The Company operate a series of retail and catering concessions in many travel locations, including major airports in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Their retail partners include concession outlets in airports with Brands such as Adidas, Farga and tuc tuc.
This week Sr Diego Rodriguez the company's sub-director for retail distribution, announced a series of tests in relation to the home delivery of goods purchased at Barcelona airport Terminal 1. The concept is to be known as "Nobags".
The purpose of these home delivery tests and the firm's ambition to expand this service derives from the change in the airport retail market and the "one bag rule" carry-on baggage rule imposed by airlines.
There is wide recognition that travellers are inhibited by the carry-on baggage rules, particularly those imposed by low-cost airlines such as Ryanair and that this is inhibiting airport retail sales. Areas intend to address this anomoly with their initiative by providing a home delivery service for their customers.
The Company wishes to use the scheme for the different types of passenger journey so that they can increase sales without the customer having to worry about carrying the goods on board the aircraft.
Within the European Union duty free and tax free sales do not exist, so goods purchased in Barcelona for another EU destination are tax paid. This means that deliveries can be made to any EU address without difficult customs regulations.
But, what this innovation demonstrates is that goods sold to travellers in Europe are better delivered on arrival than on departure as this avoids all the difficulties for travellers.
Areas suggested that the scheme could be extended to all major airports in Spain and perhaps beyond at a later stage.
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