East Rutherford, NJ – November 20, 2014 – HG LAX T6 JV, a joint venture led by premier travel retailer Hudson Group, has been awarded the contract to bring exciting new retail concepts to Los Angeles International Airport’s Terminal 6.
The team will debut a cutting edge LA-centric travel essentials concept called Market 8600 that was specifically matched to Westfield’s “The Boulevard” design theme. Market 8600 is a variation of Hudson Group’s highly successful Hudson convenience concept. The 2,100+ square foot store expands on the original concept with bold lighting and visual elements reminiscent of the 8600 block of LA’s Sunset Plaza, a chic two-block strip of fashionable boutiques and outdoor cafés nestled between Hollywood and Beverly Hills.
Explained Hudson Group President & CEO Joe DiDomizio: “Market 8600 demonstrates our designers’ ability to adapt the Hudson design to embrace a local theme, as they recently did in Dallas Love Field’s Hudson West End News. Outside, the LAX storefront’s digital display creates a dramatic, sophisticated LA neighborhood vibe. Inside, the store is pure ‘Hudson’ – the next generation travel essentials store that offers employees and travelers the items they need and the brands they trust.”
Also being introduced is the first ever Belkin electronics store in an airport. Locally headquartered in Los Angeles, Belkin brings local and international brand recognition. LA shoppers will find in this small kiosk a unique array of Belkin products and electronic accessories that meet the growing demands for portable power technology.
HG LAX T6 JV’s winning proposal for Package B was part of a recent competitive bid process by Westfield, the global developer at LAX. The win adds to the Hudson team’s existing array of news, gift, specialty retail shops and bookstores in Terminals 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT).
The newly formed joint venture team is comprised of HG-Concourse-Nixon, LLC and our locally based ACDBE partners, Stewart Manhattan Investments, Inc., Z Venture Capital Frontiers, Inc., Arandia Designs and MAJ Collection, Inc. HG-Concourse-Nixon, LLC is comprised of Hudson Group (HG) Retail, LLC and locally based partners, Concourse Ventures, Inc. and Norm Nixon & Associates, Inc.
At LAX, Hudson teams have recently opened a wide variety of stores, from luxury brands such as Coach and Bulgari to recognized LA icons such as Fred Segal, Magic Johnson Sports and the award-winning The Mattel Experience. We have also introduced state-of-the-art traveler’s convenience brands, from Hudson and Hudson News to “entertainment industry” concepts like The Hollywood Reporter, People News, E! News, and many more.
All of this investment and development has helped to transform LAX’s retail concessions program into a truly world class operation. Taken together, our retail stores, over 40 in all (19 in TBIT alone) have provided a dynamic mix of shopping excitement, world class brands and customer service, while delivering an authentic sense of place that is truly LA.
About Hudson Group:
Hudson Group, the largest duty-paid travel retailer in North America, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of international travel retailer Dufry AG (DUFN) of Basel, Switzerland. Hudson Group operates over 700 Hudson, Hudson News, Hudson Booksellers, cafes, specialty retail and duty free shops in 70 airports and transportation terminals in the United States and Canada. Dufry operates over 1,700 stores in more than 60 countries and 240 airports and transportation terminals around the world.
For more information, visit www.hudsongroup.com and www.dufry.com.
