Thursday 27 June 2013

Lagardere Group Fact Sheet

Lagardère is a French multinational mass media company head-quartered in Paris, France. The group is led by Arnaud Lagardere and does business in roughly 30 countries including France and parts of western Europe. It was founded in 1992 after a major year of restructuring.

Lagardere own a number of media products. There main focus has now become media however they also own a number of retail outlets. A list of products they own:
- Books
- Magazines
- E-publishing
- Radio stations
- Online Content
- Broadcasting rights


Below is some financial information on the company. 
Here is the distribution of sales by geographic area in the year 2012.
France - 36%
Western Europe - 32%
Eastern Europe - 12%
USA and Canada - 10%
Asia-Pacific - 7%
Other countries - 3%