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  2. Duty-free shop - Wikipedia

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    Brendan O'Regan established the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947; [6] it remains in operation today. Designed to provide a service for trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.

  3. List of duty-free shops - Wikipedia

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    Haikou International Duty-Free City Shopping Complex, is the world's biggest stand-alone duty-free store in terms of physical size. Located in Haikou, Hainan, China, the buildings have a total area of 280,000 square meters. [1] [2] Aelia Duty Free – a brand of Lagardère Travel Retail. [3] Comturist – a chain of duty-free stores.

  4. DFS Group - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, American entrepreneurs Charles Feeney [5] and Robert Warren Miller [6] founded Tourists International, which later became Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), in Hong Kong.In 1962, two DFS stores were opened at the international airports in Hong Kong and Honolulu, the first duty-free shop in the United States.

  5. World Duty Free - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Airport Shopping has had a presence in airports in the United Kingdom in different guises since the very early days of airport retailing in 1955, [5] while World Duty Free was founded by Heathrow Airport Holdings (BAA) to run tax and duty free operations in all its airports in the United Kingdom.

  6. Lotte Duty Free - Wikipedia

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    Lotte Duty Free (LDF; Korean: 롯데면세점; Hanja: 樂天免稅店; RR: Rotde Myeonsejeom), a duty-free division of Hotel Lotte, is a travel retailer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. LDF is one of the largest travel retailers in the world alongside Dufry and DFS Group .

  7. Category:Duty-free shops - Wikipedia

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  8. Robert Warren Miller - Wikipedia

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    Robert Warren Miller (born May 23, 1933) is an American-British billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops), and sailing champion.He is the father of Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg, and Pia Getty, dubbed by tabloids and high society as The Miller Sisters.

  9. Gebr. Heinemann - Wikipedia

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    The first duty-free shop was opened at Frankfurt Airport in 1958. This was operated by the state, supplied by Gebr. Heinemann. On February 16, 1962, large stocks in Hamburg became victims of the storm surge. [7] The company received its first retail concession for duty-free at an airport in 1969 for Cologne/Bonn. Other shops soon followed. [8]