PROFILE

 

11,000 people in 20 countries aim at facilitating access to everyone to a wide diversity of ideas and services.

Lagardère Services, formerly known as Hachette Distribution Services, is a €4.4 billion managed sales company (€3.4 billion consolidated sales) operating in three businesses:

Travel Retail: 41% of 2009 managed sales
Lagardère Services opened its first store in Paris Gare de Lyon in 1852 and now stands as a world leader in Travel Retail: more than 1,600 stores in 20 countries, 100 airports worldwide (including Paris, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Madrid, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney…) and more than 500 railway and commuter stations.

Shopping Malls and Highstreet Retail: 15% of 2009 managed sales
Lagardère Services operates more than 2,000 outlets in 17 countries dedicated to the sale of media and convenience products.

Press distribution: 44% of 2009 managed sales
Lagardère Services is a world leader in press distribution. Every day, in 10 countries, the Group carries out the pick-up, dispatch and delivery of millions of copies of national and international newspapers and magazines.

 

KEY FIGURES
In 2009, the Group, with 11,000 employees in 20 countries, achieved a €4.4 billion turnover.

A UNIQUE NETWORK
of nearly 4,000 stores in 20 countries is operated by Lagardère Services.

WORLDWIDE PRESENCE
in more than 100 airports, 350 railway stations, 330 commuter stations, 450 malls, supermarkets and hypermarkets.

THE WORLD’S NUMBER 1 IN NATIONAL PRESS DISTRIBUTION,
Lagardère Services is the only specialised press distributor with an international network covering 6 countries.