{"id":23559,"date":"2023-07-12T13:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=23559"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:48:19","slug":"travel-retailers-and-dfwc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/07\/12\/travel-retailers-and-dfwc\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East travel retailers sign anti-illicit trade declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTo signal their support for zero-tolerance of illicit trade, counterfeiting and intellectual property theft, travel retailers Aer Rianta International, Dubai Duty Free, Dufry, Gebr. Heinemann, Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail and Qatar Duty Free<\/a> have signed a new declaration by Duty Free World Council (DFWC<\/a>) and Tax Free World Association<\/span><\/p>\n

These initial signatories account for around $25 billion of travel retail sales based on 2019 data.<\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative is a new stage of the <\/span>Duty Free: Trusted, Transparent, Secure<\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0campaign, which was jointly launched by DFWC and TFWA in June last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

DFWC president, Sarah Branquinho, said: \u201cThere is no place in our industry for companies that engage in illicit trade. Illicit trade in all its forms causes substantial societal harm and costs our industry significant lost sales opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“It can also cause our industry reputational harm when illicit or counterfeit goods are fraudulently mislabelled as \u2018duty-free\u2019 in an attempt to lend authenticity to the product. Ultimately, consumers should be aware that when they purchase goods labelled as duty-free outside of a licensed duty-free retailer, it is very likely to be a counterfeit product.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur industry already boasts one of the most transparent, trusted and secure supply chains in the world. We are proud of our industry\u2019s credentials and commit to maintaining these high standards.”<\/span><\/p>\n

By signing this declaration, retailers commit to a zero-tolerance approach to illicit trade, while requesting suppliers to follow suit with a clear anti-illicit trade policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This builds on the commitments already made by several travel retailers through\u00a0<\/span>United Nations Global Compact<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, a great number of brand owners have also expressed their readiness to make the same commitment. To this end, DFWC and TFWA will soon publish a separate announcement on supplier support.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, some of the major players in our industry are making clear their ongoing stance against illicit trade and will be encouraging their suppliers to follow suit. There can be no room for doubt \u2013 the duty- and tax-free industry has zero tolerance for illicit trade in all its forms. We want to send a clear message worldwide \u2013 when you shop in a duty-free shop, you can do so with complete confidence,” added Ms Branquinho.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur announcement today builds upon the decades of trust that we have built with our customers, governments, customs authorities and industry partners. DFWC, TFWA and the initial signatories are keen to grow the momentum behind this initiative and are confident the industry will be fully behind it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DFWC and TFWA have jointly issued a\u00a0zero-tolerance\u00a0declaration on illicit trade -Aer Rianta International, Dubai Duty Free, Dufry, Gebr. Heinemann, Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail and Qatar Duty Free are among signees <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":17295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4001,4887],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23559"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23567,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23559\/revisions\/23567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}