Group

PERFORMANCE

• €3.699 billion Sales in 2008
• €114 million Operating Income in 2008
• 48,1% of home shopping sales made on line in 2008 vs. 4% in 2001
• 51,7% sales originating outside France in 2008 (France: 48,3%; United States: 29,7%; Scandinavia : 8,7 %; Rest of the world: 13,3%)
• 29 million active customers
• 33 million visitors a month on all Redcats merchant sites combined

WORKFORCE

• 20 031 employees (end 2008)

DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS

• Over 60 merchant websites
• Over 30 catalogues
• More than 600 stores in France and internationally.

LEADERSHIP & MARKETS

• No.3 Home Shopping company worldwide in fashion and home decoration.
• No.1 Home Shopping in France, Scandinavia and Portugal.
• No.1 Web-site in France with laredoute.fr (BtoC, excluding services).
• No.1 Women’s apparel and n°2 Home linen with La Redoute in France.
• No.4 Children’s apparel with Vertbaudet, Cyrillus and La Redoute in France.
• No.1 Mail Order company in plus-sizes and N° 3 Catalogue sales in the USA.
• No.5 Catalogue sales in the UK.