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Beyond The Humidor: Davidoff’s Vision For Luxury Cigars In Travel Retail
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Few houses in travel retail carry a founding date on their shopfront and mean it. Oettinger…
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Beyond The Humidor: Davidoff’s Vision For Luxury Cigars In Travel Retail
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Few houses in travel retail carry a founding date on their shopfront and mean it. Oettinger Davidoff’s 2026 activity so far has been busy: a Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 shop landing at LAX, a year of hard data behind Davidoff Voyager’s Selection, activations queued from…
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Granularity Game: Rufus Parkinson, Managing Director Global Travel Retail, William Grant & Sons, on Targeting Travel Retail’s Next Growth Phase
Introduction by: Peter Marshall In this one-to-one, wide-ranging interview, Rufus offers a clear-eyed view of a spirits business facing volatility, price pressure and a more fragmented traveller than ever. Here he discusses the resilient growth opportunities he still sees across Asia Pacific, the need for sharper consumer segmentation and advocacy,…
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From Sampling to Storytelling: Inside William Grant & Sons’ Global Brand Ambassador Playbook.
Introduction by: Peter Marshall In the high-pressure theatre of global travel retail, the brand ambassador has become far more than a sampler with a tray and a target. At a time when airport passengers are time-poor, digitally distracted and often frazzled before they even reach the shop floor, the human…
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William Ovens on Ian Macleod Distillers’ Drive For Standout in Global Travel Retail
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Two years ago I greatly enjoyed visiting Edinburgh Gin’s new distillery shortly after it opened – an exciting development discussed in a previous interview with William Ovens, Head of Global Travel Retail & Private Clients at Ian Macleod Distillers. More recently, I was privileged to become the first travel-retail focused…
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Twelve Months, Five Million Passengers and Two Front Doors. Jägermeister’s Brave New Pop-Up World at Frankfurt T3. Tobias Witte, VP Global Travel Retail, Mast-Jagermeister SE, Interviewed.
Introduction by: Peter Marshall At Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 3, Jägermeister has delivered a very strong and vivid statement about the power of global travel retail to build brands, not simply sell bottles. In this referential conversation with Tobias Witte, he explains the thinking behind the brand’s dual-site “Destination Meister” and…
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HARIBO: BEYOND THE IMPULSE – ELISA FONTANA INTERVIEWED
Introduction by: Peter Marshall Travel retail confectionery has certainly no shortage of choice – which makes standing out increasingly difficult. For Haribo, the answer is not simply more products on the shelf, but sharper innovation, stronger localisation and experiences that give travellers another reason to engage. TRunblocked.com Contributing Editor Colleen…