Hainan, home to China’s offshore duty free shopping sector, has been hit by a serious COVID-19 outbreak. As of 6am on August 8, all downtown duty free stores in Haikou and Sanya are closed until furth…
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The Beauty Edit: Chapter III – Post-COVID Travel Retail beauty trends revealed in TFWA Beauty
WITH Travel Retail Client Partner Xue Guo outlined the most important digital trends influencing the perfumes & cosmetics category during the TFWA Beauty in Travel Retail Webinar in Hainan. As th…
Mountain Glory: A new peak in Chinese travel retail?
There’s a new concept coming to China’s duty free sector and in keeping with its name, the team behind it believe that it will climb to new heights. Mountain Glory, a retail proposition that is target…
A hugely successful Hainan Expo comes to an end
The second China International Consumer Products Expo (Hainan Expo) was closed on 30 July, ranking as a hugely successful follow-up to the inaugural 2021 event.…
Haikou Global Premium Duty Free Plaza sales soar in second quarter
Hainan Development Holdings-owned Global Premium Duty Free (GDF) Plaza posted a +120 percent year-on-year rise in sales for the second quarter of 2022.…
SK-II launches “House of Miracles” in China
Global luxury beauty brand SK-II launches “House of Miracles” pop up store in Hainan, China.…
Hainan’s Labour Day holiday sales fall sharply to USD 96.8 million
Total sales (duty free and tax paid) for the Labour Day holiday from 30 April to 1 May at Hainan province’s ten duty free stores reached CNY 645 million (USD96.8 million), according to New Hainan. Tha…
Tapestry Group chooses Hainan as new headquarter for China travel retail
Tapestry Group, which owns the Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman brands, is all set to place the headquarters for its China travel retail business in Hainan, the free trade port where duty-free sa…
COVID outbreak in Hainan prompts temporary closure of duty free stores
All three downtown offshore duty free stores in Sanya, have closed temporarily due to a small outbreak of COVID-19 in Hainan, China.…
Hainan narrows the gap with Korean duty free
Hainan’s burgeoning offshore duty free sector has once again narrowed the gap with the world’s largest duty free market, South Korea.…