Dufry sales and profit up in first quarter 2018
Swiss travel retailer Dufry saw a 6.6% increase in sales to CHF1.82bn ($1.81bn)for the first quarter of...May 8, 2018
TFWA Asia Pacific opening conference highlights P&C growth
Perfume and cosmetics was the fastest-growing category in global travel retail in 2017, with sales up 13.8%...May 7, 2018
Lagardère Travel Retail launches AR game for Chinese New Year
Lagardère Travel Retail has launched an augmented reality game using social-media platform WeChat at Rome Fiumicino and...February 22, 2018
Shiseido launches animation with Tasa Meng at Taipei airport
Shiseido Travel Retail and Taiwanese travel retailer Tasa Meng have teamed up to launch Clé de Peau...December 6, 2017
Dufry partners with Dior for Brazil pop-up store
Swiss travel-retail operator Dufry has partnered with Dior to launch the brand’s first pop-up store at São...July 18, 2017
Positive outlook for Asia duty free as TFWA Asia Pacific show opens
Global duty-free and travel-retail sales grew 2.5% to $63.5bn in 2016, Tax Free World Association (TFWA) president...May 8, 2017
French pharmacy brand Mustela to enter travel retail
French mother-and-baby skincare specialist Mustela is making its first entry into the travel- retail channel. The brand,...March 29, 2017
Shiseido to open digital pop-up at Paris Charles de Gaulle
Shiseido Travel Retail has teamed up with Lagardère Travel Retail to open a digital-focused pop-up store to...March 28, 2017
Duty Free Show of the Americas opens in Orlando
The Duty Free Show of the Americas opened its doors Monday morning in Orlando, US. This year’s...March 27, 2017
Dufry’s Hellenic Duty Free Shops signs 30-year contract with Fraport Greece
Dufry subsidiary Hellenic Duty Free Shops has signed a 30-year contract with Fraport Greece for the exclusive...March 24, 2017
Japanese traveler numbers on the rise
Both Japanese and Australian travelers are flying in greater numbers again compared with last year, according to...March 22, 2017
An analysis of the Latin American travel retail market
Latin American travel-retail players are more optimistic this year after second half sales in 2016 showed signs...March 15, 2017
Shiseido Travel Retail teams up with King Power for Nars campaign
Shiseido Travel Retail teamed up with travel-retail operator King Power Thailand to promote the first travel-retail exclusive...March 3, 2017
Chinese travelers to return to Europe for Chinese New Year
Chinese travelers are set to return to Europe to celebrate Chinese New Year at the end of...January 16, 2017
Dubai Duty Free fragrance sales reach $307m in 2016
Fragrance continued to be the best-selling category at travel-retail operator Dubai Duty Free (DDF) in 2016, with...January 16, 2017
TFWA to launch digital event at Cannes World Exhibition
Travel retail association TFWA is to launch a new digital space as part of its World Exhibition...January 16, 2017
Fraport and Heinemann set up joint venture
German travel retailer Gebr Heinemann has set up a joint venture with Fraport, the owner and operator...December 14, 2016
Travel-retail distributor MSX expands business to beauty
UK-based travel retail distributor and specialist Macintyre Scott Xtra (MSX) has expanded into luxury goods, including cosmetics...December 8, 2016
Australia and China open skies agreement could boost travel-retail sales
Australia and China have signed an air services agreement to remove passenger restrictions between both countries. It...December 5, 2016
Shiseido Travel Retail unveils global design center
Shiseido Travel Retail has opened a global design center at its headquarters in Singapore to serve its...November 16, 2016
Shiseido Travel Retail and DFS create Travel & Happiness campaign
Shiseido Travel Retail teamed up with Japanese contemporary artist ShiShi Yamazaki and operator DFS to launch a...November 16, 2016
Bulgari opens fragrance pop-up in Paris airport
Italy-based Bulgari has opened a new fragrance pop-up store, called The Temple of the Jeweler, in Paris’...November 4, 2016
An analysis of the state of the travel-retail industry
Beauty still offers considerable promise in travel retail, despite the general stagnation in the channel, with retailers...October 18, 2016
TFWA World Exhibition 2016 kicks off
Trade association TFWA president Erik Juul-Mortensen kicked off the opening conference of this year’s World Exhibition in...October 4, 2016
An analysis of the use of digital in travel retail
The Flio app offers one-click access to the official free wifi at 400 airports and deals on...October 3, 2016
DFS enters Europe with Venice store
LVMH-owned travel-retail operator DFS has unveiled its new luxury store in Venice’s historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi building,...September 30, 2016
La Prairie Group hires new regional director for Travel Retail Asia
Switzerland-based company La Prairie Group has appointed Jean-Marc Loi as regional director for Travel Retail Asia. Loi...September 14, 2016
Millennials browse beauty in travel retail
Millennials visiting the beauty category in travel retail are less likely than generation X or baby-boomers to...September 12, 2016
L’Oréal Travel Retail makes two appointments
L’Oréal has appointed Emmanuel Goulin as Travel Retail Asia Pacific managing director. Goulin succeeds Eva Yu, and...September 12, 2016
Shiseido Travel Retail appoints vice president business development
Shiseido Travel Retail has appointed Evelyne Ly-Wainer vice president business development. Ly-Wainer most recently worked at...September 5, 2016