UK department store Harrods has posted its eighth consecutive year of record sales and profits, as the luxury retailer attracted a heavy amount of tourist shoppers in the last 12 months, especially vi…
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Duty free rules as lower-tier Chinese city tourists hit spending highs
Duty free is the most important shopping channel for Chinese tourists, while buying patterns show that travellers from so-called tier-2 and lower cities are proving to be the biggest spenders.…
Asia Pacific visitor arrivals hit record high in 2016
Foreign visitor arrivals to Asia Pacific destinations in 2016 climbed by +3% year-on-year to a record 597 million. That’s according to the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).…
Top e-commerce sites in Asia across 5 verticals
Which ecommerce verticals have been most successful in drawing traffic? How are the different ecommerce verticals shaping up in terms of engagement? In this article, Metisa compares the growth, engage…
Asia’s middle classes fuelling global cruise travel
Cruise travel worldwide will continue to grow at a ‘steady pace’ this year trumpeted by rising demand from Asia’s burgeoning middle classes and broadened vessel offerings, according to Singapore Cruis…
Global travel retail market to grow +8% to 2021
The global duty free retailing sector is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 8.56% during the period 2017-2021, according to market research firm Technavio.…
Duty free sales grew 10% in 2016 in Asia Pacific
Whilst revealing that registration is now open for the 2017 TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference, the association’s President Erik Juul-Mortensen points out that in the first nine months of 2…
Hong Kong Weekly Shoppertrak Index – 12 to 18 December 2016
The Hong Kong Shoppertrak Index is a national benchmark of the number of visitors to shopping centres geographically spread throughout Hong Kong.…
Hong Kong Weekly Shoppertrak Index – 5 to 11 December 2016
The Hong Kong Shoppertrak Index is a national benchmark of the number of visitors to shopping centres geographically spread throughout Hong Kong.…
Hong Kong Weekly Shoppertrak Index – 28 November to 4 December 2016
The Hong Kong Shoppertrak Index is a national benchmark of the number of visitors to shopping centres geographically spread throughout Hong Kong.…