Lagardère SCA engages in content publishing, production, broadcasting, and distribution business worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Lagardère Publishing, Lagardère Travel Retail, Lagardère Active, and Lagardère Sports and Entertainment. The Lagardère Publishing division includes book publishing and e-publishing businesses, which cover the areas of education, general literature, illustrated books, partworks, dictionaries, youth works, mobile games, and distribution in English, French, and Spanish languages. The Lagardère Travel Retail division is involved in retail activities in travel areas and concessions in travel essentials, duty free and fashion, and food services fields. This division operates retail outlets under its own international store names include Relay, Hubiz, 1minute, Hub Convenience, Discover, Tech2go, Aelia Duty Free, The Fashion Gallery, The Fashion Place, Eye Love, So Chocolate, Bread&Co., Hello!, So! Coffee, deCanto, Trib's, etc., as well as store names with a local identity comprising Sydney Opera House, Buy Paris Duty Free, and Frankfurter Markthalle; and under franchise or license to retail partners comprising Fnac, iStore, Marks & Spencer, Hermès, Victoria's Secret, Nespresso, Costa Coffee, Burger King, and Paul. The Lagardère Active division engages in magazine publishing, radio, television channels, audiovisual production and distribution, advertising sales brokerage, and digital businesses. The Lagardère Sports and Entertainment division is involved in the organization and management of events; consulting in the management and operation of stadiums and multipurpose venues; talent representation; marketing of sports rights; management of broadcasting rights; and content production and media rights management, athlete management, and brand consulting services. Lagardère SCA was founded in 1826 and is based in Paris, France.
