INTERNATIONAL. Dufry is ramping up its store operations around the world amid eased travel restrictions, an increase in flight connections, and a boost in airport activity.
Recognising that the sector leader serves as a bellwether for the fortunes of the travel retail channel. The Moodie Davitt Report is providing exclusive coverage of Dufry’s progressive return to business via this regular new column.
Besides a sharp rise in flight activity for June, many further connections have been announced for July, August and ensuing months, Dufry noted.
In the second half of June, Dufry has reopened or is reopening multiple key operations across various global locations. These include stores at Heathrow Airport Terminal 2; several Spanish airports such as Madrid, Barcelona and Mallorca; Zürich in Switzerland; as well as numerous shops in Cancún, Mexico; Jordan, and the US (see tables below).
More shops are opening in July at multiple airports in the UK, Turkey, Spain (all remaining airports), and Russia. Dufry stores at the MTR station in Hong Kong will also reopen, along with many locations in Asia and the Middle East such as India, Cambodia, South Korea, and Kuwait.
South America is also seeing important reopenings, including further locations in Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru, while store operations in Africa are resuming progressively as of July.
Health & Safety to the fore
To assure the safety of its employees and customers, Dufry has implemented rigorous health and safety measures in close cooperation with its airport partners and according to the local regulations of specific countries. “Shopping at Dufry stores is safe and offers a unique shopping experience with all global brands and attractive promotions,” the company said.
Dufry CEO Julián Díaz said: “Dufry is looking forward to resume operations in many important shops around the world and to welcome back our customers with a great offer and attractive promotions.
“We have been working hard to offer our customers and employees a safe shopping and working environment by installing comprehensive health and safety measures. Customers can now enjoy again our vast variety of iconic brands of all product categories. We are continuing to reopen shops progressively in all our operations as soon as the local situations allow.”
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