Blueprint’s collaborative approach to helping airports, operators and brands navigate market shifts is built around knowledge transfer.
Since 2016 we have delivered key notes, participated in panel debates and facilitated conferences at leading Travel Retail industry events:
• Airport Council International (ACI) Commercial & Retail Forum
• ACI Europe Commercial Forum
• ACI Europe Innovation Forum
• Nordic Travel Retail (NTRG) seminars
• TRBusiness Consumer Forum
• Tax Free World Association Exhibition & Conference
We collaborate with leading Travel Retail trade press on addressing megatrends.
Gen Z – the world’s first digital natives - will become the biggest travelling profile in 2028, representing 1.2 billion shoppers (Global Travel Retail Magazine, 2024).
Artificial Intelligence is changing the Travel Retail experience in new and unforeseen ways. The AI market is forecasted to grow from $200 billion in 2024 to $800 billion by 2030.
Experiential Retail is significantly more relevant to travelling shoppers than pricing advantage which has dropped in importance from 30% to13% between 2019-2024.
Sustainability matters. Research shows that 62% of Gen-Z shoppers prefer to buy from sustainable brands, and 73% will pay a premium for sustainable products (Forbes, 2024).
Extraordinary Hospitality - an emotional bond between travelling shoppers and industry stakeholders – it transcends having the right product at the right price. Duty-free pricing on its own is no longer enough to excite shoppers.
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New Technologies enable self-service security screens, facial recognition, prebooked security time slots, digital parking to in-store theft detection, online live shopping, retail store performance insights and much more. These developments contribute significantly towards a seamless airport travel experience.
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