Dubai Duty Free’s nine month sales up 12%

Dubai Duty Free sales reached Dh4.65 billion ($1.27 billion) in the first nine months of this year, an increase of 12 per cent over the same period last year, putting it on track for year-end sales of Dhs6.6 billion. Strong growth was recorded across the Terminals, with sales in Terminal 3 rising by 17 per cent year- to- date to Dhs2.94 billion ($805 million) and accounting for 63 per cent of total DDF turnover. Terminal 2, which accounts for 7.6 per cent of turnover, saw sales rise by 22 per cent to Dhs352 million ($96.5 million) year to date. Terminal 1, which accounts for 28 per cent of total turnover recorded nine month sales of Dhs1.3 billion ($358.5 million). Category wise, perfumes, liquor and gold retained the top three positions with perfumes in particular showing strong growth with a sales increase of 17 per cent to Dh738 million ($202 million) for the first nine months of the year.