There was a sense of hopefulness at the 2023 Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) Convention held last month in Toronto, the first full gathering of Canadian land border operators, suppliers, and industry stakeholders since the pandemic. While registration numbers were down 30% versus the last pre-COVID show in 2019, FDFA Executive Director Barbara Barrett tells […]
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DFWC releases Economic Impact Study on the DF & TR industry in the Americas
The Duty Free World Council has published a report on the Economic Impact of the duty free industry in the Americas. The report outlines the important contribution that duty free makes to the travel industry and the broader economy. The key figures revealed in the study are • In 2016, US$12.9 billion was spent on […]
Canadian airport sales continued to grow in November, land border sales drop
Canada’s airport duty free sales continued to grow in November 2015, although land border sales dropped for the month, according to the latest figures from the Canada Border Services Agency. November airport sales were up 6.15%. Perfume, Cosmetics, Skincare, which makes up more than one third of Canada’s airport duty free sales, rose 11% in […]
FDFA 2015 Gold Standard Awards
BEST MARKETING AWARD – Peace Bridge Duty Free NEW IDEA AWARD – Peace Bridge Duty Free NATIONAL BRAND INTEGRATION AWARD – DFS Ventures (Emerson Duty Free Shop) SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR 2015 – SMALL SUPPLIER – Michel Germain Parfums Ltd. SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR 2015 – LARGE SUPPLIER – Turkey Hill Sugarbush Ltd. DUTY FREE […]