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Opening of the first railway station bookstore in Paris, Gare de Lyon |
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Establishment of press distribution activities in Belgium (AMP) and in Spain (SGEL) |
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Foundation of LMPI (Canada) |
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Acquisition of Curtis Circulation Company (USA) |
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Acquisition of Payot Naville Distribution (Switzerland) |
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Acquisition of Eastern Lobby Shop (USA) |
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Development of international press distributors in Central and Eastern Europe |
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Acquisition of UCS (Canada) to become HDS Retail North America |
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Acquisition of Lapker in Hungary after privatization |
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Development of retail operations in Germany, Poland and Czech Republic |
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International launch of Relay, the leading international brand in travel retail |
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Acquisition of DFA/Saresco and creation of Aelia by merger with Aeroboutique |
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Acquisition of Newslink (Australia and Singapore) |
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Creation of SDA, a partnership between Aelia and Aéroports de Paris |
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Launch of Aelia duty free operations in the UK (Belfast - Luton) |
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Creation of HDS Inmedio (Romania) |
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Acquisition of WH Smith Travel Businesses in Singapore |
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Acquisition of WH Smith Travel Businesses in Hong Kong and Australia |
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Creation of HDS Digital, the first digital press kiosk targeting the Internet generation |
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Opening of the first Relay stores in Taiwan and in mainland China |
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Launch of Aelia duty free operations in Poland (Cracow opened and Warsaw) |
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Creation of Lagardère Services Bulgaria |
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Acquisition by HDS RNA of a majority interest in DELSTAR companies, Inc. (Pueblo Spirit, Arizona Highways, the Phoenix, etc.) |
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Acquisition by Lagardère Services Asia Pacific of a majority interest in The Purely Group, operator of the “Purely Merino” and “Purely Australian” chain stores. |
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Relay France in partnership with the groupe CASINO opens in Paris its first Chez Jean stores. |
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