Dubai Duty Free reports record sales

Dubai Duty Free has reported that its sales for 2006 reached US $712 million, a 20% increase on sales for 2005.

The operation handled over 44,000 sales transactions per day or 16 million transactions in the year. Sales on its 23rd birthday, when huge discounts were offered, reached a record US $8.2 million.

Sales of perfumes rose 28% to reach US $96 million, while the amount of alcohol and gold sales rose by 20% and 19% respectively.