Nicolas Savary joins CXG as Senior Consultant for travel retail

Highly experienced industry executive Nicolas Savary (pictured right) has joined consulting company CXG as a Senior Consultant to develop its travel retail business.

CXG partners with around 230 premium and luxury brands to help transform customer experiences. In his new role, Savary will focus on enhancing the traveller and shopper experiences delivered by travel retail stakeholders at airports worldwide.

Savary, who is now based in Switzerland, has 20 years’ experience in luxury and travel retail roles.

He was previously Vice President Operations for Lagardère Travel Retail in Japan, supporting the company’s market entry and its expansion there with the Kansai International Airport duty-free agreement in particular.

Savary spent almost nine years with DFS Group, three of those as Managing Director of the JAL-DFS joint venture.

He also spent time in retail management at DFS’ downtown and airport stores in Okinawa.