Article: United Kingdom: Furla invests in travel retail operations - 23/10/08.

Byline: kusumv03

Italian leathergoods company Furla has unveiled the extent of its expansion and investment in the travel retail sector following the creation of its Travel Retail Division at the end of 2006. This year, Furla has opened new stores in airports such as Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Paris Charles de Gaulle T2E, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Munich, Sao Paulo, Madrid Terminal 3 Schengen in Spain and Istanbul. The company has also restyled its shops in Venice, Turin and Milan Linate, and will open a shop in Lyons by the end of 2008, as well as in Puerto Rico in March 2009.

Commenting on the expansion strategy, Furla CEO Paolo Fontanelli said: We are improving the ...

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