We feature highlights from this week’s Moodie Davitt Report WeChat Official Account, with our follower base climbing steadily to 5,818.
Feb 7, 2025 - 12:48
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CHINA. We are pleased to bring readers a summary of recent posts on The Moodie Davitt Report’s WeChat Official Account as the platform continues to grow strongly in China, with stories posted in Mandarin and English.
The Moodie Davitt Report offers unrivalled Chinese language coverage of key China-related stories, anchored by our dual WeChat platforms – our weekly Moodie Davitt Account (currently with an impressive 5,818 followers) and Moodie Davitt Report China Travel Retail Express, which publishes daily.
Scan the QR codes via WeChat to visit our dual platforms. The Moodie Davitt Report is the only global travel retail title to publish on WeChat. Stories related to the Chinese and international travel retail sector at home and abroad are featured in this unrivalled service. For native content opportunities please contact Zhang Yimei (China) at Yimei@MoodieDavittReport.com or Irene Revilla (International) at Irene@MoodieDavittReport.com. For editorial please reach out to Martin Moodie at Martin@MoodieDavittReport.com
Moodie Davitt WeChat is curated under the direction of Penelope Zhou, our Hong Kong-based Chinese Editor, and company Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie, also in Hong Kong. The Special Administrative Region is also the base for our Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking Associate Director, Events, Vincci Chung.
The Moodie Davitt Report Hong Kong team: (From left) Vincci Chung, Penny Zhou and Martin Moodie
They are supported in Hainan by Chief China Representative Zhang Yimei, former Deputy General Manager at Hainan Tourism Investment Duty Free Co (HTDF), who heads our Moodie Davitt Hainan-based entity, which publishes Moodie Davitt China Travel Retail Express. Dachang Wang, who had spent two years with HTDF as Brand Manager, serves as Editor of Moodie Davitt China Travel Retail Express reporting to Zhang Yimei.
The Moodie Davitt Report is the only international travel retail media title to offer a WeChat service. Our platforms complement the strong and growing Chinese readership of our English language service.
High class in Hainan: Pictured from left are Zhang Yimei and Dachang WangFor native content enquiries, international companies should contact Publisher Irene Revilla at Irene@MoodieDavittReport.com while Chinese brands can contact Yimei Zhang at Yimei@MoodieDavittReport.com.
You can see highlights below from our latest edition. 本周热点资讯一览如下。
Ongoing restructure: Luxury group LVMH has bought subsidiary DFS Group’s interest in Parisian downtown store La Samaritaine as part of the travel retailer’s ongoing restructuring. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.Key extension to Chinese travel retail ecosystem: Wangfujing Group has been awarded a contract to operate a pre-departure downtown duty-free store in Changsha, Hunan. Clickhere for our WeChat story andhere for our original English version. ‘Gifts of Pure Magic’: Estée Lauder Travel Retail and China Duty Free are celebrating the success of an ambitious pop-up campaign held in Hainan last December to celebrate the key year-end holiday season. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version. Immersive animation: Rémy Cointreau has released a limited-edition Louis XIII Cognac coffret to celebrate Chinese New Year, supported by key Asian pop-ups until February end. Click herefor our WeChat story and here for our original English version.Historic moment: In a landmark occasion, Wangfujing Duty Free on 24 January soft launched its store at Harbin Taiping International Airport. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.Sales spike: Total duty-free retail sales (excluding inflight) rose almost +24% month-on-month in December but eased -3.8% year-on-year to KRW1,257,963,198,484 (US$874.7 million), according to latest Korea Duty Free Association figures. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.Cross-category ratings: The Moodie Davitt Report is pleased to publish our popular Jessica’s Secret Index for December covering wines & spirits, fragrances, makeup, skincare, confectionery, bags, watches and jewellery. Click here for our WeChat story and here for our original English version.China Trading Desk: Data-driven marketing agency China Trading Desk forecasts between 2.2 million and 2.6 million Chinese travellers will head overseas across this China New Year holiday period, which began on 28 January (New Year’s Eve). Click herefor our WeChat story and here for our original English version.
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