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Ready for a Sales & Marketing challenge in US airports?
New Opportunities in Travel Retail! Are you ready for a Sales & Marketing challenge in US airports? SPARK is pleased to promote these exciting positions in Travel Retail at the following locations: Sales Promoter
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2022 Summit of the Americas
Join SPARK at the 2022 Summit of the Americas. The Summit of the Americas is the International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores annual show and will return as an in-person event! The International Association of Airport Duty
Ready for a Sales & Marketing challenge in US airports?
New Opportunities in Travel Retail! Are you ready for a Sales & Marketing challenge in US airports? SPARK is pleased to promote these exciting positions in Travel Retail at the following locations: Sales Promoter - Newark Liberty Airport, NJ
Join SPARK at the Virtual Travel Retail Expo October 11-15
The Virtual Travel Retail Expo is a pioneering virtual trade show and symposium designed to both mirror and enhance a real conference and exhibition. Entering its second year, the expo has already established itself as the largest virtual event
Virtual Summit of the Americas Summary
Virtual Summit of the Americas Summary For a comprehensive recap of the Virtual Summit of the Americas, grab a coffee and a comfy chair and get ready to scroll in every direction. Here are some of our favourite sessions that speak to the most salient points around the
Upcoming Travel Retail Career Sessions
Join SPARK for a virtual information session on careers in travel retail.
Learn what opportunities are available, why a career in travel retail is a great choice, what to expect at interviews and how to tailor your resume to get noticed and get hired. Take advantage of this unique timing to position yourself for an exciting career with brands like
Coty, Estée Lauder, Kiehl’s, Jo Malone, Shiseido, Dior, Bulgari, Hermes and many others. Stay tuned for our next event!
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If ever there was a time to collaborate and align our strengths, it is now.
“If ever there was a time to collaborate and align our strengths, it is now” – SPARK President Heidi Van Roon sounds rallying call ahead of Summit of the
Turning a Page in the History Books
“Turning a page in the history books” – Heidi Van Roon on elevating the sales profession to a new level By Colleen Morgan [email protected] Source: ©The Moodie Davitt Report
Sparking a New Airport Retail Staffing Solution for Maximising Sales
Heidi Van Roon on sparking a new airport retail staffing solution for maximizing sales By Mark Lane: [email protected] Source: ©The Moodie Davitt Report 18 March 2021 Spark Group of
SPARK shortlisted for the 2021 DFNI Americas Awards Team of the Year
We are delighted to announce that SPARK has been shortlisted for the 2021 DFNI Americas Awards Team of the Year category. Jessie, Sabrina, Agnes, Candy, Maggie, Shannon, Holly, Fanni, Jenny and
The New Brand Partner Program
Brand Partner Program We are pleased to introduce the Brand Partner Program which is quickly gaining attention on social media and in the Travel Retail publications serving North America. This program
Virtual Summit of the Americas
How can the Travel Retail Industry begin to recover from the most complex crisis in history? These and many other questions will be covered at the upcoming Virtual Summit of
Stars of 2020
Coverage from the Moodie Davitt Report: Stars of 2020: Heidi Van Roon’s retail heroines Spark hope amid the gloom of COVID-19: Continuing our Stars of 2020 series, we see how the brand ambassadors trained for airport retail by the SPARK Group of Companies and their leader have kept smiling behind the mask, in this most challenging of years.
Brands and Retail Theatre: A Bigger or Lesser Choice?
Watch the webinar hosted by Peter Marshall, TRUnblocked and our own Heidi Van Roon discuss airport and travel retail.
Adapting The Front Line Team for the Retail Revolution
The roles of all customer-facing staff have become more important than ever. Market shifts that once spanned a decade have happened in six short months. The retail industry, and particularly luxury travel retail is undergoing an unprecedented revolution and we are at the very beginning of it. It is a time for retailers and brands to adapt to every customer-facing function. With retailers restructuring, the onus will be on brands to ensure a people-positive experience for their customers.