CHINA. In a big boost to the Hainan offshore duty free sector, Haikou stores run by China Duty Free Group, GDF Plaza and Shenzhen Duty-Free Group/DFS Group are reopening today. As reported, they were forced to shut their offline operations on 8 August before being allowed to reopen the next day but then closing again on 10 August.
The closures were prompted by the recent sharp COVID outbreak centred in Sanya to the south. Stores in Sanya run by China Duty Free Group (Haitang Bay), CNSC and HTDF there remain shut. The CNSC and HTDF stores closed on 4 August and the vast China Duty Free Group complex a day later.
“Mova Mall is open,” a China Duty Free Group spokesperson confirmed to The Moodie Davitt Report this morning.
GDF Plaza reopened at 10am today Haikou time, Lim Guek Boon (Casey Lim) President of GDF operator Global Consumer Boutique (Hainan) Trading Co told us.
A Shenzhen Duty-Free Group spokesperson told The Moodie Davitt Report that the Mission Hills store will reopen at 1pm this afternoon.
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