Sunglasses and Eyewear
EssilorLuxottica delivers strong first-half growth amid challenging market conditions
The eyewear powerhouse posted solid first-half growth as AI glasses, myopia management and strong regional performances fuelled its momentum.
Continued momentum at Kering Eyewear was among the highlights across the luxury group’s portfolio in the six months to 30 June.
A multi-airport roll-out spanning nine UK gateways combined immersive pop-ups with striking Out of Home visibility as Prada Eyewear brought its Urban Beaches campaign to World Duty Free.
The opportunities include a 199sq m store in Terminal 1, 133sq m in T2, 101sq m in T3 and 130sq m in T4, with a bid deadline of 21 September.
The company said the performance was “very solid in a geopolitical and economic environment that remained disrupted, amplified by the conflict in the Middle East”.
The new Royal Caribbean Icon Class ship features a series of firsts at sea and an experience-led offer across categories.
Under plans to revitalise the core categories at Sydney Airport, popular Australian beauty retailer MECCA will enter the duty-free channel, Victoria’s Secret will open a boutique in T1 while fast-growing beauty name Aesop has just made its Sydney Airport store debut.
The 72sq m boutique, which represents a stand-alone store debut for the brand in regional duty free, offers men’s and women’s bags, shoes, hats, scarves and other travel accessories such as wallets and phone cases.
“We will take the bar even higher for travel retail in Japan.” The words of Kansai Airports Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (Non Aeronautical) Fumio Owada sum up the deep ambition underpinning the radical transformation of the Kansai gateway.
Eligible applicants at participating VFS Global UK visa application centres across India will receive exclusive voucher codes redeemable at Ospree Duty Free stores in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Gebr. Heinemann has opened its two exclusive duty-free stores, Meine Freude and Mein Glanz, onboard Mein Schiff Flow, unveiling a new cruise retail concept centred on the key travel retail trends of experience, activation and personalisation.
Decathlon has entered a new phase of its European travel retail strategy with the launch of its first airport proximity store at Geneva Airport, combining a curated product offer with a 24/7 Click & Collect service for travellers.
In a big finish to The TREX Awards, we reveal the intensely competitive TREX Collaboration between a Brand and Retailer (and/or Airport) Award, the Best CSR-Related TREX accolade and The Patagotitan Award – the highest-ranked TREX across all categories.














