DFS launches latest ‘Give Joy’ gifting campaign for holiday season

DFS celebrates the spirit of gifting with its annual ‘Give Joy’ campaign, which will launch in 19 locations worldwide

INTERNATIONAL. DFS launches its annual ‘Give Joy’ holiday campaign on 15 November across 19 downtown T Gallerias and airport stores worldwide.

The campaign brings together 90 brands, offering a curated selection of over 150 products across DFS’s luxury pillars. This includes exclusives and limited-edition offers from the travel retailer’s fashion, accessories, beauty and fragrances, wines and spirits, food and gifting categories.

“Every year we are delighted to be able to excite and inspire our customers with an array of heart-warming experiences, pop-ups and activations that celebrate the pleasure of gifting.” – DFS Group Executive Vice President Merchandising Ariel Gentzbourger

The ‘Give Joy’ campaign will also showcase holiday-themed pop-ups from leading brands including Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and Jo Malone London.

Beginning 15 November, DFS will offer travelling shoppers a curated selection of holiday offers from its fashion, accessories, beauty and fragrances, wines & spirits, food and gifting ranges

 

The Christian Dior pop-up will offer fragrance bottle engraving and customisable ribbons and charms, so travelling shoppers can create their personal Dior gift boxes.

Meanwhile, Yves Saint Laurent will be presenting the Christmas edition of its popular ‘Make it Yours’ pop-up concept. The pop-up will offer limited-edition lipstick caps, engraving services, and customisable branded gift boxes.

Jo Malone London will introduce its ‘Magic and Mayhem’ pop-up. The pop-up invites travelling shoppers to engrave their fragrance bottles with a personal message and monogram their gift boxes with a selection of festive stickers.

In addition, a series of theatrical performances will take place across participating downtown T Galleria and DFS airport stores. This includes local musical performances, festive holiday parades and visits from Father Christmas.

A festive gifting trio: The ‘Give Joy’ campaign will also feature three personalised gifting pop-ups from Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and Jo Malone London

“The holiday season is all about sharing and spreading joy” said DFS Group Executive Vice President Merchandising Ariel Gentzbourger. “Every year we are delighted to be able to excite and inspire our customers with an array of heart-warming experiences, pop-ups and activations that celebrate the pleasure of gifting.”

She added: “From creating magical moments within our stores, to providing a personal touch to every gift, our wish is to awaken the holiday spirit in every customer.”

The season for gifting: More than 90 brands have come together to offer over 150 limited-edition and exclusive products at DFS locations

The complete list of participating DFS downtown T Gallerias and airport stores includes:

  1. T Galleria By DFS, Auckland
  2. T Galleria By DFS, Macau, City of Dreams
  3. T Galleria By DFS, Macau, Shoppes at Four Seasons
  4. T Galleria Beauty By DFS, Macau, Peninsula
  5. T Galleria By DFS, Guam
  6. T Galleria By DFS, Saipan
  7. T Galleria By DFS, Sydney
  8. T Galleria By DFS, Singapore
  9. T Galleria By DFS, Hong Kong, Canton Road
  10. T Galleria Beauty By DFS, Hong Kong, Causeway Bay
  11. T Galleria By DFS, Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui East
  12. T Galleria By DFS, Okinawa
  13. T Galleria By DFS, Hawaii
  14. T Galleria By DFS, Angkor
  15. T Fondaco Dei Tedeschi By DFS
  16. DFS, Abu Dhabi International Airport
  17. DFS, Singapore Changi Airport
  18. DFS, New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
  19. DFS Galleria Cairns

Going strong on Globuy

As a lead business partner of The Moodie Davitt Report, DFS Group’s story will also appear in coming days in Chinese and with a consumer voice on fast-growing Chinese B2C WeChat social media account Globuy [玩转全球免税], as part of a new collaboration between Globuy owner Extra-Aile Media in Shanghai and The Moodie Davitt Report.

Globuy aims to become “the KOL of Chinese travel retail” and already has 400,000 followers and a monthly audience of 1 million views for its WeChat social media platform promoting new launches, product availability, promotions and special offers. Underlining the strong affinity and complementary nature of the two companies work, Globuy has dubbed The Moodie Davitt Report “the KOL of travel retail B2B media”

Under the agreement, selected stories from The Moodie Davitt Report.com’s lead brand partners in beauty, fashion, luxury, confectionery and premium spirits are also published by Globuy in Chinese. These include product reviews by the Globuy team.

Globuy is promoting The Moodie Davitt Report’s platform to China’s travel retail sector and to its own consumer audience in China. The Moodie Davitt Report subsequently also publishes a curated selection of Chinese consumer feedback on the chosen stories and will reveal the results of regular consumer surveys conducted in association with Globuy.

 

 

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