Dubai: Pure Gold Jewellers said recently it had posted a 20 per cent sales increase in the first quarter this year compared to the last quarter 2009 at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
The increase was based on sales at the three terminals where Abu Dhabi Duty Free operates comparing 2009's fourth quarter sales with first quarter 2010 results.
According to Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), duty free sales at Abu Dhabi International Airport, increased by 26.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2010 with passenger numbers up by 13.8 per cent, over the first quarter 2009.
‘Encouraging'
"We are pleased to announce an increase in jewellery sales at our Abu Dhabi International Airport travel retail outlets in the first quarter of 2010. This has been due to the growing number of tourists visiting the UAE capital as well as an increase in the number of transit passengers, and of course due to the return of consumer confidence in buying jewellery," Karim Merchant, CEO and managing director of Pure Gold Jewellers, said in a statement.
Pure Gold Jewellers operates the gold and diamond jewellery stores in the three terminals covered by Abu Dhabi Duty Free.
Huraiz Bin Huraiz, chief commercial officer of Abu Dhabi Airport Company, said: "Abu Dhabi Airports Company has been working with Pure Gold as its exclusive Gold and Jewellery concessionaire since 2008 and we are extremely pleased that, in that time, a continued and corresponding rise in Abu Dhabi International's passenger traffic has also translated into encouraging sales growth."
