Ritter Sport launches Travel Retail Edition Vegan Tower 5x 100g

Iconic German chocolate specialist Ritter Sport is getting the New Year off to a vegan start with a new travel retail exclusive. The Travel Retail Edition Vegan Tower 5x 100g set will launch globally in March this year offering three delicious varieties of non-dairy chocolate in a five-pack.

Made for everyone who wants a chocolate treat, but without the dairy content, the Ritter Sport TRE Vegan Tower certainly does not miss out on flavour!  Every vegan Ritter Sport colourful square is just as chocolatey and delicious as the regular varieties 

Ritter Sport’s Travel Retail Edition Vegan Tower offers three of the company’s 100g vegan bar offer, including two new flavours introduced on domestic markets in January 2023: Roasted Peanut and Salted Caramel. Ritter Sport has continuously increased its vegan product range in recent years, with sales more than doubling since 2018. Reason enough to offer a Travel Retail Edition. 

Travel Retail Edition NPD: Vegan Tower 5x100g:

“Vegan is here to stay and an increasing number of consumers – and therefore travellers – are looking for versions of familiar products that meet their dietary choices, for whatever reason they may be,” says Nicole Miltenberger, Ritter Sport Marketing MGMT Global Travel Retail. “Chocolate is certainly a key product within the vegan sphere and we are seeing consumer demand growing globally with 6 out of 10 consumers willing to increase their consumption of vegan or vegetarian confectionery – that is a trend that we expect to grow. It makes sense, therefore, to expand our travel retail offer – not just with a vegan offer, but one which has additional appeal by being exclusive to the channel.”

The new Travel Retail Edition Vegan Tower 5x100g offers three selected Ritter Sport Vegan varieties packed with the best ingredients and containing cocoa from 100% sustainable certified cocoa sources, encased in a colourful gift box. “When you eat chocolate, you want to enjoy it. Really enjoy it, with full flavour,” continues Miltenberger. “We have worked extremely hard to ensure that our TRE Vegan Tower will offer consumers exactly that, combining the three varieties that we believe will have the most traveller appeal.”

 

With Smooth Chocolate, Ritter Sport offers full taste without milk. Mild, creamy and yet still vegan.

The second flavour, Salted Caramel is all about sweet meets salty. Thanks to the crunchy caramel pieces and the slight hint of salt in the creamy-mild Ritter Sport almond-based chocolate, consumers don't have to choose between sweet and salty. 

And finally, Roasted Peanuts offers crunchy roasted and salted peanuts in  creamy-mild Ritter Sport almond-based chocolate. 

The Ritter Sport Vegan Tower is an ideal gift choice for all chocolate lovers with a passion for those who don‘t want to give up anything – especially not taste. The new TRE Vegan Tower is perfect for travellers on the go, for snacking before, in between, and afterwards.

About Ritter Sport

With around 40 different varieties, Ritter Sport has the right chocolate to suit any taste – from classics such as Alpine Milk Chocolate or Whole Hazelnuts to vegan or lactose-free and gluten-free varieties. For each of these varieties, Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG sources exclusively certified sustainable cocoa in its capacity as the first major chocolate bar manufacturer. Since 2020 Ritter has been a climate-neutral company. This is an example of the company’s purpose to do the right thing to create really good chocolate. Established in 1912, the family-owned company currently employs around 1,750 people and achieved sales of 505 million euros in 2021. In Germany, Ritter Sport enjoys 99% (supported) brand recognition but its colourful squares are in fact sold in more than 100 countries around the world.

Go Travel appoints Denz Van Der List VP of Sales as he returns to Global Travel Retail

Go Travel is pleased to announce the appointment of Denz Van Der List as the company’s new VP of Sales, effective 3 January 2023. 

Van Der List joins Go Travel in the newly created position, which will see the Miami-based travel retail sales specialist focus on expanding Go Travel’s presence in the US as well as key global markets. The appointment is part of the company’s strategy to push a more global presence in travel retail.   

“I am excited to start a new journey in this position. Go Travel is a great brand and I am looking forward to being a part of the global team,” said Van Der List. 

Further to a recent period as North America Commercial Director for Gate Gourmet, Van Der List will be returning to global travel retail. He has spent the last decade working in the travel retail industry including sales positions with travel accessories brands Cabeau and CabinZero. 

“We are delighted to be working with Denz as the company ramps up its global distribution; both domestic and international travellers are our targets in 2023,” said Glenn Rogers, Vice Chairman of Go Travel. 

Go Travel’s latest sales appointment comes at a time when the company is aggressively targeting growth in Asia, Middle East and continuing to expand in the Americas. 

Porsche Design unveils new Travel Retail Exclusive combining minimalistic design with market-leading functionality

Optimize function. Reduce the form right down to the essentials. Overcome the familiar to continually discover new and exceptional solutions. That is the vision that founder Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche realized with the creation of the legendary Porsche 911. 

Today, that maxim is consistently followed by Porsche Design as the company creates frames which stand for the perfect harmony of purist design, functionality, perfection and precision.

A new Travel Retail Exclusive - the P'8927T

In homage to one of the most sold Porsche Design eyewear shapes, the luxury brand now presents the P'8927T, as an exclusive release for the travel retail sector. The slightly square sunglasses are a fresh interpretation of the iconic Squared Aviator Shape, with a somewhat flatter and wider form to create a perfect international fit. The soft double bridge embodies the perfect balance between a modern and classic design to create an effect which is striking despite the filigree stainless steel frame. 

The minimalist stainless-steel frame and the almost straight Base-2-lenses give the sunglasses a very modern oversize look and the sophisticated black matte shade creates a real statement-piece. Comfort is delivered thanks to the particularly lightweight temples, which are made of the high-performance material RXP®, which delivers an extremely precise and functional finish. 

Thanks to the innovative VISION DRIVE™ Lens Technology, the high-quality polarized lenses offer the best vision on wet and slippery surfaces by reducing reflections and glare, thus enabling an optimal driving experience even in difficult light conditions. This innovation speaks to a growing demand from shoppers for items which provide practical and health benefits, as well as timeless style.

Rodenstock Director Global Retail Lucas Gestin said: “We are delighted to be bringing this fresh exclusive release to the travel retail market. A new take on one of Porsche Design’s most popular and classic models, the P'8927T meets the needs of customers who are seeking something truly standout and unique in the travel retail market, while also delivering the highest standards of design, style and materials.”

The P'8927T is available exclusively in selected duty free shops from 1st of January 2023.

WILLIAM GRANT INTRODUCES GLENFIDDICH PERPETUAL COLLECTION POP-UP AT TAIWAN TAOYUAN AIRPORT

William Grant has partnered with Ever Rich Duty Free and Tasa Meng to introduce its Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection to Taiwanese travel retail. To support the launch, the brand’s ground-breaking immersive Perpetual Collection pop-up concept has been installed at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport Terminal 2. The event is running at the location from 8th December to 28th February.

“Taiwan is an educated market, well known for its sophisticated connoisseurs who understand the significance of craft, and have long enjoyed premium whisky offerings,” noted Quentin Job, William Grant & Sons Regional Director, GTR – Asia Pacific & Middle East. “Single malts are enduringly popular, and now account for around 70% of total whisky sales, so naturally we see significant opportunities here for our travel retail exclusive Perpetual Collection – especially as Glenfiddich is such an established, favourite brand among discerning Taiwanese consumers. 

“This collection is Glenfiddich’s biggest launch in global travel retail in the last decade, and is perfectly timed to capitalise on the opening up of Asia, and the Taiwanese travel retail recovery. The significant investment we have made to launch The Perpetual Collection across both airport terminals – supported by the installation of our immersive pop-up discovery experience in T2 – is a testament to our support of, and confidence in, this key market.”

Featuring four single malt whiskies, each matured within vats that have never been emptied, adding continuous layers to flavours, The Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection began its global travel retail roll-out in August 2022. The corresponding immersive pop-up concept made its debut in Singapore Changi Airport, in association with Lotte Duty Free, in September. Subsequent airport locations have included Amsterdam Schiphol and Miami International.

“To provide valuable and delightful shopping experiences is important to Ever Rich, so we are very excited to partner with William Grant to launch The Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection in Taiwan travel retail,” noted Ever Rich Duty Free Vice President Patricia Wang. “The Taiwanese are one of the top consumers of single malts in the world, and are happy to pay a premium for high quality, exclusive products. It’s a real pleasure to introduce this unique collection in-store.”

“The initial sales results have been extremely promising,” added Gary Chau, General Manager of Tasa Meng Duty Free. “Now that the Taiwan borders are open, international travellers are excited to see this pop-up shop, which has proved hugely effective at engaging travellers, and maximising the awareness and visibility of this innovative new single malt collection.”

Every traveller that enters the pop-up at Taiwan Taoyuan has their movements captured by motion sensors and projected in waves of colour onto a digital screen, thereby creating a unique piece of evolving generative art that references the pioneering Solera Vat process by which the whisky is made. Guided by a Brand Ambassador, pop-up visitors are then invited to sample the four distinctive Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection expressions.

“We are thrilled by the traveller response to the Taiwanese launch of the Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection,” concluded Job. “We have received a lot of great comments about the vibrant packaging design, and of course about the new whiskies themselves, all of which are exceptional liquids with distinctly different flavour profiles, created using our special Solera Vat maturation process. 

“Our pop-up personalisation service, which allows travellers to customise their chosen bottle with a written or recorded message via QR code, has also proved especially popular for Christmas and Chinese New Year gifting.”

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ABOUT GLENFIDDICH

Founded in Dufftown, Scotland by innovator William Grant, Glenfiddich first ran from the stills on Christmas Day, 1887. Adopting revolutionary methods and practices Grant’s maverick attitude to whisky production saw Glenfiddich excel for over a hundred and thirty years, becoming the first single malt whisky to be promoted outside of Scotland, and ultimately, the best-selling and most awarded single malt whisky in the world. While Glenfiddich is now sold in over 180 countries across the world, the brand is one of the few single malt distilleries to remain entirely family-owned and is still produced in the same distillery which William Grant and his children hand-built. 

William Grant, founder of Glenfiddich, was one of the pillars of the Dufftown community in 1887. He is most famous for owning his own distillery, but he also had a wide range of interests beyond whisky. He was a Major in the local Volunteer Militia (forerunner of the Territorial Army), which was a popular activity throughout Banffshire in the Victorian era. He was also Precentor (the person who led the singing in church) at their local Dufftown church. As time went on, he was one of the biggest employers in the area.