free shop founded 1865 headquarters basel switzerland number of locations 2 200 area served worldwide key people juan carlos torres carretero chairman juli n diaz ceo products consumer goods revenue us 4.1 billion 2013 net income us 168.2 million 2013 number of employees 28 853 2015 website www.dufry.com . dufry ag is a swiss based travel retailer operating around 2 200 duty free and duty paid shops in airports cruise lines seaports railway stations and central tourist areas . dufry employs almost 29 000 people . the company headquartered in basel switzerland operates in over 60 countries worldwide . contents 1 history 2 location 3 references 4 external links history edit the company owns stores at airports railway stations and ports and operates concessions onboard airlines and cruise ships . milestones and history 2015 acquisition of world duty free 1 2014 acquisition of the nuance group 2 2012 acquisition of 51 % of joint venture with regstaer group in russia . acquisition of 51 % of travel retail operations of folli follie group in greece 2011 acquisitions of retail companies within argentina uruguay ecuador martinique and armenia involve 21 duty free shops split between ten airports 2010 merger of dufry ltd. with dufry south america ltd. 2008 acquisition of us based travel retailer hudson group with 550 shops in 69 airports and transportation terminals in the united states and canada . 2007 acquisition of one of the main travel retail operator in the caribbean based in puerto rico with 23 shops in puerto rico and other caribbean locations . 2006 initial public offering of dufry south america ltd. dsa in december . trading of the shares on the brazilian and luxembourg stock exchanges . acquisition of the brazilian travel retailer brasif and its logistic platform eurotrade dufry makes a quantum leap in south america . 2005 dufry becomes a publicly listed company its shares being listed on swx swiss exchange . acquisition of the remaining 25 % share capital from previous shareholders by a consortium led by advent international corporation . change of logo corporate design . 2004 consortium led by advent international corporation acquires 75 % of outstanding share capital of dufry . focusing of strategy on travel retail divestment of wholesale and non strategic activities february . 2003 name changes to dufry . 1952 start of duty free retail business opening of the first duty free shop in continental europe in paris le bourget . 1948 start of duty free wholesale business . 1865 origin of the group . location edit some of the principal locations of the company are guarulhos international airport s o paulo brazil ; kempegowda international airport bangalore india benito ju rez international airport mexico city mexico ; malpensa international airport italy ; all of milan s railway stations italy ; belgrade airport serbia ; sharjah international airport united arab emirates ; tunis carthage international airport tunisia ; mohammed v international airport casablanca morocco ; sheremetyevo international airport moscow russia ; alexandria borg el arab international airport egypt ; sharm el sheikh airport egypt . the company is listed on the six swiss exchange ticker dufn and bm & f bovespa ticker dagb33 . references edit ward carol march 30 2015 . dufry to acquire world duty free airport revenue news arn . www.airportrevenuenews.com . airport revenue news arn . retrieved 13 june 2016 . http www.bloomberg.com news 2014 06 04 dufry agrees to purchase nuance group for 1 55 billion francs.html annual report 2012 index.html annual report 2014 external links edit dufry.com duty free dufry brazil hudson group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dufry & oldid 739421938 categories retail companies of switzerlandretail companies of brazilcompanies listed on the s o paulo stock exchangecompanies established in 18651865 establishments in switzerlandcompanies based in baselduty free shops navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 15 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view