A big thank you to The Moodie Davitt Report for the fantastic feature in their final eZine of the year, reviewing all things Travel Retail 2024! The piece highlights a recap of Harding+’s year, including insights from our executive team on the milestones we’re most proud of and our vision for the future of cruise retail in 2025 and beyond. Stay tuned—there’s much more to come in the New Year! 🌟 https://lnkd.in/ekAzegbJ
About us
We are the cruise industry’s first choice retail partner, and holder of the ‘Cruise Retailer of the Year’ title for the last 2 years from the DFNI Frontier Awards. Our purpose lies in making every cruise better, from a specialist understanding of guest dwell time and how to work with it, to unparalleled levels of data and insights gathered from ships across the globe, best in class marketing and merchandising skills, and a global logistics model that means we literally never miss the boat. We are champions of sustainability, pursuing BCorp status and investing in significant carbon reduction and efficiency projects across our business. Everything is underpinned by our ‘Quaternity’ model, which is our partnership between cruise line partners, brand partners, guest insights and our Harding+ expertise to ensure every ship’s retail model is bespoke, relevant and designed to land impact and success for all parties. With central hubs in Bristol, Miami and Sydney we enable a collaborative approach like no other. We currently work with 16 cruise brand partners across the globe, including more than 90 cruise ships and 300+ forward-thinking shops on board. We employ over 200 team members landside and over 1,200 shipboard, meaning we can justifiably champion our status as diversity and inclusion champions, helping to live the “+” in our name at all touchpoints of how we operate.
- Website
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External link for Harding+
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Bristol
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1930
- Specialties
- Luxury Goods, Duty Free Retailing, Cruise Ship Retailing, Cruise Retail, Retail, Experiential Retail, Luxury Shopping, Luxury Cruise, Luxury Shopping, Logistics, Trinity Partnerships, Collaboration, Brands, Experiential Marketing, Bespoke Designs, Customer Satisfaction, and Customer-led
Locations
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Primary
Avonmouth Way
Avonmouth
Bristol, BS11 8DD, GB
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212 East Broward Blvd
Suite 202
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301, US
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Suite 9
Level 10, 189 Kent Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, AU
Employees at Harding+
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Robert Smith
Supply Chain Consultant | Business Analyst at Supply Chain Partners
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Julie Lee
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Mark Powell
Strategic and commercial Chief People Officer, CHRO, Group People Director - Organisational development, transformation, effectiveness and growth in…
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Scott Lunsford
Business Owner at Harding Inc
Updates
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Well done and thank you to Linzi Walker for delivering an inspiring keynote on the opening panel of #TRSustainabilityWeek this morning! Don’t miss the opportunity to follow more insightful discussions, pitch sessions, and content from #TRBusiness exploring sustainable approaches that are shaping the future of our industry
The live conference sessions for TR Sustainability Week 2024 commenced on a strong note this morning with a keynote panel session that delved into travel retail’s approach to sustainable, compostable, biodegradable and eco-materials, from pre-Covid to now. Tiled, ‘A circular future for packaging and waste’, the session featured Linzi Walker, Chief Commercial Officer for Harding+ and Lara Schlüter, Director Travel Retail, Babor, who offered their expert insights into the topic. Click to read our report and for a link to view the sessions on-demand.... #TRBusiness #travelretail #dutyfree #TRSustainabilityWeek Luke Barras-Hill
TRSW24 keynote: “Sustainability is par for the course – not an add-on”
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We are so honoured to be shortlisted for two Retail Week Awards – Specialty Retailer of the Year and The EV Cargo Digital Excellence Award! It’s wonderful to be recognised alongside so many amazing brands and act as an ambassador for cruise retail during incredible growth for the industry. We can’t thank Retail Week enough for shortlisting us, and we can’t wait to attend the ceremony in London next spring. #RetailWeekAwards2025 #RetailWeek #CruiseRetail #TravelRetail #EVCargo #Salesforce #HardingRetail #Cruise #Travel #LuxuryRetail #MakeEveryCruiseBetter #RetailEvents #RetailUK #GlobalRetail
The Retail Week Awards 2025 shortlist has been revealed
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Thank you to Growth Index for recognising our performance this year! And thank you of course to our amazing teams for delivering such strong results! #travelretail #cruiseretail #retailgrowth #retailindustry #luxuryretail #retailinnovation
146% growth. £190M turnover. 151 employees onboard. Harding+ isn't just sailing, they're dominating the Interpath Retail Index! ⚓️🏆 #Harding #RetailIndex #TravelRetail #CruiseIndustry #MaritimeSuccess #GrowthStory #UKRetail
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It is an incredible honour to be listed in Retail Week's Top 25 Fastest Growing Retailers! We have made huge strides over the past 12 months with no sign of slowing down, and this represents a clear signposting of our amazing progress. Thank you to Retail Week and, as Chris Matthews says below, onwards and upwards!!!
I’m so proud for Harding+ to be listed among the Top 25 Fastest Growing Retailers, as compiled by @RetailWeek. This inclusion testifies to the amount of work we’ve done over the past year to move the dial, not only for ourselves, but for the cruise retail industry at large. The world is waking up to the vast opportunities cruise retail presents for guests to have a truly immersive, enchanting experience. We can showcase products and brands in ways that are virtually impossible anywhere else, gathering deep, powerful customer insights and crafting a guest oriented, beautiful experience from start to finish. I’m immensely grateful to everyone at @Harding+ who made this possible, and to all our cruise line partners for placing their trust in us to deliver the goods. Onwards and upwards! https://lnkd.in/eYvheC27 #CruiseRetail #RetailWeek #TravelRetail #CruiseIndustry #RetailIndustry #LuxuryRetail #TaxFreeRetail #RetailGrowth #RetailInnovation #CommercialInnovation #RetailMarketing #CruiseLine #DestinationRetail #RetailatSea #HardingRetail
Ranking: The top 25 fastest-growing retailers show how we shop the ‘new normal’
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Yesterday, we sprinkled some Christmas magic at the OBR Christmas Gift Fayre at the Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard) Southampton offices! 🎄 ✨ A huge thank you to our incredible partners, Walker's Shortbread Ltd. and Salcombe Distilling Company for their support, and to Azura Bear for delighting everyone with a special appearance. And special thanks to Maria-Luisa Barona, Julian Cleaver, and Amy Turner for bringing it all together on the day!. 💫 #Teamwork #CruiseRetail #ChristmasCheer
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Thank you to The Moodie Davitt Report for this fantastic coverage of our Brand Day with Princess Cruises! We've had so much positive feedback from this event, and we're always looking for new opportunities to collaborate with our cruise line partners to create experiences like this. Watch this space!
Harding+ and Princess Cruises Lines have hosted their inaugural ‘Brand Day’ onboard the latter’s newly launched Sun Princess ship. The event, which brought together 40 brand representatives and industry press, offered a preview of what the partners coined as ‘the next generation of experiential retail’. Full story via the link below. #travelretail #cruise #luxury #dutyfree Chris Matthews Katie Floyd Callum Davies Bacardi Rituals Clinique The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. https://lnkd.in/eDA89JVS
Harding+ and Princess Cruise Lines host first Brand Day onboard the Sun Princess
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There's never been a more exciting team to join the Harding+ landside team! We have three new roles open in our Retail Operations team in our Bristol office, all of them pivotal on our retail transformation journey as we continue to scale, drive growth and find new ways to make every cruise better: ⚓Retail Planning & Communications Manager ⚓Continuous Improvement Manager ⚓Implementation Manager These are hybrid roles, with an expectation that you will spend 2-3 days in the office. The Harding+ workplace is a great place to be, with lots of exciting opportunities to develop, grow and meet new people. Find out more on our careers page! https://lnkd.in/gGWut_4z #HiringNow #RetailJobs #JoinOurCrew #HiringinBristol #RetailJobsUK #HardingRetail #TravelRetail #CruiseRetail #OperationsCareers #RetailOperations #BristolOpportunities Amy De Gregorio Carrie Reay
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Thank you TRBusiness - Travel Retail Business for providing some lovely coverage of our retail day onboard the Sun Princess!
Harding+ has offered a first look at its next-generation experiential retail offering with the inaugural Brand Day, which took place on 2 November onboard the new Sun Princess. “We are thrilled to host Brand Day aboard the Sun Princess, welcoming our valued brand partners to experience firsthand the exciting possibilities that lie within our luxury retail environment,” said Chris Matthews, Harding+ CEO. “With a unique setting and an affluent audience, the Sun Princess serves as a powerful platform for brands to showcase their offerings, build loyalty, and engage consumers in unforgettable ways.” Click to read more... #TRBusiness #travelretail #dutyfree
Harding+ unveils next-gen experiential retail onboard Sun Princess
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Delivering engaging brand activations is an essential part of how we create a unique 'sense of place' on board, and make our retail spaces even more enjoyable for guests. They also drive incremental sales and boost guest satisfaction. Well done Maria-Luisa Barona for delivering an incredible range of installations that bring our vision to life!
This week, we’ve completed the final installations of our brand activations for Q4 2024, and I couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve achieved across every category! From premium timepieces to luxurious beauty brands and engaging, interactive liquor experiences—each activation has brought something truly special on board. Some highlights: Bacardi Spiced rum, a perfect match for our Caribbean season, ringing local flavour to the high seas. Armani’s exclusive holiday collection, featuring their beautiful Christmas sets perfect for gifting, has added a touch of festive luxury to our onboard offerings. Citizen’s “Crack the Code” pop-up has kept guests engaged and thrilled with the chance to win fantastic prizes. A huge thank you to all the incredible brands and our dedicated Harding+ team: Chloe Wade, Taylor Cowell, Amy Turner, Keisha Daly, Laura Reubens-Peppiatt, Sophie Zelaschi, Thomas Savage, Julian Cleaver, Daniel Jackson for making this quarter a success. Here’s to many more unforgettable activations—2025, we’re ready for you! 🌟 #CruiseRetail #HolidaySeason #LuxuryOnBoard #FestiveShopping
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