Reina said:
What are duty free shops?
Duty-free shops are generally located in airport terminals and offer international travellers good prices on items like high-end merchandise, liquor & cigarettes. Here's info from the company website:
A Brief History of DFS
Duty free shopping was in its infancy when two American entrepreneurs, Charles Feeney and Robert Miller, created what is now DFS on November 7, 1960.
DFS started operations in Hong Kong and spread to Europe and other places around the globe. Securing the exclusive concession for duty free sales in Hawaii in the early 1960s created a business breakthrough for DFS, and the company was positioned to focus on the emerging Japanese traveler.
DFS continued to innovate, expanding into off-airport duty free stores and large downtown Galleria stores and grew to become the world’s largest travel retailer.
In 1996, LVMH Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton acquired the interests of Mr. Feeney and two other shareholders and today jointly owns DFS with Mr. Miller.
DFS continues to be the largest travel retailer in the world with its operating divisions clustered into two geographic groups. The U.S. Group is headquartered in Honolulu and includes Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, Palau, and the U.S. Mainland. The Asia Group is headquartered in Singapore with operations in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bali, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Okinawa, and New Caledonia