LVMH-owned Starboard Cruise Services names new president and ceo
LVMH-owned Starboard Cruise Services has named Lisa Bauer president and ceo. Bauer will report to LVMH group...July 11, 2019
Travel retail insights from Beauty Insight n°192-193
NPD Travel Retail held a conference on travel retail’s evolving beauty shopper in June in Paris. BW...July 8, 2019
Lagardère Travel Retail wins contract for China’s Shanghai Pudong Airport
France-based Lagardère Travel Retail has won a multi-category food and beverage contract for the new satellite terminal...July 8, 2019
Amorepacific launches Sulwhasoo pop-up in Hainan
South Korean beauty company Amorepacific opened a Sulwhasoo Universe pop-up store at the Sanya International Duty-Free Shopping...July 8, 2019
Christian Louboutin Beauty opens first travel-retail counter
Christian Louboutin Beauty (Puig) has opened its first counter in travel retail at the Shinsegae Duty Free...July 8, 2019
Dufry’s Rene Riedi named chairman of IAADFS
The International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) has named Rene Riedi as chairman, effective...July 3, 2019
Dior opens fragrance pop-up at Singapore Changi
Parfums Christian Dior (LVMH) has launched a pop-up store at Changi Airport in Singapore, which it says...July 1, 2019
Lancôme to launch new-generation Génifique focusing on the microbiome
Lancôme is to launch a new version of its best-selling Génifique serum with a formula focused on...June 27, 2019
DFS brings new beauty brands to Hong Kong and Macau
LVMH-owned travel retailer DFS is bringing four new beauty brands to Hong Kong and Macau: Anastasia Beverly...June 27, 2019
Lagardère Travel Retail teams with AirAsia to launch click & collect at Australia’s Avalon Airport
France-based Lagardère Travel Retail has teamed up with AirAsia’s e-marketplace OurShop to allow travelers to pre-order and...June 25, 2019
Travel retail insights from Beauty Insight n°191
Horizon Consumer Science president Ian Cesa on how more travelers are pre-planning their purchases “Travelers buying beauty...June 24, 2019
Parfums Christian Dior and DFS launch summer-themed pop-up concept
Parfums Christian Dior has partnered with DFS (both owned by LVMH) to launch a summer-themed pop-up concept...June 20, 2019
Chanel teams up with Gebr Heinemann for Chance activation at Copenhagen Airport
Chanel has partnered with Gebr Heinemann and Copenhagen Airport for a June activation around its Chance fragrance...June 18, 2019
Kiehl’s debuts CalenduLAB pop-up in Asia Pacific travel retail
Kiehl’s (L’Oréal) has partnered with South Korean company Shilla Duty Free to launch a CalenduLAB pop-up store...June 17, 2019
L’Oréal brings Armani Box pop-up back to Hainan
Giorgio Armani Beauty (L’Oréal) brought its Armani Box pop-up store concept back to Sanya, Haitang Bay, China...June 13, 2019
Rituals partners with Rijksmuseum for collection, opens pop-up at Schiphol
Netherlands-based Rituals has partnered with Amsterdam’s national museum Rijksmuseum to launch a beauty and home fragrance range...June 10, 2019
Dufry acquires RegStaer Vnukovo
Swiss travel retailer Dufry is to acquire a 60% stake in RegStaer Vnukovo. RegStaer Vnukovo generated sales...June 5, 2019
L’Oréal Paris targets Chinese travelers with KOL Cannes Film Festival campaign
L’Oréal Paris Travel Retail Asia Pacific has partnered with top Chinese influencers and retailers Lotte Duty Free,...May 28, 2019
Travel retail insights from Beauty Insight n°189
Blackjack Promotions head of experiential & international operations Fiona Rayner on improving assortment in travel retail 1....May 27, 2019
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport partners with WeChat
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has partnered with mobile app WeChat—owned by China-based tech and entertainment group Tencent—to improve...May 24, 2019
Puig launches animation for new scents at Barcelona airport
Spanish company Puig has launched an animation for Paco Rabanne’s latest fragrances Invictus Legend and Olympéa Legend...May 22, 2019
Laura Mercier opens at T Galleria Beauty by DFS in Hong Kong
Shiseido Travel Retail has opened a store for its Laura Mercier brand in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay,...May 22, 2019
Dubai Duty Free targets the Chinese with Tencent partnership
Dubai Duty Free (DDF) has signed an agreement with Chinese tech company Tencent Holdings to boost its...May 20, 2019
Yves Saint Laurent focuses on personalization for new travel-retail pop-up
Yves Saint Laurent Beauté (L’Oréal) has launched its first ‘Make it Yours’ pop-up store in travel retail...May 17, 2019
Grant Fleming named president of Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association
Grant Fleming, head of strategic development Asia for Lagardère Travel Retail, has been named president of the...May 17, 2019
Chanel opens duty-paid beauty boutique at Toronto Airport
French brand Chanel has opened its first duty-paid, travel-retail fragrance and beauty boutique in North America at...May 17, 2019
American Crew launches new corners and services at Paris airports
Revlon-owned men’s grooming brand American Crew is beefing up its presence in European travel retail with the...May 15, 2019
Chinese LCC use on the rise, says NPD Travel Retail & ForwardKeys
The Chinese are increasingly using low cost carriers (LCC) to travel in Asia Pacific, according to new...May 14, 2019
Dufry organic sales up 2% in first quarter of 2019
Swiss travel-retail group Dufry’s first-quarter sales rose 2% in organic terms to CHF1.88bn ($1.87bn), driven by strong...May 14, 2019
Shiseido unveils SENSE at Jewel Changi, Singapore
Japanese beauty group Shiseido unveiled the SENSE immersive art installation as part of its Forest Valley West...May 13, 2019