{"id":20108,"date":"2022-12-21T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=20108"},"modified":"2022-12-21T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:58:58","slug":"dubai-duty-free-records-29-4-million-in-sales-during-its-39th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2022\/12\/21\/dubai-duty-free-records-29-4-million-in-sales-during-its-39th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Duty Free records $29.4 million in sales during its 39th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDubai Duty Free\u2019s<\/a> total sales on its 39th anniversary surpassed AED107.3 million ($29.4 million) in the course of three days\u2014 \u00a0December 18-20.<\/p>\n

The 72-hour anniversary sale, which was also applied to its home delivery customers and click & collect offers, turned into a spending spree at Dubai International and Al Maktoum International airports, recording 23 per cent more revenues than the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Executive vice chairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free, Colm McLoughlin, said: \u201cWe are very happy to have achieved such great sales over the 3-day anniversary and that so many travellers had the opportunity to avail of the special discount that we offer.<\/p>\n

“I would like to thank everyone for helping us achieve such sales, in particular, our customers and our staff who did a great job in serving the high number of passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Category-wise, perfumes became the bestseller with sales of AED26.5 million ($7.3 million), followed by liquor sales, totalling AED15.1 million ($4.1 million) and watches with sales amounting to AED10.2 million ($2.8 million). Cosmetics took the fourth place with sales reaching AED7.5 million ($2 million).<\/p>\n

The airport retailer has posted staggering profits while general footfall in Dubai International Airport has yet to return to pre-lockdown levels. This indicates that shoppers make up for lost time and remain resistant to the current adverse macroeconomic conditions- an observation indicative of \u2018revenge tourism\u2019.<\/p>\n

A recent report from the World Travel & Tourism Council at the start of this month confirmed visitor spending in Dubai this year has been almost double that of London, coming in at $29.4 billion and $16.1 billion respectively.<\/p>\n

Over the three-day anniversary celebration, the cash registers recorded a total of 205,956 sales transactions with 67,837 transactions alone on December 20.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, online sales during the same period reached AED7.9 million ($2.2 million) with a total of 6,122 combined orders received through click & collect and home delivery service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a change in spend. We had an average spend in 2018 and 2019 of about US$38 per person. During the pandemic \u2013 because people hadn\u2019t travelled \u2013 that went up to $50. And now it\u2019s permanently at about $46 or $47 per person. It has been very good,\u201d said Mr McLoughlin.<\/p>\n

Four weeks ago, Dubai Duty Free was named the \u2018World\u2019s Leading Airport Duty Free Operator 2022\u2019 by the World Travel Awards.<\/p>\n

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