Meet the Brains Trust. Mother Jilly and daughter Jessica (Jessie) to be precise. The mother and daugher combination behind Jakk, the Australian jewellery brand that has become one of the most vibrant independent forces in the business over the past 16 years since Jilly showed her first collection internationally. She – and the business –
Airports
Pleas please me, says the man from Mars
Here’s another example of the Trinity at work – and of how small airports can outshine their bigger cousins in retail terms. Our image comes from Tax Free Asia Pacific in Singapore where confectionery house Mars hosted its first-ever Indian Travel Retailer of the Year award. The award was made by Stuart Bull – the gentleman
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Miscellaneous
No ribbing for Sunil Tuli as he tastes sweet success
You just can’t keep a good man down. King Power Group (Hong Kong) Managing Director Travel Retail & Duty Free Sunil Tuli is one of the hardiest characters in the industry and once again he proved his resilience in style at last week’s DFNI Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia Pacific where his company was named
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Events
Absolut Trinity at Changi
“Who was that masked man?” Most readers of The Moodie BLOG won’t be old enough to remember the familiar words repeatedly asked about the hero of ‘The Lone Ranger’ – the fictional 1960s television and movie cowboy hero, always accompanied by his faithful steed Silver and his American Indian sidekick Tonto. So in keeping with
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People
Salut Jean-Michel
The Moodie BLOG captured Jean-Michel Bostroem raising his glass at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore but it is we who should be toasting him. At the end of the northern Summer travel retail will bid farewell to one of its great servants. The L’Oreal Produits de Luxe International Travel Retail Worldwide International Marketing Director plans to
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People
On century duty with a quality quartet
The four executives pictured in this BLOG represent a collective century-plus of experience in the duty free industry – yet each of them seems to be aging like a great wine, getting better with every year. Our top picture – both were taken at the Opening Cocktail at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore last week
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Miscellaneous
Chethika’s reason to smile
One travel retail executive wearing an even wider smile than usual at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore last week was Chethika Hapugalle, Alpha Asia’s popular Regional Communication & Marketing Manager. Sri Lankan national Chethika, seen here with King Power International Deputy Managing Director Susan Whelan at the Opening Cocktail, told The Moodie Report that she has
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Miscellaneous
Diageo on the case again
You’ve got to hand it to Diageo. The company not only talks the talk about ‘premiumisation’ – an ugly word but an important concept – but walks it as well. Invariably when I walk into a duty free wines & spirits store I find examples of Diageo adding value through special packaging, limited editions and