but we will also have a liquor offer and a licence,” he says. “That will allow us to have a broader product offering and
to look at other opportunities in Indonesia.” Entirely separately, TRBusiness can reveal that ARI has
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sealed a contract to operate duty free services at an airport in Montenegro, although further information was not immediately available at the time of publication. Attention then turned to Brexit. While the prospect of a ‘no
deal’ scenario has sharpened recently, the changing situation in the UK Parliament means it would be impractical to add detailed commentary on the current machinations taking place.
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Preparing for Brexit Needless to say, Kenny states unequivocally that ARI is prepared for a hard Brexit situation and the potential restoration of duty free sales between the UK and EU. “There are a number of permeations on what could happen.
It would seem there is momentum gaining in the UK that if there is a no deal, duty free would return (albeit there needs to be a change in legislation on the UK side). The Irish government has said it would mirror what happens in the UK. Given daa runs Dublin and Cork Airports, this is big on the agenda. “Within ARI we have a Brexit-readiness team and we
are reviewing all the implications and scenarios with the best information we have available. We’ve engaged with customs and continue to engage with suppliers and are set up for whatever the eventuality is as best we can. We have been ready infrastructure-wise for this since the last deadline in March.” Elsewhere, ARI is channelling resource into a major new
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ecommerce platform. Ireland is the first to launch the service, followed by New Zealand, Cyprus and Canada. Accordingly, the service will help meet customers’
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expectations in a more efficient manner while providing a more effective and targeted conduit for communications. “What we are striving for is a seamless customer experience
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within that whole omnichannel space,” says Kenny. This is part of a more pronounced move to streamline
the commercial business; being more nimble and agile by centralising buying, supply chain management, marketing and ecommerce functions that leverage the organisation’s scale. That alone has helped ARI deliver a slew of new and
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“Within ARI we have a Brexit-readiness team and we are reviewing all the implications and scenarios with the best information we have available.”
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exclusive brands, while resulting in better deals, margins and mutually beneficial partnerships with suppliers. Looking ahead, ARI affirms it will explore new global
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contract opportunities as they arise. “Right now we are focused on our next four-year strategy.
We are in the middle of that and looking at our options, but excited and confident at the future,” concludes Kenny. «
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