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in other areas. In January, Travel Retail
Domodedovo (TRD), a joint venture between Gebr. Heinemann and local partner Greenway, were awarded an exclusive seven-year duty free concession covering 4,000sq m at Moscow Domodedovo Airport’s new International Terminal. Significantly, the win extends
Gebr. Heinemann’s influence to cover all duty free operations, when previously it was operating two duty free and three duty paid shops.
Partnership in Israel In the same month, it extended its partnership with Vilnius International Airport for a further six years through Heinemann subsidiary Travel Retail Vilnius. Six months later in July, it opened
its revamped shopping spread at Copenhagen Airport Terminal 2 having signed an early contract extension in April 2017 (commencing March 2018) for an additional five years – extending a partnership lasting a decade. Moving to Israel, Heinemann has
praised its tie-up with JR/Duty Free [which recently announced an agreement for Lotte Duty Free to acquire the Australia and New Zealand business] having secured an important contract at Israel’s Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport T1 and T3 last year. The joint venture picked up the liquor, tobacco, perfume & cosmetics and confectionery contract – stretching JR/Duty Free’s dominance in Israel for a further ten years (with an optional three-year extension), but this
Tax free at Copenhagen Airport T2 received a makeover this year.
time in partnership with the family- owned Gebr. Heinemann, effective 1 January 2018. Heinemann also recently doubled
its existing footprint at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, converting all its existing units into walkthrough concepts, where it operates under the Imperial Duty Free (IDF) banner in a joint venture with the airport. IDF has opened 10 new shops in
the brand new Terminal B (handling domestic Aeroflot flights). These include a main shop;
gate shop; arrivals store, fashion & accessories and watches and jewellery boutique; Max Mara outlet; Hugo Boss store; Paul & Shark shop; CK Underwear unit; traveller concept and a children’s store. At Terminal E, four existing stores
(main, fashion & accessories and watches and jewellery, Swarovski and children’s) have been redesigned in four stages with existing Aeroflot shop areas in
Irion steps aside in structural re-shuffle
As TRBusiness went to press, Gebr. Heinemann announced a ‘structural decision’ to have one sales area, resulting in Executive Director Distribution Peter Irion (pictured right) leaving the company immediately. Distribution and retail now falls under
the ‘comprehensive management’ of the Executive Board. Management says the decision
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Hamburg-based travel retailer. As a result, responsible directors
of the distribution departments will report directly to Executive Director, Raoul Spanger. A company statement said: “Details
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regarding its future organisation was based on an ‘intensive analytical process’, which resulted in a mutual agreement to end Irion’s involvement with the
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will have to be specified, examined and thoroughly prepared and shall be elaborated on by the end of 2018. After that, the company will approach the implementation step-by-step. “The entire Executive board and
owners Claus and Gunnar Heinemann explicitly would like to thank Mr Irion
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for over eight years of successful and formative work as Executive Director Distribution and wish him all the best for his future.”
“In Turkey, on one side we have European tourists which take profit from the weak lira in our departure business, while the arrival business is very negatively effected due to the decreased spending power of our Turkish customers.”
Raoul Spanger, Gebr. Heinemann
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Terminal F also acquired. “The shops in the renovated
Terminal E are much more clearly arranged and brighter, while also offering a greater choice,” comments Spanger. “The Main Shop for perfume & cosmetics and liquor, tobacco and confectionery employs the walk-through principle, resulting in a considerable increase in
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