The Lagardère group

Created in 1992, Lagardère is an international group with operations in more than 40 countries worldwide.
It employs some 27,000 people and generated revenue of €6,929 million in 2022.

The Group focuses on two priority divisions:

  • Lagardère Travel Retail is a leading global travel retailer, with operations in three segments : Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion, and Foodservice. Lagardère Travel Retail operates an international network of more than 5,000 points of sales in around one thousand airports, mainline and urban train stations.
  • Lagardère Publishing is the world's third-largest book publisher for the general public and educational markets, and the leader in France. Alongside some 6,900 employees, it creates 16,000 original publications each year as well as contributing to their broader circulation by innovating with digital and mobile reading formats. Lagardère Publishing's activities also extend to adjacent businesses such as mobile games and board games.

The Group's business scope also includes Lagardère News (Paris Match, Le Journal du Dimanche, Europe 1, RFM, Europe 2 and the Elle brand licence) together with Lagardère Live Entertainment.

For more information, please visit the Lagardère group website: www.lagardere.com