HIT by declining sales, two of the 37 shops located in the public area at Changi Airport's Terminal 3 have closed.
Artisans d' Angkor, which sold Cambodian artefacts, and Goldheart Jewellery packed up and left about two months ago.
To stop more businesses from closing shop, the airport is set to launch another marketing blitz, after spending more than $2.5 million last year to promote T3 as a shopping and dining haven.
Since the new terminal opened in January last year, retailers have complained of slow business. The facility has twice as many shops in the public area compared to Terminals 1 and 2 combined.
But T3 is less well-known to visitors than the other terminals, adding to the lack of customer traffic.
With only a handful of carriers operating out of the new terminal, which was built to handle double the traffic it currently does, there is also less activity.
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