Rio 2016 Committee opens new shop at international airport
In the next few months, new stores will open other airports in Rio and São Paulo
The newly-opened store at the Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio (Divulgação)
This Saturday (23) the Rio 2016 Committee opened a new gift shop at Terminal 1 of the Galeão-Tom Jobim International Airport. Open from 6am until 11pm the shop sells various Olympic and Paralympic-related merchandise, such as clothes, hats, and beach towels as well as soft-toy versions of the Rio 2016 mascots, Vinicius and Tom.
The Galeão shop is the first of a series that will be open at airports: Rio's Santos Dumont will have a shop soon, as will airports in São Paulo. Apart from the airport's new store, there are a number of sites around Rio where official products are already on sale, such as the Tijuca campus of the Estácio de Sá University and the city centre.
Rio 2016 aims to generate around R$1bn in Brazilian retail sales through official merchandising. Olympic merchandise will be available at 150 official Rio 2016 stores and at more than 40,000 sales points across Brazil.
