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Key dates

• 14 January 2009
  Opening of the first Chez Jean outlet in Paris, in partnership with the Casino group.
• 28 January 2009
  Opening of the first Costa Coffee in Budapest, Hungary.
• 30 January 2009
  Opening of the first La Cure Gourmand outlet in Madrid, Spain.
• 22 May 2009
  Lagardère Services Asia Pacific is awarded concessions to sell books, magazines and stationery at terminal 3 of Changi Airport in Singapore.
• 27 June 2009
  Delstar, a company owned by HDS RNA, is successful in its bid to operate at Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport in the United States.
• 5 July 2009
  Opening of the first Happy outlet in Stuttgart, Germany, in partnership with the Monceau Fleurs group.
• 8 September 2009
  Opening of the first Relay outlet at Changi Airport in Singapore.
• 20 October 2009
  Opening of a 255m² luxury boutique at Sydney Airport in Australia.
• 25 October 2009
  Opening of the first Relay outlet in Bulgaria (Varna Airport).
• 18 December 2009
  Aelia and HDS Retail Czech Republic are chosen to take over the duty-free activities of Czech Airlines at Prague Airport, Czech Republic.
  

Leading positions

• N°1 national press distributor
  in the United States (Curtis Circulation Company), Belgium (AMP), French-speaking Switzerland (Naville), Spain (SGEL) and Hungary (Lapker).
• N°1 international press distributor
  in Belgium, Canada, Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic and French-speaking Switzerland.

Key figures for 2009

• A unique network of 3,800 stores in 20 countries worldwide
• Over 50,000 press outlets in Europe and 180,000 in North America are supplied daily by Lagardère Services.
• 1,300 stores under the Relay banner in 17 countries serve more than a million customers daily.