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Just like alcohol, you can also find great deals on tobacco products including cigars and cigarettes pre-tax. 3. Hair and skincare products. Premium beauty products can be up to 50% at duty-free ...
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.
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.
In November 2013, World Duty Free Group won the tender to operate 11 stores at Helsinki Vantaa Airport – the retailer's first business in the Nordic region. Thanks to it, WDFG operates four duty free and duty paid store, including two walkthrough shops, offering the core categories of beauty, liquor, tobacco and confectionery.
The number of people choosing to opt-out of alcohol, whether temporarily or permanently, has grown, and with it, the normalization of being alcohol-free. Restaurants have expanded mocktail lists ...
The company holds the exclusive right to the retail sale of duty-free goods in Greece. Duty Free Philippines – founded in 1987, it is a government-owned company that sells taxed and duty-free goods. They operate several shops in the Philippines' major airports, and have a dedicated shopping mall located nearby the country's main airport in ...
For years, this has been an evening ritual, one I legitimize by pointing to wine’s health benefits. Alcohol-free months are “a reset” for the brain, a chance to set better boundaries around ...
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] In 1967, Horst Heinemann founded the subsidiary 'Tabak GmbH' for the tobacco product line.