7 countries, 150 million daily readers and just one fixed idea: top quality service.

          The world's No. 1 national press distributor, Lagardère Services holds a leading position in the United States, French-speaking Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and Belgium and also has operations in other countries such as Poland and Romania.

          Providing a service to publishers as well as retailers and readers, Lagardère Services is the only specialised group with an international network supplying more than 50,000 press outlets in 12 European countries.

          Curtis Circulation Company, North America's leading magazine distributor with a 40 per cent share in the North American market, operates a network of independent wholesalers and manages the sale of magazines for America's biggest retail chains.

          USA
The remarkable progress of Curtis Circulation Company, America's leading press distributor in the magazine sector, which supplies more than 180,000 sales outlets, can be attributed to a great extent to the growth in sales of specialist magazines in targeted networks: university bookstores, record stores, DIY stores, and other specialised retail outlets where magazines are targeted to the particular category of customer.

          SPAIN
SGEL covers the entire Spanish market and supplies direct to 18,800 sales outlets (including Relay and BDP), or more than 80% of the market.

          HUNGARY
Lapker supplies a network of 15,000 sales outlets throughout Hungary.