Paraguay’s largest border store operator has opened a new 9-story, 94,000 sq m store in Ciudad del Este. The Shopping China venture is one of the largest shopping centers in Latin America and marks a new era for shopping in the Triple Frontier. Leaving behind its former 6,000 sq m store in the Shopping Paris […]
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Cellshop transforms Paraguayan border shopping as it expands into new cities
An exclusive profile by John Gallagher Cellshop – one of the leading South American border duty free operators, has grown in the last 22 years from very humble beginnings. Originally opened under the name of the Cell Motion Group by company founder and president Jorbel Griebeler, it was a small 12 sqm store with only […]
Top Brands/Luryx completes ambitious departure store in Asuncion
It’s now more than three and a half years since Top Brands International won the Asuncion tender to operate duty free in Paraguay’s biggest airport in December 2019. After beating off competition from La Petisquera (Mannah) and Golden Duty Free, the company was looking forward to being the exclusive retailer at Silvio Pettirossi Airport – […]
Simon Falic to open Hard Rock Hotel in Ciudad del Este
Simon Falic is leading a group of investors that intend to build a 5-star Hard Rock Hotel and Casino complex in the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este. Last month Falic met with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and Gustavo Leite, Minister of Trade and Industry to explain the details of the project. “Construction should begin […]
