Avolta, a Swiss-based travel retail company which operates duty-free and duty-paid shops and convenience stores in airports across the world has disclosed that it has invested over $5 million in Nigeria’s aviation industry since 2015. Abdeslam Agzoul, CEO for Avolta, Middle East and Africa who disclosed this during the official inauguration of its duty-free stores at the new terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Lagos said the investments of over $5 million include its duty-free stores, innovations, infrastructures and products. Agzoul said the company which has operated in Nigeria since 2015 has stores at Lagos and Abuja airports.
He also disclosed that the company has also invested in training its personnel and brought to Nigeria, international and highly known brands in perfume, cosmetics, alcohol, food, fashion and other categories. He expressed his excitement about its newly launched stores, adding that the new generation store integrates the latest technology such as the self-checkout tools which facilitate sales and purchases for the customers. During his speech, Agzoul thanked the company’s local partner, Olivier Meyer of Marport Services Nigeria Ltd.
On the company’s Destination 2027 strategy, he said, “We have a strategy called ‘Destination 2027’ and one of its pillars is the travel retail customer focus. We aim to be customer-centric. “We have over 50 staff in Nigeria.
We have very young staff. We want to strengthen our presen.
