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The Ovda store sells a diverse range of duty free items with wines and spirits particularly to the fore |
ISRAEL. Layam-Sakal Company has retained its long-time concession to operate the duty free shop at Ovda International Airport.
The company won a new five-year contract, starting on 1 January, after an open tender contested by Sakal’s major rival James Richardson.
Sakal has been operating the Ovda concession for 15 years. The 350sq m store sells to a diverse customer mix including passengers from France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the UK, Russia and Japan.
The company said: “There has been a tremendous increase in the number of passengers and this will increase even more in the coming years due to the fact that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism has started a campaign to encourage tourism to Eilat.
“This will undoubtedly have a great impact on the number of tourists coming there and consequently the number of duty free buyers will grow.”
The store carries a wide assortment of categories, including spirits, cigarettes, cigars and tobacco, fragrances and cosmetics, electronics, optical devices, cameras and photo equipment, sports-related items, fashionwear, bags and luggage, toys and gift items, writing instruments, watches and confectionery.
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Fragrances is a core category for the Ovda store |
ABOUT THE SAKAL GROUP
The Sakal Group is one of the leading consumer goods companies in Israel. It specialises in fashion, footwear and consumer technology both on the local and duty free markets.
The duty free division operates several of the duty free stores at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, including stores for consumer technology, watches, jeans, a computer store (Sakal Hi-Tech), a fashion store (Emporium), a Bally store, a music store and a toy store.
FOOTNOTE: The Moodie Report visited Israel to profile The Sakal Group in late 2005. Read our article from January 2006 by clicking here.
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