Moodie Davitt WeChat: Key stories from Week 32

CHINA. We are pleased to bring readers a summary of recent posts on The Moodie Davitt Report’s WeChat Official Account as the platform continues to grow strongly in China. Stories are posted four times a month (usually )in Mandarin and English.

The Moodie Davitt Report has stepped up its Chinese language coverage of key China-related stories, anchored by our WeChat platform, published four times a month. Readership is climbing steadily with the platform now attracting 4,598 followers, along with encouraging reading and sharing levels.

This service is complemented by our newly launched Moodie Davitt Report China Travel Retail Express platform, also on WeChat, which publishes daily.

We also publish the China Travel Retail Report, a quarterly eZine. The next edition will be published this month.

Moodie Davitt WeChat is curated under the direction of Penelope Zhou, our Hong Kong-based Chinese Editor, and company Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie, also based in Hong Kong.

They are supported by Chief China Representative Yimei Zhang, former Deputy General Manager at Hainan Tourism Investment Duty Free Co. (HTDF) in Sanya, who heads our newly established Moodie Davitt Hainan-based entity.

Dachang Wang, who had spent two years with HTDF as Brand Manager, has joined the Hainan team as Editor of Moodie Davitt China Travel Retail Express reporting to Zhang Yimei.

The Moodie Davitt Report China team: (Left to right) Yimei Zhang and Dachang Wang are based in Hainan, while Penelope Zhou and Martin Moodie are in Hong Kong

The Moodie Davitt Report is the only international travel retail media title to offer a WeChat service. Our platforms complement the strong and growing Chinese readership of our English language service. For native content enquiries, international companies should contact Publisher Irene Revilla at Irene@MoodieDavittReport.com while Chinese brands can contact Zhang Yimei at Yimei@MoodieDavittReport.com.

《穆迪达维特免税报告》是唯一进驻微信平台的国际旅游零售行业媒体。《穆迪达维特免税报告》微信公众号现有4,598名关注者,在现有英文平台日渐壮大的中文读者群体基础上实现更广泛触达。如需咨询英文原稿,请联系出版负责人Irene Revilla(邮箱:Irene@MoodieDavittReport.com + Yimei@MoodieDavittReport.com)

You can see highlights below from our latest edition. 本周热点资讯一览如下。

Top of the world: Welcome to The Moodie Davitt eZine, Travel Retail’s LookBook. Our annual Top Travel Retailers report is always eagerly anticipated, and especially so after a year of recovery in many regions in 2022. In this issue we preview the top five – the full report will appear in our July/August Magazine in coming days – with China Duty Free Group once more the global number one measured by retail turnover. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
‘Explore New Dimensions’ – DFS Group has partnered with 15 global beauty brands to launch its biggest beauty event of the year. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version by Martin Moodie in Macau.
Winning in Wanning: L’Oréal Travel Retail has introduced 16 brands to Wangfujing International Duty Free Harbour City in Wanning, Hainan province. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
Dazzling debut: The Estée Lauder Companies and Dufry have partnered to open a La Mer boutique at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. It is La Mer’s first standalone boutique in the Chinese airport duty paid channel. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
‘We Skincare About You’ – Kiehl’s Travel Retail Asia Pacific is collaborating with China Duty Free Group in a blockbuster summer skincare campaign across locations in Hainan, Macau and Taiwan. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
Powerhouse alliance: Luxury travel retailer DFS and Ant Group (an Alibaba Group affiliate) have announced a global strategic partnership to develop payment and digital marketing for DFS online and offline shops. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
“A significant milestone” – Dufry has revealed five standalone luxury beauty boutiques at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Terminal 3, following the five-year contract it won in September 2022. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
Prada pop-up: On 1 July, L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific and China Duty Free Group jointly unveiled Prada Beauty’s Paradoxe pop-up store at cdf Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex, Hainan. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
Partner with us on WeChat and reach your key Chinese audience in Chinese. Stories related to the China travel retail market are featured each week on The Moodie Davitt Report’s WeChat Official Account. Please scan the QR code to follow us and contact Irene@MoodieDavittReport.com for native opportunities.


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