Europe’s big travel retailers such as Dufry Group, Lagardère Group's Lagardère Travel Retail, and Gebr. Heinemann may need to put more emphasis on some of their smaller or regional airports that have gained prominence. Lagardère Travel Retail opened its duty-free store at Sardinia's Cagliari Elmas Airport in July. Lagardère Travel RetailLagardère Travel Retail has been opening or reopening regional gateways, particularly in Italy. “Regional airports do not get to see many of the high spenders: intercontinental passengers and especially travelers from China,” says Jankovec.

Source: Forbes August 11, 2020 16:30 UTC