Retail
day amounting to sales of Dhs106.80
million (US$29.26 million) in the 24-hour
period.
Reflecting on another memorable year
at Dubai Duty Free, Colm McLoughlin,
Executive Vice Chairman and CEO said:
“We are pleased to announce such a
positive year in 2018, which marked
our 35th anniversary and the crossing
of the US$2 billion mark. The entire
team at Dubai Duty Free has worked
hard to provide passengers with a
first-class shopping experience at both
Dubai International and Al Maktoum
International and I join our Chairman,
H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al
Maktoum, in thanking them for their
efforts.”
The five top selling categories for
the year included Liquor followed by
Perfumes, Cigarettes, Cosmetics and
Electronics. Sales of Perfumes reached
Dhs1.101 billion (US$301.6 million),
and contributed 14.97% towards
total sales. Meanwhile, Cosmetics
recorded sales of Dhs762.43 million
(US$208.88 million) and Electronics
sales reached Dhs595.32 million
(US$163.1 million) with these two
categories showing an impressive
increase of 21.77% and 8.82% year-
on-year, respectively.
Sales of Watches, which
held sixth position, rose by
2.66% to Dhs531.56 million
(US$145.63 million) and accounted
for 7.23% of annual sales. Gold
followed with sales of Dhs489.86
million (US$134.21 million),
accounting for 6.66% of total sales
while Confectionery recorded sales of
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