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4 September 2019 Issue 266
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Travel retail highlights
A spectacular shopping campaign, a summer sports festival and the last release of a legend feature in our regular look at the industry’s best new launches, activations and openings.
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Inflight retail reimagined
Martin Moodie reports on location from Singapore on KrisShop’s bold new omnichannel approach. He speaks exclusively to the company’s three stakeholders and to ecommerce platform developer AOE.
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Analysis: Escalating tensions
A growing geopolitical rift between South Korea and Japan has alarming repercussions for numerous business sectors, including travel retail. Min Yong Jung provides expert analysis.
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Analysis: Regulatory change
South Korea is set to implement a major regulation change affecting the duty free sale and pick-up of local products to foreign shoppers. What could this mean for duty free store purchases and for the daigou reseller market?
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Travel Retail’s Positive Disruptors
What if passengers could accurately find their way around airports in real-time using nothing but their mobile phone? Mapsted offers an app that achieves exactly this.
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Airports as Artports
An illuminating new exhibition at Quad City International Airport in Illinois takes advantage of the uniqueness of the airport space to showcase local artwork.
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Sense of Place
Some of Hawaii’s most creative beauty start-ups have taken their place alongside international brands in DFS’ latest campaign, giving them a platform to grow.
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Duty Calls
Rituals has adopted a multi-faceted approach to sustainable innovation through natural collections and refillable products, and is set to take further bold steps.
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The Front line
With a smile that lights up any room, Duty Free Caribbean’s Jacqueline Randolph has gone from seasonal worker to store supervisor.
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Stock Watch
China International Travel Service continued its surge but Dufry, Lagardère Group, Duty Free International and Hudson all fell to 52-week lows.
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