{"id":58536,"date":"2022-07-13T10:34:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=58536"},"modified":"2022-07-13T10:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:34:20","slug":"london-gatwick-welcomes-two-of-legos-first-uk-airport-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/london-gatwick-welcomes-two-of-legos-first-uk-airport-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"London Gatwick welcomes two of LEGO\u2019s first UK airport stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gatwick Airport has announced two new retail offers for passengers, with LEGO stores and a Kidstop pop-up opening ahead of the school summer holidays.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>World famous construction toy brand, LEGO, opened a store in each of Gatwick\u2019s North and South Terminals on 7 July \u2013 among its first standalone stores in a UK airport. The new outlet, operated by Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail UK, offers departing passengers popular products ranging from iconic lines such as the London Bus to LEGO channel exclusives, including LEGO Republic Gunship and LEGO Hogwarts Castle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Key LEGO themes including Duplo, City and Architecture are also available, alongside internationally recognised licenses such as Harry Potter, Marvel and Star Wars.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Kidstop \u2013 a Gatwick-specific pop-up store operated by WHSmith, offering children\u2019s books, travel games and toys &#8211; opened in the North Terminal on 4 July.<\/p>\n<p>Pam McCarthy, director of retail, Gatwick Airport said: <em>\u201cHaving a worldwide brand such as LEGO opening stores at Gatwick is fantastic news for the airport and our passengers. It shows the high demand of retail space at Gatwick and we are sure passengers will love being able to purchase LEGO\u2019s exciting products, whether to keep the kids entertained during the flight, as gifts when visiting family and friends, or as a souvenir of a UK holiday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKidstop is another great addition to the North Terminal, offering passengers a range of fantastic products to keep children busy &#8211; perfect for last-minute purchases as we head into the school summer holidays.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marion Engelhard, managing director, Lagard\u00e8re Travel Retail UKsaid: <em>\u201cWe are thrilled to open LEGO stores in both terminals, thanks to a great partnership with both Lego and Gatwick Airport. Stores will feature fan favourites alongside some new and exciting exclusives, providing a great, entertaining start to the day for passengers!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Annette Rosendahl, head of travel retail development, LEGO said: <em>\u201cWe are very excited to see the first LEGO\u00ae Airport stores opening in July in the UK and at the same time being able to finally introduce our new store design platform to the Travel Retail channel as well. This is a fantastic opportunity to inspire and engage passengers in Gatwick North and South Terminals, and adding an offer for all ages, all genders and all passion points in the LEGO Stores will be a great and fun start of the journey in Gatwick Airport.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The stores are the first new offering at Gatwick since InMotion opened in both the North and South Terminals at the turn of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Ted Baker, located in Gatwick\u2019s South Terminal, will reopen on 8 July for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning the high-end clothing retailer will now have a presence in both terminals. The airport\u2019s South Terminal Itsu store will also reopen later this month, offering passengers sushi, salads and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S-480x320.jpg 480w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58537 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LEGO-3-S-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gatwick Airport has announced two new retail offers for passengers, with LEGO stores and a Kidstop pop-up opening ahead of the school summer holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,535,1,477,7100],"tags":[377,69,39,1649,11539,11538,10274,3343,11537,4746,527,216],"class_list":["post-58536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-toys-gifts","tag-airport-shopping","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-gatwick-airport","tag-kidstop","tag-lagardere-travel-retail-uk","tag-lego","tag-lego-duty-free","tag-lego-gatwick","tag-london-gatwick-airport","tag-toys","tag-travel-retail"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58561,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58536\/revisions\/58561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}