DFNI Magazine: Duty Free News for the Travel Retail Industry
DFNI provides all the latest news and insights from duty-free brands, travel retailers and airport operators.
URW announces opening of six new local business outlets at JFK …
Dec 20, 2024 · Six female-owned, local businesses will open at New York’s JFK International Airport Terminal 8 as airport bosses seek to boost sense of place and opportunities for local businesses in the airport.. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), American Airlines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, announced the opening of the six new stores as part of the ongoing $125m commercial ...
DFS kicks off the holiday party with festive campaign
Dec 10, 2024 · In line with the travel retail sector’s increased focus on loyalty programmes, DFS is rewarding members of its DFS Circle with a Naughty or Nice interactive game, which gives them the chance to win dining vouchers and photo-booth experiences with qualifying purchases.. To offer an enhanced experience during the busy festive season, DFS is also offering pampering services, spa treatments and ...
One World Duty Free opens Port City Duty-Free Mall store
Jan 6, 2025 · One World Duty Free (ODF) has announced the opening of its duty free store at the Port City Duty-Free Mall in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This marks a significant milestone in ODF’s strategic expansion into South Asia, offering a premium shopping destination for international travellers and local consumers.
Lagardère Travel Retail UK & Ireland opens MINISO-GO gift shop …
Dec 23, 2024 · Lagardère Travel Retail UK & Ireland has opened the first MINISO store in a UK airports at London Stansted.. MINISO-GO joins a LEGO and Discover London stores as the retailer’s third store at Stansted. MINISO-GO will feature a carefully curated selection of more than 500 SKUs, offering trendy travel products in line …
DFNI December 2024 edition is live
Dec 9, 2024 · The DFNI December edition is now live and ready to read.. This month, we take a reflective look at the defining moments that shaped the travel retail industry over the past 12 months in our Year in Review feature ().. December is also the time when we celebrate excellence in brand activity with the DFNI Product Awards 2024, highlighting the exceptional product launches, store openings, and ...
‘We will avoid bulk sales’: Lotte stops sales to Daigou resellers
Jan 14, 2025 · Lotte Duty Free has announced it will halt sales to daigou resellers as part of a response to changes in the market and a plan to refocus on group and individual consumers.. Korean media reports announced that the retailer, which sat fourth in the global travel retailers ranking in the DFNI Database 2024/25, informed the resellers they would terminate their dealings with them late last month.
Happy Holidays from the DFNI team
Dec 24, 2024 · As we near the end of 2025, all of us here at DFNI want to wish our friends, colleagues and readers around the world the very best for the upcoming holiday season, and a very Happy New Year.. 2024 has been an exciting and memorable year for the whole of the travel retail sector; it has been one defined by landmark anniversaries and global shifts, with successes and challenges along the way ...
Shinsegae confirms closure of Busan downtown store
Jan 14, 2025 · Shinsegae Duty Free will close its downtown duty-free store in Busan later this month.. As previously reported, the company was considering handing back the licence for the store due to a “sharp decline” in the number of foreign tourists, and a lack of competitive pricing opportunities due to changing exchange rates.. Now the retailer has confirmed to DFNI that its operations at Shinesegae ...
Lotte Duty Free appoints Sung R Lee to lead Oceania division
Jan 14, 2025 · Sung R (Sean) Lee has been officially appointed as the head of Lotte Duty Free Oceania as of 8 January, the company’s Australian corporation.. He replaces former Lotte Duty Free Oceania CEO, Steve Timms, who left the company at the end of December 2024. Lee previously worked with the travel retailer at the Australia entity as Chief Commercial Officer from 2019 to 2023, (following the ...