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l Asia’s largest duty-free retailer, DFS Group, is to relocate its merchandising office for liquor, tobacco, watches and jewellery from its headquarters in San Francisco to Hong Kong from January next year. DFS Group global vice-president for liquor and tobacco John Hoover will move to Hong Kong as part of the relocation. l Ylva Persson, William Grant & Son’s high-profile global travel-retail director, has left…
Gruppo Campari unveiled two additions to its spirits portfolio at the TFWA World Exhibition last month in the shape of X-Rated, a so-called fusion liqueur, and Jean-Marc XO, a super-premium vodka. The Italian spirits group acquired both brands from Daucourt Martin Imports in July this year for US$40m. X-Rated is a 17 per cent abv, bright-pink liqueur made from blood oranges, mangoes, passion fruit and vodka.
V&S Absolut Spirits is to widen the distribution of its first travel-retail exclusive line extension – the male-oriented Absolut 100 – after a highly successful six months . The Swedish company has selected 100 top style bars worldwide for the roll-out of the new, higher-strength vodka from January next year. The participating bars, which will promote the product with various Absolut 100 cocktails, include Below…
Criollo Supreme Brands has struck a duty-free and travel-retail distribution deal with Armagnac Chabot for its brand Sempé Armagnac. The brand encompasses Benelux countries, France and outlets of the Nuance Group Europe. Criollo managing director Jo Raskin said the Armagnac could play a small but important role in the duty-free operators’ liquor offer. “I travel regularly and am convinced that the travel-retail liquor business is…
Europe’s duty-free industry is struggling to persuade governments worldwide to apply to the EU for a formal and mutual recognition of aviation security standards. This was the stark message at a workshop held at the TFWA exhibition in Cannes last month. The lack of a uniform security protocol for the carrying of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) in transit poses a threat to…
Ian Macleod Distillers has added a single malt to its Glengoyne range exclusively for travel retail. Burnfoot comprises Glengoyne single malt s that have been aged for up to 34 years and has an rrp of €36. Ian Macleod is hoping to attract “a new, curious and aspiring target audience” to the product, which features fluorescent colour and contemporary typography on the label. Ian Weir,…
The Brown-Forman travel retail team, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is getting a shake-up in 2008. Patrick Moran, managing director of Brown-Forman Travel Retail is to retire on May 1 . Jim Perry, who joined the company as a government relations manager in 2000 and moved to the duty free/travel retail team on October 1, has been named his successor.
