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INTERNATIONAL. This week’s issue of The Moodie Report e-Zine is live and online now. The trade’s only weekly magazine features data, comment and analysis of the top news stories of the past 7 days, all delivered using our unique tablet-friendly multimedia format.
This week we go on location in the UK as retailer World Duty Free Group unveils a series of renovated stores and new initiatives at Manchester and London Heathrow airports. As this investment suggests, the UK market remains crucial to the health of the Autogrill-owned company, and the renovated Biza store in Manchester and revitalised walk-through World Duty Free outlet in Heathrow T3 give an intriguing indication of WDFG’s future retail development. We report from Manchester and Heathrow in words and pictures, audio and video.
Other top stories in this week’s e-Zine include LVMH’s full-year results, buoyed by a “remarkable” performance by retailer DFS; analysis of this week’s airport auction in Brazil; and news of a prestigious honour for travel retail charity Hand in Hand for Haiti.
This week’s Data Room section presents ACI World’s full-year traffic figures, which make encouraging reading for the aviation and travel retail industries – as does the Moodie Reportfolio, our weekly look at the share prices of leading operators and operator-owning companies.
In Site Lines, Melody Ng compares and contrasts the retail websites of Hellenic Duty Free Shops and South Africa Duty Free, finding much to praise in both online offers. Melody is also our guide in Out in the e-Sphere, where she reviews a free travel app produced by agency ebookers.com.
In the Front Line this week we are delighted to announce a new sponsor: Devanlay Lacoste, supplier of one of the industry’s leading fashion & accessories brands. Lacoste has generously agreed to provide a branded gift and certificate to every Front Line nominee: all the more reason for retailers to get in touch with details of their highest achievers on the shop floor.
And in our Never Hide interview this week, we talk to DFASS Singapore President John Garner, inflight retail veteran whose lifestyle has made him impervious to jet lag.
We hope you enjoy this edition of The Moodie Report e-Zine and look forward to your feedback.
