> Thomas Barton at the origin of Duty Free Sales?

In 1722 Thomas Barton left his home-country Ireland, sailing to the Mediterranean with his ship full of wool and dried sheep-meat which he traded in exchange for olive oil and wines.
On his way back to Ireland his main worry was to avoid the English who claimed taxes and duties on all imported goods!

Near the end of the 18th century, Daniel Guestier made his ships leave from Arcachon instead of Bordeaux, for the same reasons...

The first duty-free shop ever was established in 1947 at Shannon Airport in Ireland!. It was set up to provide a service for Trans-Atlantic airline passengers travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refueling. It was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.

Today the Duty Free & Travel Retail is an important and increasing part of our business, representing 10% of our sales in 2013. In addition of the Duty Free Shops on airports, it also includes sales on board of airplanes and passenger boats (ferries, cruiselines), in border-shops, as well as to diplomatic and military organizations.

That's a good reason for us to extend our participation in Duty Free dedicated Fairs, and we are pleased to announce that for the first time, Barton & Guestier will be present at TFWA Singapore, from May 11 to 15, 2014 in addition to IAADFS in Orlando, which is already behind us, and TFWA Cannes that will take place in October.

The Duty Free & Travel Retail market is also a challenging market that requires impactful and exclusive packaging.

Discover more about our new brands and much more in this issue of Assemblage, duty free of course!

Enjoy!

Philippe MARION
Sales & Marketing Director

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