Lambert-St. Louis Airport Picks Hudson JV; Ten-Year Contract Approved

Kids Works: For families traveling through the airport together, or for adults looking for the ideal gift for the youngsters in their lives, Kids Works is the answer. This is a fun, well-organized space, where youngsters are encouraged to try before they buy. Kids Works offers only quality, brand name items, sorted by age groups: interesting and exciting educational toys, crafts, travels games, plush, dolls, the latest fads, children’s books and licensed apparel. 

Said Joe DiDomizio, President & CEO of Hudson Group: “Our expert team of designers, merchandisers, marketers, concessions operators and developers canvassed the airport and the City to produce this proposal for innovative concessions at STL. We are proud to say that we have developed for the airport a concessions program that will exceed the core convenience needs of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport’s employees and travelers. Our 14 stores will offer a wide selection of fun, compelling and up-to-date retail brands and concepts -- local, regional, national and international names that will appeal both to residents and visitors to St. Louis, as called for in the solicitation.”

All the shops will be operated according to the highest standards of each brand. That means that associates are trained by brand personnel of Eddie Bauer, Bliss, and Natalie’s and as well as proprietary brands -- to ensure that they are well-versed in all aspects of the products, merchandising and marketing. Training goes on throughout the year, with frequent rewards to those associates who demonstrate the highest levels of sales and customer satisfaction.

About Hudson Group: Hudson Group, the largest duty-paid travel retailer in North America, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of international duty-free travel retailer Dufry AG (DUFN) of Basel, Switzerland. The company operates some 650 Hudson News, Hudson Booksellers, cafes,  specialty retail and duty free shops in 70 airports and transportation terminals in the United States and Canada, and additional newsstands in 12 more countries around the world. The combined Dufry/Hudson entity oversees over 1,160 stores in 46 countries and 160 airports and terminals.