Europe News

(15-Jan-2007) Life has turned full circle for Thierry Uldry. Five years after leaving Caviar House, where he was CEO, he is heading a new rival enterprise. In an exclusive interview he discusses his plans for Kazakh Kaviar with Michael Eaton

(15-Jan-2007) DFNI speaks to European Travel Retail Council president Frank O’Connell about the latest developments in the aviation security campaign, and discovers that the fight for mutual recognition of security standards is reaching a critical phase

(15-Jan-2007) The travel-retail industry has never been good at protecting its own interests. Witness the slow response to the threat of intra-EU duty-free abolition in the 1990s, or the many times that retailers have discovered threats to their duty-free tobacco business through reports in the local media

(15-Jan-2007) Gaia Trade, the specialist sales and marketing agency created by former Toms Confectionery executives Anette Thisgaard and Irina Sandberg last year (Ravenfox.com December 4 2006), has added three clients to its portfolio of premium and health-orientated chocolate and food suppliers

(15-Jan-2007) Several leading operators, including Dubai Duty Free (DDF), Gebr Heinemann and The Nuance Group, are focusing on the dark chocolate sub-category and implementing either dedicated displays or exclusive promotions

(15-Jan-2007) Irish airport retailer Aer Rianta Retail has revealed that sales of beauty products at Cork, Shannon and Dublin airports were up by 18% in 2006 compared with the previous year

(15-Jan-2007) European spa operator Be Relax has established an office in the US as the first part of its strategy to secure new business in the region

(15-Jan-2007) South Korea-owned German fashion and leathergoods house MCM (Mode Creation München) will enter the Middle East travel-retail market this February with a corner at Kuwait airport operated by regional distributor Jashanmal

(15-Jan-2007) Frankfurt International airport has unveiled a new accessories concept in terminal one aimed at affluent Asian passengers

(15-Jan-2007) Leathergoods was the only category to record a rise in sales in Canadian duty-free border stores from January to October 2006, according to the latest figures released last month by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)