The Chic Outlet Shopping Villages by Value
Retail have announced 2011 third quarter sales which report a 78%
increase in visitors from South East Asia to its Villages.
This increase resulted in a 54% growth in
tax refunded sales compared to the same period in 2010.
Value Retail recorded the highest number of
visitors to the Chic Outlet Shopping Villages from China, followed
by the Middle East and Russia, with Hong Kong representing the
fifth most popular shopping nation after South East Asia.
Kildare Village near Dublin and Bicester Village
near London proved to be the most popular with visitors from South
East Asia according to the latest tax-free figures.
The third quarter of 2011 also revealed that the
average spend for each refunded transaction of shoppers from
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia combined increased by
3%, just exceeding the average global customer spend of €275.
Arjen Kruger, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer of
Global Blue said, “In the first three quarters of 2011 the Chic
Outlet Shopping Villages, by Value Retail, achieved outstanding
results with an increase of 65% in Global Blue tax refunded sales
compared to the same period in 2010. The Villages have
consolidated their strong appeal both to nationalities that have a
tradition of international travel as well as the emerging markets,
demonstrating further the quality of the Chic Outlet Shopping
offer.”
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