Retail News

Lotte Duty Free is implementing a large-scale domestic marketing strategy ahead of its imminent partial withdrawal from terminal one of Incheon International Airport. As reported, Lotte will be exiting its DF1 and DF5 concessions in the terminal on 7 July ...

Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail has released an exclusive design of Ballantine’s 17 Year Old expression in Korean airports. The Seoul-inspired whisky expression will be accompanied by activations, including personalisation services and tasting sessions, with an in-store calligrapher creating bespoke ...

The Airport Authority for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has released an invitation to tender for two electronics shops. The tender is for the operation of two shops selling smart home, audio, visual and electronics products across a total of ...

Dufry has announced George Koutsolioutsos has resigned from the company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect. Koutsolioutsos, who also serves as Managing Director of Folli Follie Group, has resigned in order to focus on his other activities. He has been a Director ...

Exclusive research created by m1nd-set for DFNI’s recent cruise and ferry retail conference revealed an “extremely positive” outlook for the channel, reporting high levels of footfall (79%), an impressive conversion rate (85%) and strong customer satisfaction among guests. m1nd-set owner Peter Mohn explained ...

Baltona Duty Free has inaugurated its new duty-free operations at Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport in Estonia yesterday. A year-long renovation programme concluded on June 1, culminating in the opening of three duty-free stores across 1,000sqm in what is referred to ...

North American travel retailer Stellar Partners has announced the acquisition of Avila Retail Development & Management, which will increase its airport retail footprint in the western region of the United States. Avila, founded as an airport retailer in 1990 by ...

The Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA) has revealed a refreshed format to its convention ahead of the 2018 event. As anticipated (DFNI December 2017), the trade floor has been removed to improve cost and effectiveness of the show, which will ...

Mike Barnes has joined Paradies Lagardère as Regional Vice President for the North American travel retail giant. Reporting to Senior Vice President of Operations and Loss Prevention Jeff Flowers, Barnes’ new role will see him identifying and facilitating initiatives to ...

DFNI and Frontier – two of the biggest names in travel retail publishing and events – are combining forces. Just as the travel-retail industry continues to grow and evolve – so are we. Following extensive reader and advertiser research, the ...

Luxottica Group has partnered with Duty Free Americas to open a sunglasses boutique at Punta Cana International Airport. The 100sqm multi-brand boutique is the first standalone space operated by Duty Free Americas and has opened as part of a major ...

DFS Group has entered into an exclusive partnership with Cognac house Hennessy to reveal the Hennessy X.O 2018 limited edition by Marc Newson first at Singapore Changi Airport. Following a first collaboration for the iconic Hennessy X.O decanter in 2017, ...

Duty-Free News International (DFNI) dropped anchor in Rome for its 2018 conference on the cruise and ferry retail sector, On the Crest of a Wave. Here are the highlights as a stellar line-up of industry experts from the maritime retail ...

Korean travel retail giant Lotte Duty Free has confirmed to DFNI it is considering acquiring JR/Duty Free, which has extensive operations across Australia, New Zealand and Israel. The company has appointed Samjung KPMG to facilitate the possible purchase. The news was ...

Aberdeen Airport has unveiled the latest phase of its multi-million-pound transformation, featuring a new larger World Duty Free shop from Dufry. The latest phase of the airport’s transformation has had a strong focus on the Scottish airport’s retail and security ...