Travel retail group Heinemann has opened its first dedicated, duty-free, second-hand luxury goods airport boutique. It opened the new store, Pre-Loved Luxury, at Copenhagen airport in September. By Leatherbiz.

Products in stock at the boutique include certified, pre-owned handbags and other leathergoods from Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and other prominent brands.

Although this is its first such store at an airport, Heinemann said it had “tested the concept” by offering second-hand luxury handbags and other items on board cruise ships in the summer of 2024.

Earlier in the year, it also included a number of pre-owned watches in its range at its Luxury Timepieces store in Auckland.

Heinemann’s head of purchasing of fashion items, Jan Richter, told Forbes that high-end leathergoods worked well in the second-hand market because of their long lifecycle and enduring beauty. He also said “special pieces that are hard to find” could be more available in the pre-loved market.