U.S. Airport Shops Go Posh
Filed under: Wings
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal covered
the high end shopping in airports both in the U.S. and abroad. Brands like Prada, Louis Vuitton, Sephora and Versace
have stores in airports.%uFFFD While foreign airports have often ample shopping, the U.S. has been slow to catch up
because U.S. shoppers haven't really expressed a big interest in airport shopping. But the trend is shifting, in May,
French jeweler Cartier opened a shop at New York's JFK airport and Terminal A/B at Baltimore/Washington International
has the first airport location of menswear chain Jos. A. Bank Clothiers. It's part of an overall trend of making
American airports more luxurious. Recently we have seen an increase inairport spas and fine dining in U.S. airports but I
wonder if Americans are really ready to shop in domestic airports (although we seem more than happy to do it overseas).
The article suggests that the fact that prices for simple items like gum and water are so deeply inflated that Americans
may fear they won't get a good deal in boutiques but I'm not certain that's the only reason. Do you shop in airports and
if not, why not?
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