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Changi Airport Group (CAG) has issued retail tenders across fashion and jewellery categories, as well as for a short-term tenancy shop. CAG has opened two individual commercial opportunities in fashion, in search for established mid-price fashion names to…
Airport travelers shuffling between security checks and their boarding gate often grab duty-free perfume or a cut-price bottle of spirits before an international flight. But that’s far from the reality of some passengers at Singapore’s Changi Airport, who in…
The Changi Airport Group (CAG) reports that passenger traffic on Chinese and Korean routes proved to be ‘particularly strong’, with plus-7% in both instances. CAG also described traffic numbers more generally as ‘relatively steady’, while pointing out that…
Singapore’s Changi Airport is already one of the leading aviation hubs in the world, but to help keep it competitive against the current backdrop of sluggishness, overcapacity and decreased yields, the airport has several large-scale infrastructural upgrades…
It is not uncommon to see avid traveller Cara Lee lugging numerous shopping bags up the aeroplane – not on her way back from her travels, but at Changi Airport on her way out. The 26-year-old account manager at a media intelligence company spends about $180…
Italian luxury leathergoods brand Furla has reported a 38 per cent increase in travel-retail sales for its first half, with Japan being its strongest market. Furla has 223 travel-retail points of sales in 52 countries, the latest openings for Furla Asia…
Singapore Changi Airport has announced a number of new store openings across its terminals. In the transit areas, Electronics by Sprint-Cass and childrens’ clothing retailer BloomB have commenced operations in Terminal 1. The transit retail area in Terminal 3…
The Shilla Duty Free has posted a 29 per cent year-on-year rise in second-quarter revenues for its Korean downtown stores, rebounding from the MERS-ravaged tourism sector at the same time last year. Downtown store revenue climbed to KW538.2 billion (US$473.6…
Changi Airport Group (CAG) is seeking retail partners to operate speciality/brand name concessions at Singapore Changi airport terminal three departure/transit lounge north. Concession A spans around 78sq m, while Concession B covers 62sq m. The Concession A…
Set in a whimsical paradise setting, the first Singapore Hello Kitty Cafe, at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3, offers an array of food and beverage choices that will certainly leave all Hello Kitty fans sated. The Hello Kitty Orchid Garden is adorned with pots of…
Forget stairs and elevators – a Shanghai mall has installed a five-storey enclosed slide for shoppers. Spiralling down some 54 metres, the 76cm wide chute at the Printemps mall in the Pudong New Area is covered in bright patterns and is named The Happy Slide.…
A new Muji Singapore flagship store is planned – but the Japanese lifestyle brand is coy about the opening date. Featuring an expanded array of lifestyle concepts, the new store will measure about 3300 sqm, according to the chairman of Muji’s parent company…
Eyeing the growing tourist market, Japanese department store Takashimaya is going duty free with an airport-style store in Tokyo. Not only sales tax, but also alcohol and tobacco duties will be waived under the venture, in which the Takashimaya Tokyo store is…
For the fourth year running Singapore Changi Airport has been voted the World’s Best Airport by air travellers at the Skytrax 2016 World Airport Awards, held at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Cologne, Germany. The Skytrax awards are the most comprehensive on…
Singapore Changi Airport has formally reported that it achieved an 8% record increase in retail and food and beverage sales worth S$2.2bn ($1.56bn) in 2015, compared with the previous trading period in calendar year 2014. The Changi Airport Group includes 350…
In an exclusive interview, DFS Group’s Brooke Supernaw, Senior Vice President Spirits, Wines and Tobacco, told Charlotte Turner that the new accreditation is a reflection of the retailer’s dedication to its customers and staff. She also revealed that this…
