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
How travel retail in South Korea is performing
Daigou still underpins much of the sales growth in South Korean travel retail, but the impact of the...May 13, 2019
TFWA Asia Pacific show: Region’s travel-retail P&C sales up 19.9% in 2018
Travel-retail sales of perfume and cosmetics in Asia Pacific grew 19.9% to $18.2bn in 2018, cementing the...May 13, 2019
Rituals to open Hong Kong office in Asia push
Dutch brand Rituals is to open an office and warehouse in Hong Kong to help drive expansion...May 7, 2019
Lagardère Travel Retail buoyed by France, Asia Pacific in first quarter
France-based Lagardère Travel Retail’s sales rose 15.9% (+6.9% like-for-like) to €930m during the first quarter of 2019,...May 7, 2019
Shiseido boosts skincare in travel retail with reformulations
Japanese beauty group Shiseido is boosting its skincare offer in travel retail with renewed products from its...May 6, 2019
Dufry signs new duty-free contract with Holland America cruise line
Swiss travel-retailer Dufry has signed an additional contract with cruise operator Holland America Line to operate duty-free...May 2, 2019
Shiseido Travel Retail to showcase new make-up items at TFWA Asia Pacific
Shiseido Travel Retail is to showcase a range of new make-up products for Nars and Laura Mercier...May 2, 2019
Travel retail insights from Beauty Insight n°188
NPD Travel Retail on how Russians are buying in duty free Russians are traveling again. In 2018,...April 29, 2019
Kérastase rolls out new travel-retail initiative
L’Oréal-owned haircare brand Kérastase is introducing a new travel-retail initiative, ‘Beautiful Hair Ready to Travel’, which it...April 26, 2019
Dior unveils Pink City pop-up
Parfums Christian Dior (LVMH) has unveiled the Pink City pop-up in partnership with DFS and Galaxy Macau....April 25, 2019
La Prairie inaugurates revamped Zurich Airport boutique
Swiss luxury beauty and skincare brand La Prairie has opened a revamped boutique at Zurich International Airport....April 25, 2019
Ci:z Holdings Co puts focus on travel retail
Japanese medical cosmetics company Ci:z Holdings Co has singled out travel retail as a key channel to...April 16, 2019
Travel retail insights from Beauty Insight n°187
Blackjack Promotions head of experiential & international operations Fiona Rayner on how brands can use store design...April 15, 2019
Singapore’s Changi Airport gives sneak peek of Jewel complex
Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG) is offering the general public a preview this week of Jewel, its...April 12, 2019
NPD Travel Retail launches Traveller Statistics service
Market-research company The NPD Group is launching a service called Traveller Statistics that offers detailed global data...April 10, 2019
Travel retail insights from Beauty Insight n°186
Horizon Consumer Science president Ian Cesa on why Chanel is the strongest brand among international travelers “In...April 1, 2019
Visitor numbers down at Orlando travel-retail show
The Duty Free and Travel Retail Summit of the Americas closed its doors in Orlando Wednesday, with...March 28, 2019
Alibaba launches new service for Chinese travelers
Alibaba Group’s online travel platform, Fliggy, is launching a new service that allows Chinese travelers to shop...March 27, 2019
m1nd-set addresses targeting millennials in travel retail at Orlando conference
A unique offering and retail experiences are crucial in turning millennial travelers into duty-free buyers in the...March 27, 2019