China could become a minefield for travel retailers eager to prosper in an exciting emerging market. But a warning was voiced amid the mass enthusiasm at last month?s debut China Travel Retail Summit. Adele Wolstenhulme reports from Beijing

For a retailer, finding an experienced local partner to break into a new region can bring its fair share of problems. But if Alpha Retail?s experience with Singapore-based SUTL is anything to go by, being transparent at the outset is the only way to avoid difficult situations. Adele Wolstenhulme finds out more

It?s no longer surprising to hear from another travel retailer in the wider Asia/Pacific region that the Japanese are no longer the high-spending travellers they used to be.

All the signs are that China is at last ready to take off in international tourism as a destination and departure point. GMC Research reports

British American Tobacco?s unusual Lucky Strike 451°F store is representative of a general shift towards more focused branding. Gavin Lipsith visits the store and asks whether the concept might work in travel-retail

Can port wine ever shake off its old-fashioned image and appeal to younger drinkers? Joe Bates put the question to House of Sandeman chairman George Sandeman, a man on a mission to update the image of Portugal?s most famous export

In the first of a series of insight articles under the ground-breaking TRI Travelling Consumer banner, launched in 1999, Horizon Research president Dr Ian Cesa analyses the latest changes in gift-giving?a sector that more than ever drives Japanese travel spend

Nuance-Watson (HK) took the top prize of Asia/Pacific Travel Retailer of the Year at the fifth annual Raven Fox Awards for Travel-Retail Excellence in Asia/Pacific in Singapore last month.

British-American Tobacco International director and former Asia/Pacific duty-free chief David Tomlin was honoured for 20 years of travel-retail brand-building with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony in Singapore last month.

The Olympic hype may have been and gone in Sydney, but that isn?t stopping the Nuance teams in Australia and New Zealand from accelerating new retail developments at the region?s key airports.

The ink has finally dried on a $244m deal that rescued the world?s largest airport retailer from the hands of troubled parent SAirGroup. But what can The Nuance Group teach its new Italian owners Gruppo PAM and Stefanel about travel-retail? TRI finds out from The Nuance Group ceo Peter Petersen

Airports Authority of India?s cavalier approach to the retail tender process is once again grabbing the head-lines. But as India teeters on the brink of war with neighbouring Pakistan, international travel retailers seeking operations in the region now face an even greater obstacle. Adele Wolstenhulme reports

The two associations finally broke their silence about the event, dubbed GATE One, at a press conference during TFWA Asia Pacific last month.

US luxury tobacco supplier Nat Sherman announced at the TFWA Asia Pacific show that it will now concentrate its travel-retail efforts on Asia/Pacific.

One of the pioneers of the fragrances market is set to relaunch the Worth fragrance brand 20 years after it first hit the shelves.

Only a small number of countries allow arrivals duty-free?but they are missing out. Ivo Favotto argues that retailers and suppliers should get together with airport authorities to press the case for arrivals duty-free

With the tourist season in full swing, summer fragrances have outstripped even their backers? best expectations. Jane Labous reports on the hottest travel-retail opportunity of the year

With the details of a restructure imminent, Swiss operator Weitnauer remains upbeat about the future, despite the recent loss of its beauty business at Singapore Changi airport. Joe Bates reports on what further pitfalls lie ahead

Abu Dhabi Duty Free?s beauty category is fighting a dip in profits through a carefully researched and implemented strategy to win sales with new fragrances and local brands. Isabelle Caprano found out how from senior buyer and sales manager Karen Fairman