Dubai Duty Free has completed three-decades of retailing and its sales jumped to 1.8 billion in 2013, compared to its sales of the first full year of operations at 20 million, showing a remarkable increase of nearly nine thousand times. Established on December 20, 1983, the Dubai Duty Free (DDF) continued significant increases in its annual sales every year till now and has become one of the leading airport retailers in the world. It crossed the 100 million mark sales in 1992, touched 500 million in 2004, and crossed 1 billion in 2008. The trend shows DDF will easily cross the 2 billion sales milestones next year with the help of new space at Al Maktoum International Airport. DDF marked its 30th anniversary in style on December 20 with a new daily sales record of Dh111.88 million as the airport retailer extended up to 30 per cent discounts on a wide range of products.