Online now: The Moodie Report Print Edition – 30/01/06 : Moodie Davitt Report

January 2006
Welcome to the eighth online issue of our quarterly print edition.

Business Extra
In this issue of Extra we examine consumer confidence in Asia Pacific and look at a big foreign exchange initiative from Travelex .

Editor’s Desk
Penetrating analysis.

Review of the Year
The Moodie Report assesses the Best of the Best in 2005.

An A-Z of travel retail
The key events and issues shaping our industry as we enter another challenging year.

How sponsorship of the Shanghai Tennis Masters Cup is proving an ace move.

Frankfurt’s retail makeover is much more than skin deep.

The man who would be King
David King, that is, the refreshingly straight-talking Alpha Retail boss has got his thinking truly “˜joined up’.

Manchester Airport (left)
Alpha blooms in new look Terminal Two.

The Israel Report

James Richardson
Driving up penetration at Ben Gurion.

Sakal Duty Free
A family spirit bears fruit.

Ben Gurion T3
Balancing retailers’ and passengers’ needs.

More features

The Travel Retail Village
From horror to hope in Sri Lanka as industry initiative becomes reality.

Polishing the family silver.

Thomas Sabo
Putting on the glitz with the dynamic German sterling silver house.

Letter from Shanghai
How Johnny Depp became the unlikely Chinese ambassador of chocolate.

Breathtaking Beirut Duty Free
World class retailing led by the world’s best airport cigar store.

A true Cuban cigar aficionado
The remarkable Mohamed Zeidan.

Hong Kong International
Louis Vuitton makes a trunk call at the top Asian airport hub.

The Moodie Report Travel Retail Barometer
An insight into supplier sentiment about the retailers who are making a difference.

Partners’ Index
Companies who help us to help you.

The Moodie Report People of the Year
Those who by their deeds, attitudes and behaviour most advanced the industry’s cause and standing in 2005.