Waldemar Behn reports great success with the rollout of its DANZKA Vodka in South America, where the company has been running high-profile promotions with Dufry since the start of the year. “We have achieved excellent results from our exciting and high-profile POS activations with Dufry in Uruguay in January, in Rio de Janeiro and […]
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Kérastase opens 3rd TR store in São Paulo
Following its highly successful partnership with Dufry, L’Oréal-owned hair care brand Kérastase has opened a third store in Terminal 3 departures at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport. Sales from this 14sqm outlet are already beating expectations, says the company, and the location which is frequented by Brazilian and Argentine travelers, enhances the brand’s status, and reputation, […]
An Absolut Adventure pops-up in Las Vegas
Pernod Ricard Travel Retail created an exciting Absolut Adventure pop-up at the beginning of November at Las Vegas International Airport that featured inter-active elements and drove passengers to the nearby Dufry duty free store. The Absolut pop-up featured a photo booth, tastings, and a special Absolut promotional price. “The pop-up encouraged passengers to share their […]
The Design Solution’s Nick Taylor: Colorful Cancun elements create unique sense of place in Dufry’s new T4 retail space
London-based The Design Solution created Dufry Group’s stylish new retail space (2,540sqm) at Cancún International Airport, which features the innovative ‘New Generation’ store concept that projects an extraordinary and colorful sense of location. Nick Taylor, Director, The Design Solution, outlines the design concept for the Cancun stores and the commercial drivers behind it: “The Cancun store designs […]
Dufry opens 7 stores in Cancun Airport’s new T4; unveils first New Generation store in Latin America
Dufry has inaugurated seven new stores in Cancun International Airport’s newly-opened Terminal 4 in Mexico. The stores cover 2,540 sq meters of retail space and include a 1,900-sqm New Generation Store, which Dufry presents for the first time in Latin America. Dufry’s New Generation Store is its retail concept that innovatively features extensive use of […]
Dufry reports solid 9 months results, with best performance since 2011
Leading travel retail company Dufry Group reports its best organic growth since 2011, with total revenue in the first nine months of 2017 up by 7.8% to CHF 6,270.5 million (approx. US$6.3 billion). Results were driven by strong organic growth, up 7.9%, across the group. “The performance in the third quarter of 2017 makes me […]
Dufry and DFASS open ten stores at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota
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 […]
Dufry launches Dufry Cruise Services and begins first Asian operations on Norwegian Joy cruise ship
Dufry is beefing up its cruise ship services by creating the Dufry Cruise Services center of excellence. Based in Miami, the new center is in line with the travel retail giant’s strategy to further expand its presence in the cruise ship business, and combines the cruise ship expertise formerly known as Flagship Retail Services with […]
Dufry considers an IPO for its North American business as 2Q 2017 growth accelerates to nearly 9%
Travel retailer Dufry reports that second quarter organic growth accelerated and reached 8.9% from 7.2% in Q1 2017. Most markets performed well and performance was particularly strong in the United Kingdom as well as businesses welcoming Brazilian and Russian travelers, says the company. The strong organic growth helped push turnover up by 5.8% to CHF 3,821.3 million in the first half of […]
Dufry supports UN´s Sustainable Development Goals awareness campaign
Dufry is supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals awareness campaign through more than 80 airports in five continents. Following successful trials at Geneva, Zurich and Heathrow airports late last year, Dufry has reached agreement with the United Nations in Geneva to continue to raise awareness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of a campaign […]
Desigual and Dufry open two locations in RIOgaleão–Tom Jobim International Airport
Barcelona-based fashion brand Desigual has opened two new locations with Dufry Group at RIOgaleão– Tom Jobim International Airport Terminal 2 (International departures). This is the second airport in Brazil for the Desigual-Dufry partnership, expanding a two-year presence in both standalone store and multi-brand shop-in-shop formats at Sao Paolo Guarulhos Airport. In Rio, a permanent 23 […]
Dufry introduces new retail concept with Dior at GRU Airport
Dufry, in partnership with Dior, has opened the first ever pop up store of the brand, located in the departure area of Terminal 3 São Paulo/Guarulhos Airport (GRU) in Brazil. The Dior Pop Up boutique is situated in a key location of passenger traffic and offers an exciting shopping environment, reflecting the brand’s unique heritage […]
How successful has airport privatization been for Brazil?
The third tranche of the Brazil’s airport privatization program was completed in March this year and 10 of the most important airports in the country are now managed by private companies. With this latest round of privatizations, 59% of total passenger traffic in Brazil is now being handled by private companies. In a special analysis for […]
Dufry’s Gea to speak at ASUTIL conference as registration nears 300
Asutil confirms additional speaker and registration numbers Registrations for the 21st annual ASUTIL Conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro from June 6 – 9 are proceeding at a good pace and are slightly ahead of the organization’s original budget, Jose Luis Donagaray, Secretary General of the Latin American Duty Free Shops Association tells Travel Markets Insider. […]
Dufry’s organic growth accelerates to 7.2% in 1Q 2017
Leading travel retail company Dufry reports that turnover grew by 4.7% reaching CHF 1,706.8 million in the first quarter of 2017 from CHF 1,630.2 million one year earlier. As a result of stable growth in most locations and improved performance in specific businesses positively impacted by Brazilian and Russian travelers, organic growth continued to accelerate […]
