Dufry

Dufry
Dufry AG
Type Public BM&F Bovespa: DUFB11)
Traded as SIX: DUFN
Industry Duty-free shop
Founded (1985)
Headquarters Basel, Switzerland
Number of locations 1,140 (December 2010)[1]
Area served Worldwide
Key people Juan Carlos Torres Carretero, (Chairman)
Julián Diaz, (CEO)
Products Consumer Goods
Revenue increase US$ 2.0 billion (2008)
Employees 11.200
Website www.dufry.com.

Dufry AG (SIX: DUFN / BM&F Bovespa: DUFB11) is a global duty free operations in 42 countries. The company that is based in Basel, Switzerland.

The company operates more than 1000 shops located at airports, cruise liners, seaports and other touristic locations

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History

This company was owned by Patrick Laurent until March 2004 when it was sold to a joint venture led by Advent Mexico. This Worldwide company owns stores in airports, train stations, ports, airlines and cruise ships.

In 2008, Dufry purchased the Hudson Group.

Location

Some of the principal locations of the company are: Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico, Malpensa International Airport, Italy, All of Milan's train stations, Italy, Belgrade Airport, Serbia, Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates, Tunis-Carthage International Airport, Tunisia, Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, Hong Kong International Airport, Alexandria Borg EL arab International airport.

The company is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (ticker: DUFN).

Incorporation of Dufry South America

In january 2010 Dufry merged with Dufry South America(DSA), their subsidiary in South America, becoming only one company, thus Dufry begins to be listed in the BM&F Bovespa, the São Paulo Stock Exchange, taking the place that was the DSA.

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