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A breakthrough came in the early 1960s when DFS secured a concession for duty-free sales in Hawaii, allowing the company to market its products to Japanese travelers. [11] DFS eventually expanded to off-airport duty-free stores and large downtown Galleria stores, becoming the world's largest travel retailer. [10] [12] By the mid-1990s, DFS was ...
Northern Upholstery was renamed DFS (although some branches of Northern Upholstery in Yorkshire retained their original name until the mid-1990s) and at the time, had a total of sixty three stores, employing 2,000 staff. [4] In 1993, DFS was floated on the stock market as DFS Furniture Company plc and valued at £271 million. [6]
DFS T Galleria in City of Dreams, Macau DFS T Galleria in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. DFS Group (DFS) (Chinese: 迪斐世) is a global travel retailer of luxury products based in Hong Kong. Established in 1960, its global network consists of stores located in major global airports and downtown locations featuring over 750 brands.
Sold for: $5,000 Space-themed toys were huge in the 1960s, leading to Mattel unveiling the Major Matt Mason Lunar Base Command Set in 1968. The set was part of the Major Matt Mason line, which ...
Securing the exclusive concession for duty-free sales in Hawaii in the early–1960s was a commercial breakthrough for DFS, which enabled the company to focus on Japanese travelers. DFS continued to innovate, expanding into off-airport duty-free stores and into large downtown Galleria stores; it grew to become the world's largest travel retailer.
After the 1989 Romanian revolution, these stores became obsolete and were sold off in 1991 to private business owners; as a result of this sale by auction, the Comturist name is still in existence today as a chain of duty-free shops. DFS Group – a global travel retailer of luxury products established in 1960 based in Hong Kong. Its network ...
Can one man’s successful ‘escape’ from Alzheimer’s teach us more about disease prevention? Image credit: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. This article originally appeared on Medical News Today
DFS' first major breakthrough came in the early 1960s, when it secured the exclusive concession for duty-free sales in Hawaii and Hong Kong, allowing it to market its products to Japanese travelers. [3] DFS eventually expanded to off-airport duty-free stores and large downtown Galleria stores, and became the world's largest travel retailer. [4]