No Spin, All Charge and Power Plays. Skross’s Sam Gerber On Travel Retail’s Shifting Traveller Behaviour, Regional Acceleration, Tariffs, And The Business Behind Travel Tech Essentials.

Introduction by: Peter Marshall

Power banks and adaptors are not exactly retail sex. But the business behind them reveals how travel retail genuinely operates today. In this frank and thoroughly engaging conversation recorded at TFWA Singapore, Skross’s Sam Gerber tackles the questions that matter. Is the category experiencing genuine growth, cautious consolidation, or is it still rebuilding? How has traveller purchasing shifted across footfall, conversion and average transaction value? Which regions – Europe, the Middle East, Asia, or the Americas – are accelerating, and which are falling short? He is also very candid about “the Trump terrible tariff factor” – the pressure on sourcing, landed cost and margin, and whether to absorb, pass through or redesign the supply chain entirely.

With agility being the key in today’s marketplace, this is a very clear-eyed assessment from a highly regarded industry leader and a major brand in travel retail tech and essentials taking itself seriously. Essential viewing for the channel.