Press release
Paris, April 25, 2013
Q1 2013: strong growth in business
with sales of €13.3m (+19% on a like-for-like basis)
In the first quarter of 2013, the LeGuide group pursued strong growth in its business with consolidated (non-audited) sales revenue of €13.3 million, up by 19% on a like-for-like basis.
On a reported basis, including the impact of the acquisition of Ciao from 19 March 2012 onwards, sales revenue has increased by 51%.
This performance illustrates the effectiveness of the ambitious strategy implemented by the LeGuide group to win market share. This has involved the group focusing on innovation, adjusting its offering both for internet users (multi-device offer, web-to-store service, rollout on marketplaces, and so on) and for e-merchant clients. In line with this policy, LeGuide has also announced closer ties with SFR, with the launch of the new "SFR Shopping" app: this allows users to identify and locate the best-priced items available close at hand.
The group is also attracting an ever-increasing number of e-merchants, reaching 80,400 of them as of March 2013 (up by 4,200 in one year).
With an audience now standing at 25.5 million unique visitors, the group confirms its positioning as the leading shopping guide in Europe, France, Italy and Spain, and its number 2 slot in Germany.
"The group's faster growth in the previous quarter has continued in this excellent Q1. The structural work commenced in September - including the single platform, the search engine and the expansion of the group's technological capabilities - is starting to bear fruit and allowing the company to grow much faster. Our staff are on a fully operational footing to support and consolidate this progress," said Olivier Sichel, CEO of the LeGuide Group.
Next publication: Sales revenue for Q2 2013 due on 27 August 2013 after closing.
About the LeGuide group
The LeGuide group, a publisher of online shopping guides, comparison websites, shopping search engines and platforms for consumer ratings, is number one in Europe with 25.5 million unique visitors(1). With a team of 200 employees, the group operates in 14 European countries through a multi-site strategy based around a number of subsidiaries, including leGuide.com, Ciao, dooyoo.com, mercamania.com and choozen.com. The group, which lists 155 million offers from more than 80 000 e-merchants, generated revenue of €43.8 million in 2012. LeGuide.com has been certified as an "Innovative company" by OSEO (a French public agency that supports SMEs) and is listed on the Alternext board of NYSE Euronext Paris (ticker: ALGUI; ISIN code: FR0010146092).
(1)Source: Comscore, March 2013
(2)Source: Médiamétrie Netratings, December 2012
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