Monsoon has announced the launch of its first travel boutiques at London Gatwick’s North and South Terminals, opening on Friday, 14 February. Designed to offer a relaxed shopping experience for passengers, the stores will feature an extended range of ladies’ beachwear, resortwear, accessories, and a curated edit of casualwear and kidswear, with select Gatwick-exclusive collections.
The launch represents an exciting expansion of Monsoon’s retail footprint, introducing a boutique format tailored to airport travellers. The brand has successfully trialled smaller boutique stores in UK high streets over the past two years, including locations on George Street in Edinburgh and Upper Street in Islington. With these openings, Monsoon now operates 25 stores across the UK and ROI, including 10 boutiques and three travel stores.
A natural fit for London Gatwick
The new Monsoon travel boutiques complement London Gatwick’s existing retail mix, catering to holiday travellers looking for last-minute wardrobe additions before jetting off. Passengers will be able to browse Monsoon’s signature fabric chandelier-adorned stores while selecting seasonal holiday essentials.
Nick Stowe, Chief Executive Officer of Monsoon, highlighted the importance of the new airport retail format:
“We’re excited to offer our beach and resort wear at the right place and right time as customers fly off to the sunshine and their holiday destinations. We’ve learnt so much from our Accessorize stores in London Gatwick and the other airports around the UK, that opening a new Monsoon airport format was a natural step and a celebration of our travel roots as the original boho brand.”
Bozena Stoiceva, Account Lead (Retail) at London Gatwick, welcomed the addition:
“We are delighted to welcome Monsoon to London Gatwick and be home to the brand’s first travel stores in our North and South Terminals. Our passengers will benefit from another fantastic retail outlet with Gatwick-exclusive products, alongside a great range of beachwear, resortwear and casualwear, perfect for those last-minute additions to the holiday wardrobe.
“It’s great news that top brands continue to see the value of having a presence at London Gatwick, with our fantastic array of more than 220 global destinations and broad passenger mix, helping support our vision to be the airport for everyone, whatever your journey.”
