Hudson’s share-holders voted to approve and adopt the merger by 98.59% of the votes cast at the meeting. Following shareholder […]
Hudson Group reported improved sales trends in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, relative to the year-over-year sales results in the second quarter of 2020. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 impact on the travel retailer’s sales have been significant. Turnover for the three months ended September 30, 2020 decreased from the prior year period by 74.1% to […]
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, […]
The Salt Lake City Department of Airports (SLCDA) opened the first phase of The New SLC Airport on September 15. Described by Bill Wyatt, SLCDA executive director as the “first new hub airport built in the U.S. in the 21st Century,” phase one of the $4.1 billion airport project features a new parking garage, gateway […]
Duty Free Dynamics has confirmed the full scale presence of Seiko’s medium-luxury range watches in Dufry’s high-end brands store # 126 located at Terminal 1, Boulevard 1, Mexico City International Airport. Seiko had been first introduced at this store in September 2019, in a pop-up shop that featured two counters displaying a wide range of […]
Dufry and Hudson Ltd. announced this week that they have entered into a definitive agreement in which Dufry would acquire all the equity interests in Hudson it does not already own for US$7.70 in cash per Hudson Class A share. Upon completion of the trans-action, Hudson will be delisted from the New York Stock […]
