Born in 1881, Elizabeth Arden was a woman way ahead of her time. Fascinated by skincare from a young age, she went on to pioneer the international beauty industry with many firsts including ...

CHINA. Sunrise Duty Free yesterday celebrated its 24 th anniversary in extraordinary style at the CDF Sunrise Complex in Shanghai. The event was graced by leadership from Sunrise Duty Free, China ...

Introduction: In a major development for Hainan’s burgeoning offshore duty free channel, revealed by The Moodie Davitt Report in April, Star Brands Asia and Bluebell Group announced the launch of Star ...

FRANCE. As part of what it called a strategic refocusing around its travel retail and publishing interests, Lagardère is to sell the entire share capital of Lagardère Studios to Mediawan. “Lagardère ...

Our regular feature celebrates memorable scenes, moments, launches and campaigns related to the global aviation and travel retail sphere. It’s cocktail time at The Loop Duty Free Montréal–Trudeau ...

Clinique has extended its Even Better skincare collection with the new Even Better Essence Lotion, which targets dry, irritated skin. According to the brand, numerous studies on skin physiology have ...

USA. HMSHost has launched a fundraising programme for the relief efforts of people in Nepal, following the devastation of the recent earthquake. Starting now and running until the end of June, HMSHost ...

Our new daily feature celebrates key moments, launches and campaigns in global travel retail. Today’s image comes from Singapore Changi Airport, courtesy of DFS Group Regional Merchandising Manager ...

CANADA. Leading land border retailer Blue Water Bridge Duty Free (also known as Sarnia Duty Free) is aiming to capitalise on a major store expansion, completed in 2015, as it targets a healthy sales ...

SPAIN. Airport operator Aena served 8,951,753 passengers across its Spanish network in August, a -69.6% decrease against the same month last year. The breakdown showed that 4,838,712 travelled on ...

INTERNATIONAL. In an upbeat post-2021 results call and presentation by Lagardère Group this morning in Paris, Lagardère Travel Retail Chairman & CEO Dag Rasmussen predicted a return to pre-pandemic ...

CHINA. Hainan province has set an ambitious CNY100 billion (US$15.8 billion) sales target for its duty free stores in 2022, a +66.2% increase on 2021. The figure was released during the annual session ...