1960
Robert Miller and Charles Feeney establish the first DFS location in Hong Kong on November 7, 1960
1961
DFS secures its first airport duty free concession at Hong Kong International Airport
1968
DFS expands beyond airports and opens its first downtown duty free stores in Honolulu, Hawaii and Kowloon, Hong Kong
1970-1979
DFS rapidly expands its footprint with store openings from San Francisco International Airport to downtown Singapore
1980
DFS wins the key concession at Singapore’s Changi Airport
1982
Robert Miller commissions world-renowned American artist Andy Warhol to develop the DFS logo
1995
DFS opens the first Galleria department store in Guam
1996
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) acquires a majority stake in DFS
2008
DFS opens in Macau at the Four Seasons with a space spanning over 86,000 square feet
2009
DFS launches the prestigious Masters Collection program with the first-ever Masters of Time event in Macau
2012
DFS wins the Hong Kong International Airport retail concession in all three core categories, a return to its founding location DFS launches the first Masters of Wines and Spirits event in Singapore
2013
DFS undertakes a major branding initiative to set the stage for the next generation of expansion and launches T Galleria by DFS, the new generation of the DFS experience in select downtown locations
2014
DFS launches the LOYAL T program, offering customers an elevated level of personalized service and enhanced global shopping benefits
2015
DFS opens a transformational wines and spirits duplex store at Singapore’s Changi Airport Terminal 3, the first of its kind and the largest wines, spirits and tobacco airport concession in the world, which includes a Raffles Long Bar, the only one outside the historic Singapore hotel DFS launches T Galleria Beauty by DFS, a standalone beauty concept store in Hong Kong and Macau
2016
DFS opens T Galleria by DFS, Angkor in Siem Reap, the largest duty free luxury department store in Cambodia DFS introduces its first-ever shoe hall at the expanded T Galleria by DFS, City of Dreams in Macau DFS opens its first-ever store in Europe, T Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, Italy
2017
DFS opens its third wines and spirits store and the first to feature a “walk-through” retail concept at Singapore Changi Airport’s newly-opened Terminal 4
2019
DFS opens T Galleria Beauty by DFS, Hong Kong, MOKO, its fourth T Galleria and second Beauty store in Hong Kong as well as T Galleria Beauty by DFS, Macau, Wynn Palace, its seventh T Galleria and fourth Beauty store in Macau
2021
DFS partners with Shenzhen Duty Free Group to open a downtown duty free store in Haikou Mission Hills, Hainan DFS announces plans to open a T Galleria in Queen’s Wharf Brisbane in Australia in 2023 DFS announces plans to open a T Galleria and the first of its new "Resort Galleria" concept in Queenstown, New Zealand in 2022 DFS opens its second store in Europe, Samaritaine Paris Pont-Neuf by DFS, in the historic La Samaritaine building in Paris, France
