2007
Arnaud Lagardère announces the Group’s reorganization around four major institutional brands: Lagardère Publishing, Lagardère Active, Lagardère Services, and Lagardère Sports, a new branch created with the acquisition of Sportfive.
New acquisitions for Lagardère Active in the digital field, with NextIdea, ID Régie, and Jumpstart Automative Media.
Lagardère Services racks up acquisitions and point-of-sale openings in Eastern Europe and Asia.
Development of Lagardère Sports: partners with the African Soccer Confederation and acquires IEC In Sports and Upsolut.
Lagardère Publishing acquires Grupo Patria Cultural (Mexico), Piatkus Books (England), and Pika, a French manga publisher.
2008
Lagardère Sports acquires a majority stake in World Sport Group, the top sports agency in Asia.
Lagardère Entertainment, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active, is created, and specializes in audiovisual production and broadcasting.
The Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer is an unprecedented publishing success for Lagardère Publishing.
Lagardère Publishing acquires a majority stake in Editions Albert René, the publisher of Astérix.
2009
Lagardère Services increases its presence in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, and Taiwan after acquiring many point-of-sale franchises.
2010
The Lagardère Sports branch becomes Lagardère Unlimited and acquires Best, a US company specialized in representing sports figures and celebrities.