Fashion, Leather and Accessories
How an Indian airport retail entrepreneur is reaching extraordinary new heights
Join us on a geographic and entrepreneurial journey to the redeveloped Kushok Bakula Rimpochee (Leh) Airport in Ladakh – at an altitude of 3,256 metres, India’s highest commercial airport and certainly one of the most distinctive.
CNSC awarded eight-year arrivals duty-free concession at Suifenhe Port in northeastern China
Located on the China-Russia border, Suifenhe is a core hub for Heilongjiang’s economic and trade cooperation with Russia, and an important land port with a long history spanning over a century.
Q1 tourism shopping surges for Shinsegae – but department stores rather than duty free prove main beneficiary
Duty-free profitability continued to improve for Shinsegae in the first quarter but the real story lies in an extraordinary surge in tourist shopping (predominantly Chinese) at the company’s key department stores.
LVMH sells Marc Jacobs to G-III Apparel Group and WHP Global joint venture
Marc Jacobs will become a cornerstone of WHP Global’s premium fashion vertical. The Marc Jacobs fragrance and beauty licences remain with US company Coty.
Paul & Shark names Silvia Popescu as Chief Commercial Officer
Based in Milan, Popescu moves from a Commercial Director position with Paul & Shark and will now oversee the brand’s worldwide commercial strategy across all sales channels.
Retailtainment strategy drives record-breaking May Golden Week traffic at cdf Haikou
A record Golden Week performance was recorded at the Haikou retail emporium (29 April–5 May), with footfall up +12% year-on-year to 120,000 visitors.
Moodie Davitt WeChat: Key stories from Week 18
The Moodie Davitt Report offers unrivalled Chinese language coverage of key China-related stories, anchored by our dual WeChat platforms – our weekly Moodie Davitt Account and Moodie Davitt Report China Travel Retail Express, which publishes daily.
“Absolutely fantastic” Hainan results as travel retail moves “in the right direction” for The Estée Lauder Companies
“For travel retail, in Hainan we significantly outperformed prestige beauty, which itself improved sequentially, to gain share as our activation for Lunar New Year drove remarkable performance,” says The Estée Lauder Companies President and CEO Stéphane de La Faverie.
Joseph Ribkoff accelerates travel retail push with TFWA Asia Pacific return in Singapore
The Canadian womenswear brand continues to expand its footprint in the channel, reinforcing growth across Asia Pacific and international markets.
Middle East travel retail drags but Puig posts solid start to 2026; “No final decision” on The Estée Lauder Companies merger
Spanish fragrances-to-fashion house Puig has posted +4.7% year-on-year growth in like-for-like net revenues (+0.8% reported) to €1,215 million, claiming the performance puts it ahead of the premium beauty market.
Shinsegae taps May holiday surge with multi-channel promotional blitz
Described as its most extensive promotional push, the retailer is leveraging the ‘Super Holiday’ window, projected to draw up to 200,000 inbound travellers to Korea, with an integrated offer spanning department stores, duty-free operations, and its in-house brand.
cdf Haikou reports strong momentum as enhanced policies drive +46% footfall growth
Hainan’s upgraded offshore duty-free policy is delivering a powerful uplift in footfall, spend and shopper diversification at cdf Haikou underpinned by assortment expansion and experience-led retail.
