Lotte Duty Free takes over Australia and NZ stores ownership
By Mei Ling Tan
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Lotte Duty Free has bought a change of outlets in Australia and New Zealand from local operator JR Duty Free.
The four Australian stories are in airports in Brisbane, Darwin and Canberra and in downtown Melbourne, while the New Zealand store is at Wellington airport.
JR Duty Free reportedly operates seven stores in Oceania and five shops in Israel. Its revenue last year was US$617 million.
Financial details of the deal were not revealed.
Lotte Duty Free believes growing numbers of Chinese tourists into Oceania offer an opportunity to grow its business in the two markets.
The South Korean company has been steadily enlarging its global footprint since 2012, expanding into Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and the US.