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1852 |
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Opening of the first railway station bookstore in Paris, Gare de Lyon |
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1913/15 |
Establishment of press distribution activities in Belgium (AMP) and in Spain (SGEL) |
1968 |
Foundation of LMPI (Canada) |
1986 |
Acquisition of Curtis Circulation Company (USA) |
1990 |
Acquisition of Payot Naville Distribution (Switzerland)
Acquisition of Eastern Lobby Shop (USA) |
1991 |
Development of international press distributors in Central and Eastern Europe |
1995 |
Acquisition of UCS (Canada) to become HDS Retail North America |
1998 |
Acquisition of Lapker in Hungary after privatization |
1999 |
Purchase of Le Furet du Nord, a chain of bookstores in northern France
Development of retail operations in Germany, Poland and Czech Republic |
2000 |
International launch of Relay, the leading international brand in travel retail |
2001 |
Acquisition of DFA/Saresco and creation of Aelia by merger with Aeroboutique
Acquisition of Virgin Megastore France and exclusive licence rights
Acquisition of Newslink (Australia and Singapore) |
2003 |
Creation of SDA, a partnership between Aelia and Aéroports de Paris |
2004 |
Launch of Aelia duty free operations in the UK (Belfast - Luton)
Creation of HDS Inmedio (Romania) |
2005 |
Acquisition of WH Smith Travel Businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia |
2006 |
Creation of HDS Digital, the first digital press kiosk targeting the Internet generation |
2007 |
Opening of the first Relay stores in Taiwan and in mainland China
Launch of Aelia duty free operations in Poland (Cracow opened and Warsaw coming soon) |
