The beauty launch season continues apace, and once again The Moodie Report has been on the road, this time to Paris with Estée Lauder, for the unveiling of the revamped Pure Color cosmetics collection, created in partnership with Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux, who was appointed last November to help rejuvenate the brand.
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The Moodie Report is spot on in Larnaka
It is June 20. The crowd is on their feet. The tension is unbearable. The Italian goalkeeper nervously moves his weight from side to side, trying to figure out which side the New Zealander will try to place the penalty kick that will give the unfavoured Kiwis a shock 1-0 lead over the incumbent world
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Airports
Developing a taste for Cyprus
The Moodie Report is on the move again – this time we’re back in Cyprus to view progress at the new Larnaka International Airport, opened last November. First it was an early morning flit through London Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, which BAA now has operating a whole lot more slickly than in the past. I
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Battling the travel threats
I’ve arrived back at Sydney Airport for a brief transit stopover before flying onto London via Bangkok. Given that I am flying British Airways (BA), my agenda has been uncertain to say the least over recent days. The BA cabin crew strike (now called off by the courts) was due to be happening today, while
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Airports
Learning lessons from Antipodean airports
And so I say goodbye to my home country of New Zealand and begin the long journey back to London. I’m travelling out of Auckland Airport via Sydney – another chance to view the outstanding new commercial offer in the International Terminal – and Bangkok (90 minutes in transit) before the final, long leg into London.
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Airports
Competition heats up down under
Now this is what you call competition… Thanks to the highly illuminated global insight and immense wisdom of the New Zealand Commerce Commission, Auckland Airport now has two retailers – DFS and JR Duty Free – competing directly just feet away from one another in both Arrivals and Departures. [DFS – refinement] [JR Duty free – local
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Airports
Entering the land of the long white cloud
The Moodie Report’s Antipodean adventure continues as I arrive in New Zealand – or in Maori, Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Fresh from my visit to Sydney Airport’s breathtakingly revamped International Terminal, I’ve just arrived in Auckland to view the new departures stores for both DFS and JR Duty Free. I met
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Derek’s dream comes true
Rip up your travel agenda. Change your plans. Wherever you were intending to go, buy a ticket to Sydney instead. I’ve spent the past two days rigorously examining the retail and food & beverage offer at Sydney Airport’s new-look international terminal and I can tell you that it’s very special indeed. Sydney Airport Corporation Limited has
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Inner (and outer) Beauty, Calvin Klein-style
It’s peak launch time for the beauty business, and The Moodie Report is fortunate enough to have been invited to several high-profile events in May and June. Last week we were in New York with Coty Prestige for the worldwide reveal of the new flagship feminine fragrance from the house of Calvin Klein, called Calvin
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Airports
Coming home to the Antipodes
This Blog is being written at 30,000 feet as I fly on a Qantas A380 over the vast interior of Australia. As I write, the flight map says we’re passing a town called Milparinka (population 55 according to the 2006 census), meaning that we’ve just entered New South Wales airspace and we’re around 90 minutes
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Travel retail stands Hand in Hand for Haiti
Thank you to Jean-Marc Caubet and Michael Barrett at TFWA for allowing the Hand in Hand for Haiti project to host a special display outside Monday’s Gate One2One conference. Hand in Hand for Haiti is a travel retail industry response to the catastrophic earthquake of 12 January. Registered as a 501 (c) (3) Foundation, it
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Events
Sandro steps in as Lars is remembered
For many years at the Singapore show, a unique lunch would take place at the Conrad Hotel’s Golden Peony restaurant. The lunch would celebrate not only business between partners but also the spirit that underpinned it. The host extraordinaire was Lars Johansson, the founder of Imagination Unlimited International, and a man synonymous with the extraordinary
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‘Shop-Dine-Unwind’ is born
“As iconic to travel as coke is to soft drinks.” That’s one of the aspirations that Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) holds for its new ‘Shop-Dine-Unwind’ brand concept, unveiled yesterday at TFWA Asia Pacific in Singapore. The new commercial brand replaces the old ‘Abu Dhabi Duty Free’ tagline and extends it to all airport consumer