IRAQ. Financial Links-owned Iraq Duty Free has opened its latest store at the Iraqi Airways-dedicated Departures Terminal at Baghdad International Airport. The facility complements a new Arrivals Terminal, which opened in March.
The store opened on 17 December with an updated design, new space for key categories and a series of shop-in-shops across 508sq m (see video from the day of inauguration above). Fashion & accessories is a particular focus of the store. New brands include Samsonite, Lacoste and ST Dupont among others. There is also a wider sunglasses offer, an improved electronics range and a special area for wines & spirits.
Iraq Duty Free General Manager Fouad Jabbour told The Moodie Davitt Report: “With the newly opened store, after renovation we experienced an immediate increase of 35% over last December. We are sure that the growth will continue throughout 2019.”
Iraq Duty Free is building on a contract extension captured in 2017 with investment at its key airport locations. The company – the exclusive duty free retailer at Iraq’s major airports of Baghdad, Basra and Sulaimaniyah – will now run the duty free shops at these airports until March 2029.
