Paradies Lagardère
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Paradies Lagardère (formerly The Paradies Shops, Inc.) operates stores in airports, hotels, and other locations throughout the United States and Canada. Locations include
, Georgia.History
The Paradies Shops was founded by brothers Jim and Dan Paradies in 1960. Their first store was a toy shop at the then-Atlanta Municipal Airport that was an immediate success, and North American airport retail was born. Since 1960, Paradies has expanded to over 1035 stores in 103 airports.[2]
The company runs stores under brands ranging from
History:
- 1852: Louis Hachette opened the first railway Bookstore, Bibliothèques de Gare, and the travel retail industry is born.
- 1881: Hatchette developed the distribution network Messageries Hachette, and becomes the supplier to over 80,000 press outlets across France.
- 1945: Hachette launched the renowned Elle Magazine.
- 1960: Jim and Dan Paradies open the first Paradies Shop in Atlanta Municipal Airport.
- 1986: Hachette acquired Curtis Circulation in the US, a leader in the magazine distribution market. In 1990: Hachette acquires Eastern Lobby Shops, a U.S. news and convenience retail company.
- 1992: PGA TOUR and Paradies sign an agreement for the first airport retail brand partnership.
- 1995: Hachette acquires The UCS Group, Canada’s largest press retailer.
- 1996: Coca-Cola names Paradies its official retailer for Summer Olympic games in Atlanta.
- 2000: Canada’s UCS Group merges with America’s Eastern Lobby Shops and gives birth to HDS Retail North America.
- 2007: Paradies launches its Food and Beverage Division.
- 2008: HDS Retail acquires a majority interest in the Phoenix-based Delstar Companies Inc., and the San Antonio-based airport retailer, News & Gift Shops International.
- 2011: HDS Retail North America becomes LS travel retail North America, to align with the corporate branding of Lagardère Services’ travel retail division.
- 2014: LS travel retail North America sells its Canadian urban retail locations to Gateway Newstands. The sale allows LS travel retail to focus on its core strategy – operating in travel environments.
- 2015: Airport Revenue News names Paradies “Best Overall Retailer” for the 20th consecutive year.
- 2015: Lagardère Travel Retail Acquires Paradies and merges it with LS travel retail North America to create the new market leader for airport concessions.
- 2018: Paradies Lagardere acquires Hojeij Branded Foods (HBF)[5]
References
- BusinessWeek. Archived from the originalon June 15, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ Zumbrun, Joshua (June 18, 2008). "How airports profit while you wait". Forbes. NBC News. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ "Media firms use airports for branding, revenue". (NBC News). September 15, 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
- ^ "[1]," Press Release, ParadiesLagardere.com, 19 March 2018 [2]
- ^ "[3]," History, ParadiesLagardere.com, 19 March 2018 "[4]" Press Release, ParadiesLagardere.com, 15 August 2018
External links
- ParadiesLagardère.com (Company website)
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