12,000 people in 20 countries aim at facilitating access to everyone to a wide diversity of ideas and cultures.

          Lagardère Services, formerly known as Hachette Distribution Services, is a €4.9 billion managed sales company (€3.7 billion consolidated sales) operating in three businesses:

          Travel Retail: 35% of 2007 managed sales
Lagardère Services opened its first store in Paris Gare de Lyon in 1852 and now stands as the world leader in Travel Retail: more than 1,600 stores in 18 countries, 100 airports worldwide (including Paris, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Madrid, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney…) and more than 500 railway stations.
The Group focuses on:
   - Specialty and duty free retailing
   - News & gift retailing with brands such as Relay, Newslink, Payot, Virgin, Discover

          Highstreet retail: 21% of 2007 managed sales
Lagardère Services operates more than 2,000 outlets in 12 countries dedicated to the sale of media and convenience products.

          Press distribution: 44% of 2007 managed sales
Lagardère Services is a world leader in press distribution. Every day, in 12 countries, the Group carries out the pick-up, dispatch and delivery of millions of copies of national and international newspapers and magazines.