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Lagardère Travel Retail, a pioneer in the contribution to a more sustainable Travel Retail industry, launches a new sustainable shopping bag strategy in all stores, aimed at reducing waste, stopping virgin plastic and fostering eco-conscious practices among travelers. Alongside this initiative, the company announces two strategic partnerships with renowned global organizations, Reforest’Action and The SeaCleaners to further materialize its commitment to environmental responsibility and to preserving biodiversity. As part of its global CSR PEPS (Planet. Ethics. People. Social) roadmap, Lagardère Travel Retail is taking bold […]

Lagardère SA announces the signing today by Lagardère Travel Retail of an agreement to acquire 100% of Tastes on the Fly. Tastes on the Fly, which will be combined with Paradies Lagardère, the Lagardère Travel Retail’s North American division, operates restaurants and Food & Beverage concepts in the United States and Canada, covering 25 locations across five major airport platforms. This acquisition marks a significant step towards Lagardère Travel Retail’s ambition to grow its Foodservice expertise in the region and consolidates its leadership position. Combining […]

The Hachette Livre group announces the departure of Fabrice Bakhouche from the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. By mutual agreement with the group, his departure will take effect on September 1, 2023. Fabrice Bakhouche joined Hachette Livre in 2017 as Strategy Director and held the positions of Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Hachette Livre group in March 2021. Pierre Leroy, Chairman and CEO of Hachette Livre, comments: “I would like to pay tribute to […]

Lagardère Travel Retail announces the opening of “The Gallery In Barcelona,” an innovative hybrid concept combining a fashion boutique and a stylish gourmet bar. Located in the departures area of Terminal 1 at Barcelona Airport, this unique space offers travelers the opportunity to indulge in chic shopping while enjoying a relaxing break and savoring top-quality gourmet foods. “The Gallery In Barcelona” is an innovative hybrid concept developed internally by Lagardère Travel Retail Spain & Portugal. Spanning approximately 700 sqm, the store brings together two distinct […]

Two years into their partnership, Lagardère Travel Retail and Inflyter take their collaboration further to digitalize the Duty Free shopping experience for more travelers and provide them with enhanced opportunities to browse and buy items ahead of travelling. This extended partnership supports Lagardère Travel Retail’s overall digital strategy to diversify digital sales channels and multiply touchpoints to engage customers throughout their journey. Building on their first successful collaboration at Geneva International Airport, Lagardère Travel Retail and French travel retail technology scale up, Inflyter, are announcing […]

Lagardère SA has secured approval from of all its banking partners to extend the maturity of its credit facility from 30 April 2024 to 30 April 2025, for an amount of 982 million euros. This extension was provided for in the amendment to the syndicated loan agreement concluded in April 2022 between Lagardère SA and its banking partners, subject to the banks’ approval. The syndicate of lending banks includes Banco Santander, Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole CIB, Crédit Agricole d’Île-de-France, Crédit Lyonnais, […]

Lagardère SA is announcing the appointment of Céline Soubranne as Group CSR Director. Reporting to the Group’s General Secretariat, Céline Soubranne will be responsible for defining the Group’s overall CSR strategy, in liaison with the General Management and the Board of Directors, and for steering, coordinating and leading its implementation across all the Group’s operational divisions, in conjunction with their teams and stakeholders. In this role, Céline Soubranne will be able to rely more particularly on Jean-Sébastien Guillou, who is promoted to Deputy CSR Director […]

Lagardère Travel Retail France has won both the Travel Essentials & Duty Free tenders at Marseille Provence airport, as well as a 500 square meters restaurant strategically located in the public area in the heart of the central building. A new unmissable shopping universe Lagardère Travel Retail France has been operating at Marseille Provence airport for over thirty years and already operates several Relay stores, a leading brand in the Travel Essentials segment, as well as Aelia Duty Free stores in Core Business and Fashion […]

Further to the article published on May 5, 2023 by the newspaper Les Echos according to which a judicial investigation would be opened for suspected offences “concerning Lagardère SA”, Lagardère SA reiterates that neither it nor its executive officers are parties to any proceeding. The Company and its executives act within the law and will vigorously defend themselves against any contrary allegation. With regard to the disciplinary proceeding initiated by the H3C, to which Lagardère is not a party, the Company reminds that Mr. Isimat-Mirin […]

The shareholders of Lagardère SA approved all the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors with an average rate of 99.78 % Lagardère SA was pleased to welcome its shareholders to the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting at the Casino de Paris on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., chaired by Mr. Arnaud Lagardère, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Following presentations on the Company’s business, financial results and CSR strategy, followed by a summary of the Statutory Auditors’ reports, the shareholders were […]

Remarkable growth in Lagardère group revenue (up 24.4%1), driven by strong momentum at Lagardère Travel Retail Lagardère Publishing: revenue up by a slight 1.0%1 versus a historically high comparison basis and despite a less dynamic market Lagardère Travel Retail: excellent performance (up 44.2%1), boosted by the growth in international air traffic, the beginning of the recovery in North Asia and the success of numerous commercial initiatives.  Other Activities: revenue up 3.3%1, lifted by a strong performance from live performance venues 1 On a like-for-like basis (see […]