East Rutherford, NJ - November 21, 2011 - Victoria's Secret, the leading specialty retailer of lingerie and beauty products, will open its first Victoria's Secret Beauty & Accessories in British Columbia at YVR, in partnership with premier travel retailer Hudson Group. Hudson operates two Victoria's Secret shops in New York's JFK International Airport. ...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - November 21, 2011 - A partnership team led by premier travel retailer Hudson Group has received approval from Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) and the Clark County Commission to develop space in the airport's Concourse D rotunda into a specialty retail shopping mall. ...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - October 21, 2011 - Hudson Booksellers, a brand unit of travel retailer Hudson Group, has announced its list of the Best Books published in 2011. Hudson Group, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry, AG of Basel, Switzerland, operates 70 full-service bookstores and also sells books in over 400 Hudson News newsstands in airports and transportation terminals throughout North America. ...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - August 15, 2011 - A joint venture composed of Hudson Group; Concourse Ventures, Inc.; and two Airport Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (ACDBE) -- Epicure Group International, LLC; and Martinez Niebla, LLC -- was selected by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority for two retail concessions packages in San Diego International Airport's (SAN) recent Request for Proposals solicitation. ...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - July 12, 2011 - Premier travel retailer Hudson Group, perhaps best known for its Hudson News newsstand brand, has opened the first free-standing Juicy Couture airport store in New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The 700 square foot store, located adjacent to Hudson's Tumi luggage shop in British Airways Terminal 7, joins Juicy's existing roster of some 120 mall and street stores and several of airport shop-in-shops. Hudson will operate the JFK store under a licensing agreement with Juicy Couture. ...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ – June 3, 2011 – Anthony W. Brown, an attorney, government official and business executive with broad experience in air transportation and business diversity, has been named Vice President, Partner Relations & Business Diversity for Hudson Group. ...Read More >>>
At a recent industry awards dinner emceed by Hudson Group President & CEO Joe DiDomizio, Hudson was recognized as the best concessionaire in three separate categories - Best News & Gift Operator, Best New Specialty Retail Concept (Travel + Leisure) and Best Store Design (Rock n Roll Hall of Fame store in Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
The awards came at the end of the 2011 Airport Revenue News magazine annual conference. The awards were the result of an industry-wide poll of airport executives.
East Rutherford, NJ - October 20, 2010 - An ownership team comprised of four local Los Angeles companies, plus premier travel retailer Hudson Group - and anchored by the power of Earvin "Magic" Johnson - has been selected by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to refresh the retail concessions program in four terminals of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). In addition to Hudson Group, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry, AG of Basel, Switzerland, the partners include Magic Johnson Enterprises, Concourse Ventures, The Zaman Group and Soto & Sanchez. Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - January 27, 2010 - In response to the international disaster in Haiti, Hudson has placed Lexan drop boxes on store counters for the collection of customers' loose change. A card inserted at the top of the collection box asks customers to donate their change and explains that Hudson will match their donation to the American Red Cross for the relief of Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake on January 12...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - January 27, 2010 - A Hudson News associate in Richmond International Airport found a unique way to celebrate Hudson's "Year of the Customer" - by taking part in saving a customer's life. Here is how the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported the story on January 27, 2010...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - July 27, 2009 - Premier travel retailer Hudson Group has opened a Victoria's Secret travel concept store in New York's JFK International Airport Terminal 4. The 641-square-foot shop is located pre-Security, and is currently Victoria's Secret's only travel concept store at an airport in the United States...Read More >>>
New York, NY - July 7, 2009 - Two powerhouse travel brands have combined to create an exciting new travel-themed retail store in airports. Leading travel magazine Travel + Leisure, published by American Express Publishing Corporation...Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - May 15, 2009 - Travel retailer Hudson Group has been awarded a new contract to provide a variety of news/gift and specialty retail offerings in Terminal 1, Boarding Area "C" of San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - April 29, 2009 - Travel retailer Hudson Group and its partners have been awarded an extension of their current contract at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS)... Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - September 4, 2008 - Hudson Group has signed an agreement to merge with Dufry, the global travel retailer based in Basel, Switzerland. Since December 2007, Hudson has been majority owned by the Boston-based private... Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - August 28, 2008 - Riding tandem with one of Nashville's most popular retailers, Boswell's Harley-Davidson, travel retailer Hudson Group has opened a unique specialty store in Nashville International Airport (BNA)... Read More >>>
Flexplay Entertainment has signed an exclusive retail distribution agreement with Hudson Group, making Hudson the exclusive retailer of Flexplay No-Return DVD Rental in airports and transportation terminals throughout the U.S. and Canada. Read More >>>
Good Scouts - Representing 25,000 boys and girls served by the Queens Council, Boy Scouts of America, these members of Troop 17 honored Hudson President and CEO Joseph DiDomizio (center, right) with their "Good Scout" Award on August 12. Also honored was Ed Bastian, President and CFO, Delta Air Lines. The luncheon was attended by many members of the New York area aviation community.Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - June 17, 2008 - A joint venture partnership that includes Hudson Group, the nation's leading transportation retailer, has won a competitive bid to provide all the retail concession services (10 stores in total) at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE). The contract, awarded by landlord BAA USA, Inc. on behalf of the airport, has a term of seven years.Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - June 4, 2008 - Hudson Group, the nation's leading transportation retailer, has selected Michael S. Levy, a career retail executive with strong systems skills, to lead the company's merchandise initiatives. Levy will serve Hudson's 550-plus store, $630 million enterprise as Chief Merchandising Officer (CMO) and Senior Vice President of Merchandising.Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - December 17, 2007 - Travel retailer Hudson Group has signed a definitive agreement with global private equity firm Advent International, based in Boston, making Advent the majority owner. The introduction of Advent will support a variety of exciting growth opportunities for Hudson.Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - April 1, 2008 - Hudson News, the nation's only national newsstand brand, hosted Willie L. Brown, Jr., Texan and former mayor of San Francisco, at the signing his new book, "Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times" at a Hudson News newsstand at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Monday, April 7.Read More >>>
East Rutherford, NJ - February 13, 2008 - Hudson Group and its joint venture partners have teamed with country music's CMT to create the network's first ever retail store, CMT Loot, at Nashville International Airport (BNA). The distinctly Nashville store located in Concourse C will showcase the network's genuine love for all things "country" with a line of authentic CMT apparel, CDs, DVDs and other Nashville memorabilia to airport travelers and employees.Read More >>>