Travel Retail

m1nd-set: Travel retail shopper priorities shift from price to experience  

According to ground-breaking research just published by leading travel retail research agency m1nd-set, the global travel retail industry is encountering a significant shift in consumer behavior, with price becoming less dominant in purchasing decisions as shoppers prioritize other beneficial aspects of the shopping experience in travel retail.   The research, which explores the reasons behind this […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 24

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . In more sad news from the industry, Myron E. “Mike” Ullman, who led  JCPenney, Macy’s and the DFS Group travel retail business owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton during his long and respected career in retailing, died peacefully Tuesday, August 7, at […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 20

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . COUNTDOWN TO CANNES In Breaking News issued today, the Tax Free World Association has announced that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 TFWA World Conference – the prestigious organization’s 40th anniversary. The Conference will take place […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 19

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . ASUTIL CONFERENCE The 2024 ASUTIL Conference held last week in Bogota, Colombia was a sold out success with 307 attendees for the annual South American duty free event, managed by TFWA (Tax Free World Association). Travel Markets Insider’s Michael Pasternak had a front […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 18

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . AT THE AIRPORT In today’s lead story, Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) reveals the winners of its 2024 ACI-NA Airport Concessions Awards, which recognize airports, concessionaires, and industry business partners for their work in elevating the traveling public’s […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 17

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here . AT THE AIRPORT ARI-North America brought a joyous burst of colorful to Montreal-Trudeau International Airport with its inaugural cross-category Garden Event promotional island that is running through the end of June. See more details on page 1. La Boutique, the […]

Travel Markets Insider Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 16

The Travel Markets Insider newsletter is attached to this letter as a PDF file. To open the PDF file, please click here Today’s issue of Travel Markets Insider begins with the news that ARI reports strong growth across all its operations for 2023. In North America, recovery in ARI’s Canadian operations gained pace, reaching 2019 levels despite the late opening of the Canadian market and […]

Bacardi GTR introduces Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Stone Toasted Whisky

Bacardi Global Travel Retail has introduced Dewar’s Double Double 21 Year Old Stone Toasted as one of its key whisky innovations this year. The company is featuring a travel retail exclusive Discovery Pack of two expressions to feature exclusively with China Duty Free Group throughout the month of May, before rolling out to other travel retail […]