-
Blog
From Vineyard to Departure Gate: AdVini’s Vision for Travel Retail Wine
Introduction by: Peter Marshall There are few better ways to understand a wine – and the company behind it –…
Read More » -
-
Founder's Choice
Opinion Lead
Watch Now
Popular Blogs
-
Blog
From Vineyard to Departure Gate: AdVini’s Vision for Travel Retail Wine
Introduction by: Peter Marshall There are few better ways to understand a wine – and the company behind it – than to stand where it begins. After two days with the AdVini team in Burgundy and Chablis – walking the vineyards of Laroche and exploring the historic cellars of Maison…
-
Blog
KitKat Shifts Confectionery Into Formula 1 Top Gear At Istanbul Airport
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Yes, Formula 1 has come to Istanbul – courtesy of KitKat! Nestlé International Travel Retail, together with Gebr. Heinemann and Unifree Duty Free, opened its immersive KitKat “Break Zone” on July 3 at Istanbul Airport. Travellers can race a full F1 simulator before taking a break and then…
-
Blog
Diageo Cuts First, Grows Later. Maybe. By: Peter Marshall
So, Diageo’s shareholders largely got what they wanted last Thursday afternoon: a number, a timeline and a man willing to swing an axe. What they did not get was a growth story. The highly regarded CEO, Sir Dave Lewis, stood up in London and told the market that the world’s largest…
-
Blog
EviDenS de Beauté Grows Travel Retail Presence While Recruiting a New Generation of Consumers
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Founded by Charles-Edouard Barthes, EviDenS de Beauté has built a distinctive position in prestige skincare through its blend of French luxury and Japanese scientific expertise. Since becoming part of China’s S’Young Group in 2022, the brand has accelerated its international ambitions, with travel retail emerging as…
-
Blog
Another Hendrick’s Gin: ‘Ginnaissance’ Continues. An Exclusive Interview with Nora Torpey, MD Hendrick’s Gin (Global) and Lesley Gracie, Hendrick’s Master Distiller.
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Twenty-six years ago a curious apothecary bottle from Girvan rewrote the rules of gin, pairing Bulgarian rose and cucumber with an unmistakable sense of theatre. Hendrick’s didn’t just join the category as much as light the fuse on a global ginnaissance. And now there’s Another Hendrick’s,…
-
Blog
Can Tobacco Harm Reduction Actually Deliver? A Scientist’s Perspective. Gizelle Baker, VP Scientific Affairs, PMI.
This was not the interview I expected. Instead of technical scientific jargon that is often difficult to decipher, I found Gizelle Baker, VP ScientificAffairs at PMI, highly articulate, easy to understand and thoroughly engaging. We talked about her unconventional journey from pharmaceutical research into tobacco harm reduction, and the scientific…