The best thing about flying internationally, for me, is to indulge myself at the airport duty-free stores.
Unmistakably, almost all the salesladies in the luxury duty-free stores at the airport were Asians and spoke Mandarin.
DFS, a luxury-goods distributor whose assets include 180 duty-free stores in Asia.
That functionality would be especially useful in duty-free stores, suggests Vos.
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He partnered up with a group from Hong Kong, bought a concession to sell duty-free goods and a few years later opened up his first duty-free stores in Thailand, taking just 6, 000 square feet of space.
Stores in shopping districts like Myeongdong have added Chinese-speaking staff, their headquarters are using Korean celebrities popular across China and Southeast Asia in advertisements, and glitzy duty-free stores are dropping European luxury brands to give more space to Korean cosmetics chains that are less expensive but more popular in the Asian region.
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Those figures include sales from duty- and tax-free stores in three other airports in the country and the duty-free shopping complex in the middle of Bangkok being constructed as a complement to the new airport space (where, without an impending flight or carry-on baggage, shoppers can spend more relaxed time buying duty-free goods, which King Power will have waiting for them at check-in).
This includes 21 Urban Outfitters stores, 15 Anthropologie stores, 20 new Free People stores and 1 BHLDN store.
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On a comparative basis for stores open at least a year, the company said that sales at Anthropologie fell 7%, sales its teen retailer Urban Outfitters were flat and they increased 14% at Free People stores.
Online retailer Amazon has launched a service that stores free digital versions of CDs bought via its store.
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Recipients can print the pictures for free at Target stores.
The Shop Your Way rewards program is a growing loyalty club that offers members discounts and rewards, and now the ability to ship nearly 65 million products free to Kmart stores, said Armstrong-Fowler.
It had once dominated retail with its catalogs, then became a powerhouse in free standing retail stores, then led the movement to shopping malls as an anchor chain, and even used its history in lending to develop what became Discover card, and had once shown its ability to be a financial services company and even an insurer!
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Shoppers at Gap 's Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores get free shipping and coupons as they accumulate purchase points on their store cards.
Shoppers at Gap 's (nyse: GPS - news - people ) Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores get free shipping and coupons as they accumulate purchase points on their store cards.
Given such high awareness, had it been managed effectively, instead of shrinking, I could see the brand possibly supporting a number of free standing Liz Claiborne stores both in the United States, Canada, and even Europe.
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Much of the balance of Penney stores are in free-standing locations, strip centers or downtowns.
The smart shoppers will plan ahead to hit stores on Tax Free Shopping Days, when the Department of Revenue partners with retailers to temporarily forgo sales tax on certain items such as clothing, electronics, and educational materials.
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Music lovers can access MOG's entire catalog of over 11 million songs, nearly everything you'd find in popular music download stores, for free, making it the easiest way to enjoy instant access to music with no installable client application and no credit card needed.
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As a part of this initiative, the retailer recently installed free Wi-Fi in its stores to allow access to its e-commerce.
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Penney, which plans to sell the linens and cookware in free-standing boutiques within its stores, is not a breach of contract.
At first, Walton was the only merchant offering free popcorn, but soon other stores began to imitate his tactic, and he lost that particular edge.
All apps will be available for free in the iOS and Android app stores.
Maureen Hinton, a retail analyst at Verdict Research, said out-of-town shopping centres with free parking and a wide range of stores gave consumers what they wanted.
Live chats, mobile apps and free tax prep at Wal-Mart Stores are in the mix this tax season, which kicks off Jan. 17, 2012, the first day the IRS will accept your tax forms.
The bus was built 15 years ago as part of an agreement with from Yoko Ono , and has traveled across the U.S. and Canada offering free workshop and tours at schools, stores and music festivals.
In early May, KFC president Roger Eaton, appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show and announced that participating stores were accepting coupons for a free two-piece grilled chicken meal through May 19.
Starting today, Lucid2 by LG will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com and will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores in the coming weeks for free with a new two-year service agreement.
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